1. The Milk Regulation Board is responsible for ensuring a safe and ample milk supply in Connecticut. What are the most significant threats to the state's supply and how can the board's regulations help manage them?

2. The Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact Commission wound up its business on September 30, 2001, with the expiration of congressional consent. Do you believe the compact commission improved milk supply and has it helped the state's dairy farmers? What is the function of the compact now?

3. Several members of the milk board also sit on the compact board. How would you balance your statutory obligations to milk producers, dealers, and consumers when establishing minimum prices?

4. Pending legislation would ban the retail sale of raw milk and raw milk products unless they are labeled with a warning stating, "Raw milk has not been pasteurized and, therefore, may contain harmful bacteria. " How would you enforce such a law if it passes?

5. To what extent do milk licensure, herd health, sampling and testing regulations need to be updated?

6. Cows may be treated with several antibiotics; milk is tested for only a few. Do you believe it should be tested for more and if so, how would you decide what to test for?

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