REPORT STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER 455 



TACK THIS POSTKR IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE 



Clean utensils and cooling tanks will help you to have cream which 

 will grade Extras and Firsts. 



REGULATIONS FOR CREAM GRADING 



Under authority granted by Sec. 4999-a-18, the following grades of 

 cream are hereby established. 



EXTRAS 



Extras shall consist of sweet cream, clean in flavor and not to con- 

 tain more than .2 of 1% of acidity. 



FIRSTS 



Firsts shall consist of cream that is clean, smooth, free of all un- 

 desirable odors, clean to the taste and only slightly sour. 



SECONDS 



Seconds shall consist of cream that is too sour to grade as Firsts; 

 may contain undesirable flavors or odors to a slight degree, also that 

 which is too old to pass as Firsts. All sour cream containing less than 

 25% butterfat shall be graded as Seconds. 



ILLEGAL CREAM 



Under the Law, cream is a food and any cream produced from an 

 unhealthy cow or consisting in whole or in part of a filthy, rancid, de- 

 composed or putrid substance shall not be offered for sale. Neither 

 shall such cream be purchased. 



The following undesirable flavors and odors will not be allowed 

 except in a slight degree in cream grading Seconds, and will be turned 

 back as illegal. 



STALE OR MUSTY — Stale flavors are caused by holding cream 

 too long or holding cream in stale cans, or using stale water in wash- 

 ing or rinsing cans. Musty cream is the result of holding cream in a 

 cave, cellar, or room having stale or musty surroundings. 



VERY SOUR — Cream having a very high acidity. It is the re- 

 sult of holding cream too long and at too high a temperature. 



OILY — Oily flavor is caused by having cream near coal oil, gas- 

 oline or other similar product; also by carelessness in handling separa- 

 tor oil, or using cans in which any of these products have been 

 handled. 



METALLIC — Metallic flavor is that flavor which is frequently 

 caused by cream coming in contact with rusty or poorly tinned separa- 

 tors, cream cans or other utensils. 



EXTRAS 



Extras shall consist of sweet cream, clean in flavor and not to con- 

 tain more than .2 of 1% of acidity. 



All containers for cream grading Extras shall be properly desig- 

 nated. 



A space of at least 2 feet shall separate Extras from any other 

 grade of cream. 



