Milk

Delaware State Beverage

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Pouring milk

Milk; a state symbol of 20 states!  Photo by yat fai ooi/Flickr (Noncommercial Use Permitted with Attribution).

Official State Beverage of Delaware

Milk was designated the official state beverage of Delaware July 1,1983 (twenty states recognize milk as a state symbol). All State Foods & Beverages

Milk Facts

Milk has been called a nearly perfect food - a source of protein, calcium, and several other important nutrients. Each dairy cow produces about 6.5 gallons of milk per day. Less than half of this milk is consumed as a beverage; the rest is used for butter, cheese, ice cream, milk powder and other processed products.

CHAPTER 41, FORMERLY HOUSE BILL NO. 148

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE BY DESIGNATING A STATE BEVERAGE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter 3, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by adding the following section: "§312. Milk shall be the official beverage of the state of Delaware."

Section 2. This act shall become effective July 1,1983.

Approved June 3,1983.

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Images

Milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt (public domain photo from USDA: Facts about Dairy Products).

Milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt

Holstein calf photo by Ian Hayhurst on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution | share alike).

Holstein dairy cow calf

Videos

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