Can you sell raw milk in Ohio?

No, Ohio no longer has any valid licenses for the sale of raw (unpasteurized) milk. However, it is still legal for the owner of a cow to drink the milk produced from his cow without first pasteurizing it. This has been used to "get around" the licensing laws - people who wish to obtain raw milk buy a 'share' of a milk cow and then receive a 'share' of the milk that cow produces. This is a gray legal area that has been challenged in multiple courts around the country; some courts have upheld the 'cow-share' arrangements while other courts have said that this amounts to selling raw milk and ruled it illegal.

Raw milk can, and often does, carry a number of very dangerous bacteria - Mycobacterium bovis (which causes TB in humans), Brucellosis (which causes undulant fever in humans), Salmonella, E. coli including E. coli O157:H7, Listeria, Camplyobacter, etc. Milk was first pasteurized to control the spread of TB in humans - the pasteurization process kills the bacteria and makes the milk safer. Prior to pasteurization, it is estimated that one in four food-borne outbreaks were linked to the consumption of milk.