Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-13
Effective Law Needed to Requ.
late Diaries and CreamerieS
OF State OF Utah.
BOARD OF HEALTH CIRCULAR
Secretary Beatty Urges thc Arou.ing
ar Public sentiment to Compel
some Effective Legislation.

scuy Beatty of the state board of
health has prepared "a circular relative
TO- the need OF clean milk in thi7 stata
He Says.
"Tho state is unfortunate .n NOT hay
Ing ana cne-tl,c law Co regulate che
d8ir.o4 and croameries and to safeguard
tho consumer ot their products. THE
state board of health Introduced bills
3t the last two sessions of the lagislt-
tura. but in both instances the bills
failed t1 pass.
THE proposed statute provided for
the licensing OF dHries, license tn be
issued only after "a careful Inspection
of the COWS and tho sanitary conditions
surrounding tho production of the mills
and such license 90 be rcyocdble upon
any infractiou of the regulations s1v-
erning the diaries.
Without such "a protective law or
system it i5 Impossible Co prevent en-
trelv the making OF impure and ON
terminated milk and buttor.
las G. further handicap at present
the legislature also failed to apurU-
pirate a sufficient sum tD enable the
state inspector To- cnoct tho complete
and extensive Inspection of dalries and
creamerles. but tho present commits
moner, willard Hanson. Isl q competent
man. and with his real Interest lD ths
work ] am sure that be win 3ocompNa1
all that les within his power dur1ns tho
next two years.
I'm the meantime. however such pub
lic sentiment should be- aroused ass win
compel effective legislation along these
lines at the next opportunity.
RESPONSIBLE FOR DISEASE
Impure and contaminated milk Is
responsible for a vast amount of dis
ease and many deaths. especially among
infants, who are the chief consumers.
and nothing C,ul DE more Important
than 10 safeguard the public nom this
danger,
"Oue source OF the danger has boon
met. and viii De practically overcome
by the law recently enacted requiring
the tuberculin testing OF all mich
COWS in the state This law also pro-
hibts the importation into the state
of mich COWS which have not been
subjected 70 such test and found Tree
from tuberculosis.
Under the authority OF this law nu-
merUus animals tested within the last
month have reacted to tho test. indl-
eating tine presence OF Ca disease. and
demonstrating the extreme importance
OF a thorough test Throughout tho
state.
The law also prohibits the sale or
milk from tubercular COWS and re-
Quires their destruction. and several OF
the animals found diseased have been
killed.
There rs reason to believe. however,
That as yet the Utah herds are relative
ly free from the disease as compared
with eastern states, where tests have
revealed it's existence 10 the extent OF
from 80 % 90 pct cent of all dairy 1ni-
mails. The disease IS extremely inf.c-
tious. but by discovering its presence
and destroying the affected animals, its
spread can be dednitely controlled.
Under an agreement made with the
state board OF health, the Federal Nu-
reau Of animal industry viii make an
tests in tho Utah herds FREQ Of charge
furnishing both the materials and the
men for tho work. Congress recently
made an appropriation for such work
and Utah is one Of the four states 20
bo benefited. We are now in a position
% eradicate the disease thoroughly. ami
by preventing the Importation Of dis
eased animals there viii be no SERIOUS
danger ga future from that source"