The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-21
SOME CITIES FOR
PASTEURIzED MILK

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At present either pas,surirsd milk
or milk from herds which by test
are proved free from tuberculosis IA
allowed 10 DO sold In the city. Some
citisa permit the sale OF nothing but
pastsurircd milk while others bar
pasteurised milk and permit nothing
but the product from tubereulln.
tested COWS 20 be sold.
The action In zach case was deter.
mined by local conditions which arv
believed TO have little appl.ea ton. N
any. 10 the solution OF seattlss prob.
lam.
Both the exponents Of raw milk
and pastsurirsd milk admit, that tho
quality OF milk supplied 10 this city
10 Exceptionally high and both pro.
fsss n keen desire 10 keep II al its
present standard or improve u.
Otherwise. they contend. geattls's
enviabls record as one Of the health.
iest cities In the country may be
msnaoed.
Proponents OF pasieufiEed milk
have framed an amendment 10 tho
city ordinance which would require
the pasisurixation OF all milk sold
here. II has been under consldera.
ton by Or. Read.
Raw milk men claimed that the
original Amendment 10 the ordinance
would wreck their business. and was
inspired 10 give the pasteurixatlon
men a monopoly on tho milk busi.
meas.
Pastsurl,atlon men asserted that
the ordinance was designed 10 ele.
va,o tho standard by providing uni.
form treatment for all milk sold in
the city. which viii provo beneficial
to the dairymsn and 90 the consum.
Ing public. They deny Interior mo.
lives in seeking TO legislate against
raw milk which In from tuberculln
tested COWS.
Charles r. Fisher. manager.
'ary.treasursr OF the Seattle Milk
shippers association, said Monday
that he believed in compulsory pas.
teurtxntion. He declared that he could
not 20 into the subject extensively
off.hand and could not reply TO the
charge Of raw milk men that the
bacteria content Of their milk was
considerably lower than that OF pas.
teurized milk.
In asserting that raw milk Is pur.
err than pas,eurixed milk. the raw
milk men cite figures OF the city
health department showing that for
the last eight months the bacteria
count on pasteurized milk was TO-.
500 per cubic centimeter. whereas
raw milk registered 10000 from "a
producers, and only eishht pasteur.
islng plants averaged that low.
URGE LOWERING
or BACTERIA COUNT
Some producers OF pasteurized
milk. they claim. in the belief that
pasteurizatlon will offset lack OF
sanitary precautions. become care.
less, and as consequence, milk. as
received at phsteurirlng plants, av.
erages five tlmes higher In bacteria
count than raw milk,
They say that this condition
would be aggravated under univer.
sal paateurizatIon. Under the pres.
ent ordinance. pasteurzed milk and
raw milk may be legally sold where
the bacteria count is under 200 900.
Raw milk men urge that the
maximum for both classes OF milk
be reduced nj least 90 per cent.
Tuesday Afternoon pro.pasteuriza.
ton speakers will appear before the
King County Legislative federation.
in the Y. w. c. Az auditorium. Miss
Ruth II. Carol. or the Pure MIX
dairy. VIII advance her arguments
on pasteurisation. and DR. George
p. Hazard, OF Minneapolis, a broth.
er OF Mrs, John semones, president
Of the federation, will speak.
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