Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-06
Cream Inspection i'm Minnesota


Editor Dairy Record; AS practically
very reader OF your valuable paper Is
ieeply interested in the enforcement
If our state law which prohibits the
;ale of impure, unwholeSome cream
Or it's manufacture into butter, 1t may
De of interest to call attention to the
plan which the department intends To
follow out in prosecuting the work,
First, the law is framed in better
,hape than the n we operated I'M
Ter last year. In fact there is evil
fently sufficient strength In the law to
,ring about all that any law can pos
ibly accomplish. 1t remain now TO
enforce 1t with all the means We have
Ut hand.
In order to be fully informed as to
our powers under the new law, and
20 know just what plan TO follow in
rider to be working in full harmony
With the letter OF the law, the whole
natter was submitted to the attorney
general of the state, and the plan as
outlined below is the one decided up
an after this conference.
The department haas full authority
% condemn IMPURE, unwholesome
:ream, but has no right TO destroy 1t
,r damage 1t by pouring In Kerosene
oi,, etc. After 1t has been condemned
I'll parties are prohibited from MAX
ng 1t into butter. 1t may be used for
,ther purposes, such as making grease
or a
Our plan Is to condemn this cream
ind seize it, holding IT until we oan
earn from the shipper just what dis
,osal we shall make OF 1t. Upon his
written order we may destroy or re-
urn IL. This plan will only be fol-
lowed out in the case Of he first vio-
alton. A second shipment OF the
- - ,-sII H. fA11AxtyA1 ly Gniytfrn 0nh
prosecution. In such case the cream
will be seized in the name of the state
and disposed of by direction OF the
court at the conclusion Of the trial.
II creamery owners and cream buy
,rs are in position to make the con-
iemned cream into grease or soap they
will be allowed to do SO under the su-
2ervision Of the inspector who has
condemned the croam Returns Will
then be made to the shipper, the price
,ased on what tho oil in the cream Is
worth for that purpose. To insure
further that the law will be carried
out In such case the Inspector will do
nand access 10 the account of the
cream buyer. Notice of the condem-
2ation Of the cream and the usual first
warming will be sont to the shipper.
Creamery owners and buyers who
sefuse to manufacture impure and I'M
wholesome cream into a food product
will, of course. be exempt from prose-
, ,ution. The department has been as
,ured by practically all the prominent
cream buyers in the state that they de-
sire fully to comply with the law and
IRE anxious to cooperate with the de-
partment in correcting conditions as
they have existed formerly. O8 course
his will be welcomed by the depart
ment as we can accomplish more in
his way in any line Of u work. They
will be called upon 10 demonstrate
heir sincerity In this matter by hold
.ng all cream which arrives In bad
condition until the Inspector can call
and condemn 1t. or course his plan
| FAN only be followed out in the large
| cities where an inspector will make the
rounds every day. This plan is now
n working order and thus far the large
cream buyers are doing their part
we'll.
AT other creameries where an in
| 5pector cannot call regularly the buy
er viii be warned against manufactur-
ing bad cream into butter, and n
evidence as TO violation of the law Will
DC followed by prosecution. There are
| several points in the state where cream
- shipped IN which will ave special
.ttention by an inspector whose duty
will be solely to look after these points.
,rhe inspector selected for this work is
MI al
expert.
Mr.. Credicott has been selected to
l.ok after this important work in the
Irwin cities, inasmuch as he Is the only
| creamery expert living there, thus eff
eecting a considerable saving in ex-
! pense to the department.
Besides the work done by these two
special inspectors each creamery ex-
pert VIII be expected TO look after this
question particularly In his territory.
The same plan will be followed out all
over the state, n cream shipped In
from other states will be condemned
just the same as h a produced In the
state.
The Ian as outlined Is already I'm
full working order, and we look for a
substantial Improvement In conditions
from week TO week. The extent to
| which the work will be carried on will
| only be measured by the forces we
have at our command.
would greatly appreciate any sug-
| gcssions or information which your
, re aders can give us In this work. It
II not "A work which ahould be dele-