South Dakota State Drink

Milk Adopted: 1986

South Dakota State Drink: Milk
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South Dakota Law

The following information was excerpted from the South Dakota Codified Laws, title 1, chapter 1-6, section 1-6-16.

TITLE 1 STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 1-6 STATE EMBLEMS
SECTION 1-6-16

1-6-16. State drink. Milk, lac vaccum, is hereby designated as the official drink of the State of South Dakota.

Source: SL 1986, ch 10.

Sources...

State of South Dakota. South Dakota Code of Laws. Columbia: State of South Dakota, 2011. Web. 20 May 2011. .
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.

Additional Information

Milk Buddies
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MooMilk.com: MooMilk.com is brought to you by Margo Souza of Circle H Dairy located in the California Central Valley.

Got Milk?: Official "Got Milk" website from the California Milk Processor Board -- health benefits purposely exagerated to prevent boredom!

State beverages: Complete list of official state drinks and beverages from NETSTATE.COM.

More symbols & emblems: Complete list of official South Dakota state symbols from NETSTATE.COM.

The Untold
Story of Milk
Ron Schmid

The Untold Story of Milk, by Ron Schmid. 512 pages. Publisher: NewTrends Publishing; 2 Upd Rev edition (March 25, 2009) Dr. Schmid chronicles the role of milk in the rise of civilization and in early America, the distillery dairies, compulsory pasteurization and the politics of milk, traditional dairying cultures and the modern dairy industry. He details the betrayal of public trust by government health officials and dissects the modern myths concerning cholesterol, animal fats and heart disease. And in the final chapters, he describes how scores of eminent scientists have documented the superiority of raw milk and its myriad health benefits.