The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-12-07

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
| 30 degrees Farenheit, or which con-
( aims an excessive number Of bac-
terra. this requirement includes
/ Grade G" milk: MIX or cream
/ which Is produced In violation Of the
, regulations OF the Board of Health.
Any milk or cream found TO be
I adulterated which mas been brought
into the city of New York or is 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 milk or cream raw or pas
, tenrized) Grade y" for adults
/ uniIk or cream pasteurizedD Grade
G." for cooking and manufacturing
+ purposes oriy tmilk or cream nor
conforming 20 the requirements OF
any % the subdivisions OF Grade A
or Grade II and which has been pas
: teuri2ed according 20 the REGULATIONS
Of the Board OF Health or boiled for
I al least two minutes; condensed
or concentrated MILK.
This grading applies TO milk az
I cream used for the purpose OF pro
4 Gucing or used in preparation oi
sour milk. butte rm'lk. homogen'zed
milk. milk curGs. sour cream Smet'
eny. Kumyss. Matzoon, Ioolak and
other similar products g" prepare
lions held. kent Offer cd for sale. sold
or delivered In the city Of New York.
Z 'rhe second step in protecting milk
( for the consumer was TO see that the
entire milk shed" frcm which New
York draws its supply was put UNI
der rigid inspection. As so many
different states came into the prob
lem the state OF New York--its de
partment Of lsricuiture-was asked
10 cooperate with the Board OF
Health and II has done 50. n has
adequate laws goyernin.; the pro
I duction OF milk bC' has not large
enough budger tn furnish as many
inspectors a. are needed 20 cover
I The Ground.
Now York inspectors, city or state.
could not 20 into ether states, ana
New YoIk's insistance upon CONTROL
ing the quality of it's milk supply
brought the question into the courts
of tho various states. Finally the
Supreme court of the United States
decided that any state has right
Ivy reason CT regulations 10 protect
the public health and safety; furth-
ermore. "the Supreme court will not
I interfere because the states have
seen n TO give administrative dis
cretion to local boards TO grant or
withhold licenses or permits TO car
~ 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
its peoDlc" This means II the dairy
nan in Pennsylvania or any other
. state persists I'm keeping his prem
ises in unsan!tary condition and Is
shipping dirty or adulterated milk in
10 New York. the latter's Board OF
Health can stop the New York deal
er's selling his bad milk. The whole
section from which the milk supply
comes Is set off into divisions under
inspectors. AMI each inspector Is
held responsible for the condition OF
dairies and for keeping the dairy
men mp to the mark. To guard Against
bad milk slipping in, in spite of in
spectiOn the Board of Health insists
upon dissemination as r safeguard.
In order to Rave a uniform stand
ard the first step will be for our
standards commission to establish
the standard sor milk This commits
sion is known as the joint commit
tee on food definitions and standards.
It's membership in made up of Off
ciaIs from the United States depart
nlenI Ol dRIlNulluit. Ah' sNh'iVit"'
Association of National and State
Food and Dairy officials and the
Association OF Official Agricultural
Chemists The standards commits
son has appointed q oimmittee on
milk as II has on other foods. This
comittre is considering q standard
for milk that can be made uniform
through the United States. I'm fact.
The adoption of such standard by
this commission would probably lead
to a uniform one for milk through
out the whole country.
All our food standards. let alone
milk. should ne one AMI the same
throughout thu United states. The
standard for milk of the health de-
partment of New York city is in
high favor and. recommend that
this standard be made the standard
for milk BY tho standards commits
sion. place Il above all others as
being a practically perfect working
tandard.
We ouild our great works and our
small hy The same standard of meas
ure. We buy and sell an bake and
brew hy uniform measures and
weights. We pay our debts with
currency OF uniform standard through