Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-27

milk situation in Imperial Valley
Comment on the articles by the edi-
tor Is appended
AT q regular meeting of the board
of directors Of the Imperial Valley
Market Milk Association held on
April %, 1881. the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
Whereas, the newspapers in circu-
lation in Imperial Valley have re-
Gently contained articles regarding
quality Of milk and cream. and the
inspection of milk and cream, and,
whereas these articles have left the
public with the impression that the
! market milk in Imperial Valley was
not inspected at this time, there
fore Be il resolved;
That The Imperial Valley Market
Milk Association urge the newspa-
pers to explain to the public that
the market milk and cream sold in
all the cities and towns of Imperial
Valley is produced by Grade-A dali
rles, under supervision of an author
lied inspection service and that a
fully equipped laboratory owned by
the several communities in the val
ley is and has been in use for reg
! ular testing Of the milk supply
All this under direct supervision of
the Bureau of Dairy Control of the
State Of California and by authori-
ty of said Bureau under the direct
supervision Of Walter c. MacDon-
| aid, milk and dairy inspector
The quality VI market milk sold
in Imperial Valley is On a par With
milk soid IN any community in the
State.
(Signed) IMPERIAL VALLEY
MARKET MILK ASSOCIATION
BY Board Of Dlrectors-R. NJ.
Brodbeck, L. E. Sinclair. r. E.
Crane. H. F. Farnsworth. D. Fl. Dill
Ion, Cha5. Matan, C. E. Stevens.
Editor, Imperial Valley Press,
FL Centro, Calf.
Dear Sir:
There seems to be a misunder-
standing among readers of your
valued paper regarding milk and
dairies. Recently there have ap-
peared articles in the newspapers
calling attention to the plan of
appointing a dairy inspector and the
possible acquisition Of a laboratory
Tor general public health work, in
Guiding the testing of milk. It ap-
pears from these articles that the
milk produced in the valley is not
now under inspection, and that
there is not laboratory for techni-
cal control Of same.
The facts are: All of the milk
sold in Imperial Valley for market
milk, meaning drinking milk, is
grade A milk, and is produced under
the rigid requirements Of the Cali
fornie Pure Mix Law and is under
the supervision Of q full time milk
inspection service operating with
! the approval Of and by authority
Of the Bureau Of Dairy Control CT
the State Department Of Agricul-
ture. There is fully equipped
laboratory used continually in test
ing and grading our market milk
With q qualified tecnnician in
The proposed new arrangement is
to assist more dairies in the valley
to get in the required sanitary con-
ditions so that cream may be
shipped to cities OF the coast
The quality of the market mill,
sold in the cities and towns in In
] perial County ranks with that sold
in any city in the state, and for the
! benefit Of the public health we urge
/ the public to use more Of it.
hoping this will tend to clarity
! he situation. l remain
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Walter G. Macdonald,
Milk and Dairy Inspector
Editors ncte: Mr.. MacDOn-
aid ana the directors of The
Imperial Valley RiariIet Milk
Association may hold the opin-
ion that the public might be
lievc milk sold in the various
valley towns is not inspected
but we credit the public with
having more intelligence than
TO hold such a thought.
Our opinion is based on The
fact that each time the inspec-
tor makes q surprise test of the
dairymen, the results of his test
are published in the Press and
ether valley papers. thereby ac-
euainting the public with the
work he is doing. Many resi-
dents of the valley cities would
NOT know that such inspections
are made il they did not read
the results of the tests in the
papers. In this way the papers
have aided the inspector TO