﻿COMMISSIONEK 
  OF 
  AGRICULTURE. 
  771 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  law 
  fixing 
  the 
  standard 
  of 
  analysis 
  for 
  milk. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  " 
  That 
  the 
  standard 
  of 
  analysis 
  for 
  milk 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  

   as 
  to 
  ingredients 
  and 
  preparations 
  shall 
  be 
  : 
  Water, 
  eighty-eight 
  

   per 
  cent.; 
  milk 
  solids, 
  twelve 
  per 
  cent., 
  and 
  such 
  milk 
  solids 
  shall 
  

   contain 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  butter 
  fat. 
  When 
  con- 
  

   tracts 
  are 
  made 
  for 
  milk 
  purchased 
  within 
  this 
  State, 
  for 
  delivery 
  

   ■\A-ithin 
  or 
  without 
  this 
  State, 
  no 
  other 
  standard 
  shall 
  be 
  used 
  

   except 
  by 
  special 
  contract 
  in 
  writing." 
  (Laws 
  1891, 
  p. 
  268.) 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  made 
  a 
  misdemeanor 
  to 
  adulterate 
  milk 
  with 
  water 
  or 
  for- 
  

   eign 
  substance 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  sale 
  for 
  human 
  food 
  ; 
  or 
  to 
  sell 
  

   milk 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  cream 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  without 
  the 
  purchaser 
  

   is 
  informed 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  ; 
  milk 
  from 
  which 
  what 
  is 
  commonly 
  called 
  

   " 
  strippings 
  " 
  has 
  been 
  Avithheld 
  without 
  the 
  purchaser 
  knowing 
  

   the 
  fact 
  ; 
  milk 
  drawn 
  from 
  a 
  diseased 
  cow, 
  knowing 
  her 
  to 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   eased; 
  milk 
  so 
  tainted 
  or 
  corrupted 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  unwholesome; 
  milk 
  

   knowingly 
  supplied 
  to 
  any 
  cheese 
  or 
  butter 
  factory 
  or 
  creamery 
  

   without 
  all 
  interested 
  being 
  informed 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  as 
  aforesaid, 
  or 
  

   whoever, 
  after 
  milk 
  is 
  delivered 
  to 
  a 
  cheese 
  or 
  butter 
  factory 
  or 
  

   creamery 
  to 
  be 
  manufactured 
  into 
  any 
  substance 
  for 
  human 
  food, 
  

   knowingly, 
  with 
  intent 
  to 
  defraud 
  on 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  person 
  

   supplying 
  the 
  milk 
  or 
  cream, 
  or 
  knowingly 
  add 
  any 
  foreign 
  sub- 
  

   stance 
  whereby 
  the 
  products 
  shall 
  become 
  unwholesome 
  for 
  human 
  

   food. 
  (Criminal 
  Code, 
  Laws 
  1899, 
  chap. 
  38.) 
  

  

  This 
  law 
  creates 
  a 
  State 
  Food 
  Commissioner, 
  and 
  defines 
  

   his 
  powers 
  and 
  duties. 
  The 
  Commissioner 
  is 
  to 
  enforcs 
  all 
  

   laws 
  that 
  now 
  exist 
  or 
  that 
  may 
  hereafter 
  be 
  enacted 
  in 
  this 
  

   State 
  regarding 
  the 
  production, 
  manufacture 
  or 
  sale 
  of 
  dairy 
  prod- 
  

   ucts, 
  or 
  the 
  adulteration 
  of 
  any 
  article 
  of 
  food, 
  to 
  inspect 
  dairy 
  

   and 
  food 
  products 
  and 
  prosecute 
  offenders. 
  

  

  The 
  State's 
  Attorney 
  is 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  prosecutions, 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Health 
  may 
  submit 
  samples 
  of 
  food 
  or 
  drink 
  for 
  

   analvsis. 
  

  

  " 
  'No 
  person 
  shall, 
  within 
  this 
  State, 
  manufacture 
  for 
  sale, 
  have 
  

   in 
  possession 
  with 
  intent 
  to 
  sell, 
  offer 
  for 
  sale, 
  or 
  sell, 
  any 
  article 
  

  

  