R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-2-29: Standards to be maintained.

All milk and milk products as defined in this chapter which are to be shipped, brought, carried, or transported into Rhode Island for sale, distribution, use, or processing in this state, shall come from animals that are of a substantially equal or higher health status as applied to brucellosis, tuberculosis, or other diseases as those animals located within Rhode Island from which milk is produced for sale, distribution, use, or processing.