Idaho Milk Products has corrected the violations and will pay a penalty of $52,100.

At issue is the market stabilization program, which would require producers who voluntarily sign up to cut production during times of low margins.

Numerous safeguards prevent BSE from entering the food chain; Detection shows California dairy cow had atypical and rare form of the disease.

While previous “mad cow” findings resulted in massive beef trade bans, there were no trade restrictions for dairy during the three previous BSE incidents in the U.S.

National Milk Producers Federation says measure’s impact creates huge out-of-pocket increases for dairy farmers.

Dairy price supports and MILC payments favored by smaller Michigan dairy producers.