The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-31

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such milk in the raw state. Pasteuri-
cation is not recommended as a substi-
tute for sanitary precautions, but as
an additional safeguard where the in
spection is not sufficient to guarantee
the purity Of the milk.
'EThe dairy division also is conduct
ing an extension campaign among con-
sumers. In the first place, it is trying
to convince them that it costs more to
produce clean wholesome milk than to
produce dirty and dangerous milk. In
the second place, it aims to show the
householder how to keep milk after it
has been delivered by the milkman.
Clean milk if allowed to become warm,
if kept in unclean vessels, or if expos
ed to the dust of rooms or left within
reach of flies, quickly deteriorates and
may become dangerous.
Whatever power the department
has to compel milk dealers to produce
safe, clean milk comes to it from the
food and drugs act. Under this act
tie department has power to request
the department of justice to order
prosecutions or seizures only in the
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commerce. In this work, the depart
ment does not set up standards, but
accepts the standards of the city into
which the milk is being shipped across
state lines. The bureau of chemistry
which has only a limited number of
inspectors, does most of its work by
cooperating with local authorities in
the case of milk produced across
state line. Where milk is found to be
adulterated, it is of course seized.
Where indications are found that the
milk is not properly produced, and is
likely to become dangerous, the dairy
man is warned to clean up and is
shown how to impure his milk. If he
fails to act on this warning, prosecu-
ton follows. The purpose of this work
now being carried ON around Pittsburg
is not so much to protect the large
cities which have their own health Of
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vent dangerous milk being shipped
across state lines into smaller towns
which have no local milk inspection.
These inspectors working near Pitts
burg found that much milk, which was
refused entry into Pittsburg by the
local health officer, was being sold in
nearby suburbs and small towns. The
department, of course, had no power
over milk produced and sold within
state lines, and therefore took steps to
see that milk shipped into these towns
from the neighboring towns was clean
and pure. The major purpose Of the
study is to determine exact conditions
in the district, so thai the milk pro-
ducers may be aided intelligently to
produce satisfactory product. In
most cases, save where milk is actually
watered or chemically preserved, the
government finds that the bad milk
results more from the ignorance Of the
farmer than from any deliberate in
tention on his part to produce and sell
dirty milk He commonly needs ex-
pert advice along practical lines, and
this advice in most cases he welcomes
and carries out as rapidly as his means
permit.
"FThe governments first investiga-
ton into interstate shipments Of milk
was undertaken in the summer of 1905
around Cincinnati, before that city had
milk inspection department. Most
of the milk used in Cincinnati was
shipped across the state line from
Kentucky The results of the govern
ment s analysis of this milk are as
follows: