Important Announcement About Raw Goat Milk

We have just received notice from our Pet Food Distributors that they will no longer be able to ship any Raw Goat Milk products to our stores, because it is unpasteurized. The state of New Jersey has issued a cease and desist to our distributors citing Title 24 - Sections 10-57.17 and 10-57.18 Food and Drugs Statutes listed below:

24:10-57.17. Pasteurization required
No person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute to the ultimate consumer any milk or cream that is not pasteurized.

24:10-57.18. Milk and fluid milk products; pasteurization
No milk products nor fluid milk products shall be manufactured, shipped, transported, or imported for use or sale within this State unless the milk and fluid milk products used in the manufacture of such food products are pasteurized before or during manufacture into milk products or fluid milk products, provided, however, that this shall not apply to cheese which has been kept for at least 60 days after manufacture at a temperature no lower than 35 degrees Fahrenheit.

We have received word from other holistic independent pet supply stores that they have been visited by members of their municipalities Departments of Health and have had their stock of Raw Goat Milk removed from their freezers.

Please be assured that Raw Goat Milk is safe and healthy. This is not a recall based on any reports of adverse health issues with our Raw Goat Milk supply. There is no evidence that any pets in NJ have ever been sickened or had their health compromised by adding Raw Goat Milk to their diets. In fact, we have many testimonials to the contrary. We at Cherrybrook believe in the holistic and healing effects of Raw Goat Milk so firmly that many of our team members feed it to their own pets daily.

This cease and desist affects our ability to sell the following products:

• Answers Raw Goat Milk
• Answers Cow Kefir
• Answers Goat Cheese Treat
• Primal Raw Goat Milk
• Steve’s Chia Freeze

We have identified alternatives to the Raw Frozen Goat Milk. Freeze Dried Goat Milk products are available as the state of New Jersey and the FDA consider Freeze Drying a pathogen elimination step. There are also frozen and dehydrated alternatives to Raw Goat Milk.

Alternatives Available at Cherrybrook:

• Carna4 Flora4 Sprouted Seed Food Topper
• Answers Fermented Fish Stock (Stores Only)
• The Honest Kitchen Pro Bloom Instant Goat's Milk
• The Honest Kitchen Bone Broths
• Steve's Real Food CarnaForage
• Steve's Real Food DogNog
• Steve's Real Food CannaGurt (Stores Only)
• Primal Frozen Bone Broth (Stores Only)

We will continue to keep you updated and advise you immediately if we are once again able to sell Raw Goat Milk products.