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fluartiTS per centum of milk .(jlids, iioi k-.ss iluin eifc'ht and one-half 

 per centum of solids not fat, and not less than three and one-quarter 

 per centum of milk fats; and the certificate of the director of the Con- 

 necticut AiL^ricultural Experiment Station, or the director of the lab- 

 oratory of till' Stale Department of Health, shall be jniina facii proof 

 of the composition of any milk. 



Sec. 2466. Adulterated milk; sale forbidden. Xo person shall, by 

 himself, his servant or a^ent, sell oi- exchange, or offer for sale or ex- 

 change, or h.i\c in his possesiion with intent to sell or exchange, as of 

 standard quality, any milk which is not of standard finality, or any 

 milk diluted with water or adulterated by the addition of any foreign 

 substance, or which has been wholly or in part skimmed, or shall 

 knowingly deliver or offer for delivery milk that is tainted or partly 

 sour to any customer buying the same for sweet milk. 



Sec. 2467. Skim milk; labels. Xo person shall sell or offer or ex- 

 pose for sale, milk from which the cream or any part thereof has been 

 removed, without distinctly and durably affixing a metal label or tag 

 in a conspicuous place upon the outside, and not more than six inches 

 from the top, of every can, vessel or package containing such milk, and 

 such metal label or tag shall have the words "Skimmed ;\Xilk" stamped, 

 printed or indented thereon in letters hot less than one inch in height; 

 and such milk shall only be sold out of a can, vessel or package so 

 marked. Skimmed milk may be sold in milk bottles if plainly marked 

 or tagged as such. 



Sec. 2468. Cream; standard quality defined. The term "cream" 

 as used in this chapter shall mean that portion of milk which rises to 

 the surface of unagitated, unadulterated milk while standing, or is 

 separated from it by centrifugal force and contains not less than sixteen 

 per centum of butter fat. Any other substance sold as cream shall be 

 clearly and distinctly labeled declaring the principal constituents there- 

 of and the per centum of fat contained therein. Any person violating 

 any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred 

 dollars. 



Sec. 2459. Adulterated cream; sale forbidden; exception. Xo 

 person shall sell or exchange or offer for sale or exchange, or have in 

 his possession with intent to sell or exchange, as of stapdard quality, 

 any cream which is not of standard quality or any cream which has 

 been adulterated by the addition of any foreign substance. Cream of 

 less than sixteen per centum of butter fat may, however, be sold if the 

 minimum per centum of butter fat is plainly printed or stamped on the 

 label attached to the container. 



Sec. 2476. Milk containers; what uses forbidden. X'o person shall, 

 by himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of any 

 other person, firm or corporation, send, ship, return or deliver, or cause 

 or permit to be sent, shipped, returned or delivered to any producer of 

 milk, any can, jar, bottle, measure or other vessel used as a container 

 for milk, containing any offal, swill, kerosene, vegetable matter, rotten 

 or putrid milk or any other offensive material. 



Sec. 2477. Penalties. Every person who shall violate any provision 

 of the three preceding sections shall be fined seven dollars for each 

 offense. 



Sec. 2481. Milk from diseased cow; sale forbidden. Every person 

 who shall knowingly sell or expose for sale, milk or any product of milk, 

 from a cow which shall have been adjudged by the commissioner on 

 domestic animals to be affected with tuberculosis or other blood disease 

 shall be fined not more than seven dollars or imprisoned not more than 

 thirty days or both. 



