GUIDELINE 59 Production and Regulation of Quality Dairy Goat Milk deals with milk quality standards as applied to goat milk and is considered an introductory guideline to goat milk production.

The Dairy Practices Council has a Task Force dealing specifically with small ruminant issues and more detailed information is available in other Guidelines. This guideline lists the regulatory standards and laboratory methods that have been identified as appropriate by the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS). The guideline also deals with production systems and procedures, as well as management practices, essential for producing high quality goat milk.