POLICY / MILK QUALITY
Idaho to adopt
400,000 SCC as
legal standard,
effective June 1
The Idaho State Department of
Agriculture (ISDA) will be lowering the
current Somatic Cell Count (SCC) toler-
ance of 500,000 to 400,000 effective June
1st, 2012. The Rule change will be consid-
ered a temporary Rule until it is fi nalized in
the 2013 Idaho Legislative Session.
The change, the fi rst by any state in the
nation, was endorsed by both the Idaho
Milk Processors Association and the Board
of Directors of the United Dairymen of
Idaho. The lowering to 400,000 level will
make ALL Idaho raw milk European Union
(E.U.) compliant and eligible to export to
the E.U., which is critical for a state so de-
pendent on outside markets for the numer-
ous dairy products produced in Idaho.
The 400,000 limit will be enforced as
outlined in the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance.
As a matter of review that standard is: 2 of
4 samples above the limit, receives a warn-
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ing letter. 3 of 5 samples above the limit
results in the producer being degraded.
Since January 1, 2012, all processors
selling dairy products to the E.U. were
required to verify that all farms supply-
ing milk complies with the E.U. bacteria
100,000 Standard Plate Count (SPC) and
400,000 SCC. Idaho’s 80,000 SPC and the
new 400,000 SCC provides the needed as-
surances that all Idaho dairy products will
be in compliance.
NEWSMAKERS Industry loses noted
leader in Bill Stouder
IDAHO – Highly respected
dairyman and advocate for the Idaho dairy
industry, Dr. Bill Stouder, DVM, of Jerome,
Idaho, lost his 13 month battle with cancer
on March 30th at
age 70. After being
diagnosed with
his third bout with
cancer, Bill’s focus
turned to his family
and special events
that occurred last
summer. Bill wanted
to be able to attend Dr. Stouder
his granddaugh-
ters Trisha’s and Courtney’s weddings and
celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary with
Charlotte. Bill attended veterinary school at the
University of California-Davis. Following
graduation in 1965, he practiced in Artesia,
California, before moving in 1967 to Chino
where he was a part- ner in DairyLand
Veterinary Clinic until 1986. He moved his
veterinary practice from Chino to Wendell,
practiced until 2008 and remained involved
in Stouder Holsteins, which moved to Jerome
in 2005.
Bill became a leader in Idaho’s dairy
industry after forming Stouder Holsteins in
Wendell, Idaho, in 1983 to pursue his dream
of owning a dairy. With his wife, Charlotte,
and sons Gary, Bruce and Allan, they grew
the dairy from 200 cows to 2,000.
Bill’s involvement in, and service to the
dairy industry was intense and passionate.
His legacy will be seen through his strong
infl uence on the proactive positions and poli-
cies of the Idaho Dairymen’s Association. He
was a very strong supporter of immigration
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