Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-30
ADEQUATE MILK INSPECTION IS
VITALITY NECESSARY TO MUTUAL.
BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY, CLAIM

ton honestly determined before the
public, and to bring the vendors of
dangerous milk to Judgment il
prompt action is not taken to raise
its standard. Third; The apprecia-
ton of uniform high qualftv is
shown by the public through in
creased consumption giving volume
to the dairyman's business with
proportionateiy reduced overhead
This enables him to make more
money from his business without ad,
vancing the price of milk.
Inspection Needed
The interest of the consumer and
dairyman in efficient dairy inspec-
tion is parallel-both have need of
it.
The efforts of the California
Dairy Council through their spread
of the gospel of "Milk of Health'
have laid the Foundation and awaK-
ened the desire of the people of I'M
perial Valley for more milk and be-
ter milk.
The application of the principe,
of the Pure Mix Law of the
state of California will exactly salts
fy the requirements.
The inspection OF those products
of milk which, b. The process of
manufacture, are changed to a less
perishable condition than fluid milk
and which enters into inter-citv,
inter-country, and interstate com
merce, is conducted by state Officers.
Market or fluid milk requires more
intensive supervision. 1t is produc
ed locally, consumed locally. It is
a local problem. II must be financ-
ed by local funds. Properly conduct
reason of the increased consumption
which occurs. The Pure Milk
Law of California makes provision
for local inspection and guarantees
lis proficiency through the super
VISION of a market milk specials.
from the state Office of the depart
ment of agriculture at Sacramento,
who devotes his entire attention to
maintaining the standards of this
work.
Inspectors Trained
The state standards call for
trained man under civil service to
act as inspector. The dairy divisron
of our state college of agriculture
stands ready TO recommend such 4
man. This man must devote his en-
tire time to the work. He must not
accept compensation for his advice
or Instruction, from private sources.
He must take frequent samples of
the milk as it is delivered to the
consumer without the foreknOwle1ge
Of the distributor. His analysis
must be made in a laboratory AZ
cording to the standard methods Of
the American Public Health AsSooia-
ton. He, must make frequent but
unexpected visits 10 dairies and ,tlS
tributing plants. He must keep rec
oFds of his work. All of this is re-
viewed once every four months BY
the market milk specialist. Upon
favorable recommendation OF this
specialist to the dairy servrce Of the
department of agriculture at Saer2-
mento, certificate of approval u
issued to the local department.
Dairymen producing products OF
necessary quality are permitted TO
place a Grade "A'' label on the
bottle caps or other designations
permitted by law which have deli
mite meaning. Milk Of unknown
quality is excluded from the market.
A "Surprise Milk Scoring Con
test is held once every four months
at the time of the visit OF the state
specialist, when all of the milk IS
rated on the basis OF 100 per cent
as perfect. The factors considered
IN this contest fnclude the bacteria
count. the milk fat and solids con
tent. the flavor, the package, etc.
Also the rating given by the local
inspector during the four months
preceding. The general average rat
ing on each dairy is published IN
the local press so the public may IN
telligenty select its milk supply.
All that is necessary to set this
machinery in motion Is for the each
city Of the group contemplating in
spectiOn in Imperial Valley, and pre-
ferably also the county, 10 adopt q
uniform ordinance already prepared
and placed i'll the hands of the sew
eral city attorneys. BY its pro-
visions local enforcing agency is
created to enforce the state stand
ards. Funds which will adequately
support the work VIII be collected
through license fees, for milk distri
button amounting TO one-tenth Of
one cent quart. These, the pro
gressve, high class dairymen, gladly
accept.
Simple System
This may sound like a compllcat-
I'd system TO those unfamiliar with
modern methods of inspection, but
in practice it IS simple. The plan is