The Detroit times., 1915-12-07

milk drawn from cows kept In q
| crowded or unhealthy condition;
milk or cream which has been dilut-
ed with water or any other fuid to
which has been added or into which
has been introduced any foreign sub
stance whatever; milk or cream the
temperature OF which Is higher than
so degrees Farenheit, or which con.
tains an excessive number OF bac-
terra. this requirement includes
Grade c. milk: MIX or cream
which Ia produced In violation Of the
regulations of the Board of Health.
Any milk or cream found to be
adulterated which has been brought
into the city of New York or Ia held
or offered for sale. may be seized
and destroyed by representatives OF
the Board OF Health.
All milk and cream kept, offered
for sale. sold or delivered In New
York must conform to the following
grades: "Grade A for infants and
children tmilk or cream raw or pas
teurized): Grade 3" for adults
(milk or cream pasteurized); Grade
c" for cooking and manufacturing
purposes only milk or cream not
conforming to the requirements Of
any OF the subdivisions Of Grade A
or Grade b and which has been pas
teurized according to the regulations
OF the Board Of Health or boiled for
at least two minutes; condensed
or concentrated milk.
This grading applies to milk or
cream used for the purpose Of pro-
ducing or used In preparation Of
sour milk, butterm!lk, homogenized
milk. milk curds, sour cream Smet-
eny. Kumyss. Matzoon, Zoolak and
other similar products Or prepara-
tions held. kept Offer ed for sale. sold
or delivered in the city OF New York.
The second step In protecting milk
for the consumer was to see that the
entire milk shed" frcm which New
York draws It's supply was put un-
der rigid inspection. As so many
different states came into the prob
lem the state OF New York--its de-
partment Of agriculture-was asked
to cooperate with the Board OF
Health and II has done so. II has
adequate laws governing the pro-
duction of milk bu. has not a large
enough budget to furnish as many
inspectors as are needed to cover
the ground.
Now York inspectors, city or state,
could not go into ether states, and
New York's insistance upon controll-
ing the quality Of its milk supply
brought the question into the courts
of the various states. Finally the
Supreme court of the United States
decided that any state has a right
by reason Of regulations TO protect
the public health and safety: furth-
ermore, the Supreme court Will not
interfere because the states have
seen nj TO give administrative dis
cretion 10 local boards to grant or
withhold licenses or permits to car
ry on trades or occupations or per
form acts which are properly the
subject OF regulation in the exercise
of the reserved power OF the state
to protect the health and safety OF
It's people" This means II the dairy
man In Pennsylvania or any other
state persists in keeping his prem
ises I'm unsanitsry condition and Is
shipping dirty or adulterated milk in
10 New York, the latter's Board or
Health can stop the New York deal
er's selling his bad milk. The whole
section from which the milk supply
com IS is set of into divisions under
inspectors, AMI each inspector Is
held responsible for the condition OF
dalries and FOR keeping the dairy
men up TO the mark. To guard against
bad milk slipping in. In spite OF In
spection. the Board of Health insists
upon pasteurization as safeguard.
In order to have a uniform stand
ard. the first step will be for our
standards commission to establish
the standard Cor milk. This commits
sion Is known as the joint commit
tee on food definitions and standards.
Its membership IN made up OF Off
cials from the United States depart
ment Of agriculture. the National
Association OF National and State
Food and Dairy Officials and the
Association OF Official Agricultural
Chemists The standards commits
sion has appointed a cimmittee on
iuilk as Il has on other foods. This
comittne is considering a standard
for milk that can be made uniform
through the United States, In fact.
the adoption Of such a standard by
this commission would probably lead
to- uniform one for milk through
out the whole country.
All our food standards, let alone
milk. should be one and the same
throughout ths United States. The
standard for milk of tho health de-
partment OF New York city is In
high favor and, recommend that
this standard be made the standard
for milk by the standards commits
sion. ] place It above all others as
being a practically perfect working
standard.
We build our great works and our
small by he same standard Of meas
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