Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-23
MILK INSPECTION BILL.
The Main Points of the Enactment F

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The Main Points of the Enactment Pro.
posed by the State board of Health
Against the Sale of Impure Milk.
The enactment proposed TO be presented
by the State Board OF Health fer passage |
BY the General Assembly has the following
AS its chief features against the sale of inn
pure milk, adulterated or unwholesome
milk Against keeping milch COWS in
crowded or unhealthy location; against
feeding them with impure food; provision |
for the marking Of cans and vehicles also
the locality from whence the milk comes.
Section 2 says: If milk sold or offered
for sale under the provisions or TINS
act as pure lnilk is shown upon analysis
to contain more than 81 per centum OF
watery fluid. or TO contain less than l2,o0
Of milk solids, per certlim, Or less fat thaa
three per centum, or if the specific gravity |
at Coz Fahrenheit is not from l20-lutO 10
$4,000. il shall be deemed to be aduter-
ated. If milk sold or offered for sale
under the provisions of thiaact ms SKINNED
milk was a specific gravity. at COZ Fnhren-
heit, less than l.O52, and greater than l.o3h
it shall be deemed to be adulterated.
There is punishment for selling skinned
milk for pure milk, and the former is de-
fined.
Section provides for the inspection and
analysis of suspected ndulterated milk.
of milk inspector to be made by the
state Board OF Health to be under the
boards control. The amount OF salary is
left blank.
section provides for the State boards
inspector inspecting any dairy farm.
Section provides for the placing Of
fine OF not less than 50 or over SO for
each offence, together with costs to he i'm
posed BIZ any Justice of the peace OF tho
| county where the offence is committed.
Sec. Z. The State board is authorized to
| draw on the State treasurer sum not eX-
ceGding Si,2O0, to be expended by the
| board In carrying this act into effect.
FARMERS OPPOSED TO THE BIfL.
Editor Of Tho Gazette. Please find bill
prepared b. the State Roard Of Health to
regulate the sale OF milk in the State of
| Delaware. This bill was formulated by
| myself and the board s attorney with much
care. 1t is approved OF by majority OF
the board il WAS submitted to a well-known
| chemist Of this city for his opinion AS to
the tests whether they were high or low
He said they were fair to the producer, and
fair standard.
1t was developed at the committee meet
ing yesterday al the Central Hotel that the
Farmers Institute were opposed 70 our
bill, and will use their efforts 10 defeat it..
1t was learned yesterday that these farmers
are opposed to any standard and opposed
to all or any inspections of their diaries
and farms for the reason that n city man
or any person who is not farmer, don
know ANYTHING about cows. barnyards,
stables, water grain and clean or unclcan
milk vessels.
They desire to bring such milk as they
produce whether good, bad or indifferent,
and sell it here. They have no interest in
the large number of infants who die under
five years Of age. There were 5S5 children
under the above age who died in this city
last year, 1882 and no doubt . per cent Of
the deaths was caused by impure milk.
The standard adopted by the State board
of Health, or which they believe TO be fair
to the producer, is the standard of Michi.
gan. New York New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maryland
Our board is willing to make the STANDARD
a little lower, so it will be fair to the pro
ducers who have common or mixed stock
am in favor of standard, AS a Law
without a standard, is no law at all. w
, might us we'll pay no attention TO tn
. quality of the milk we use, as there woult
/ be no standard and You could not tel
/ what adulteration was and il you did yoi
could not punish the offender.
aminclinedtobe believe that thep producer
! of milk in the northwestern part of Nel
. Castle county want no milk bill passed b.
= the Legislature. There is another way t
) reach these people who are opposed to an
!. person interfering with their "commerca
I rights and that is for this city to pass a
q ordinance which will cause these no-laN
= people to bring us pure milk, and our pee
3 pie will pay them good price; but if it
odulteratel we want them punished.
Il. b. FRAZER.
II WILJISGToS, February 18th, 1893.