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containing less than eight and one-half per centum of milk 

 solids not fat, or milk drawn from cows within eight days before 

 or four days after parturition, or milk from which any part of 

 the cream has been removed, or milk which has been diluted 

 with water or any other fluid, or milk to which has been added 

 or into which has been introduced any coloring matter or chemi- 

 cal or preservative or deleterious or filthy substance or any for- 

 eign substance whatsoever, or milk drawn from cows kept in a 

 filthy or unhealthy condition, or milk drawn from any sick or 

 diseased cow or cow having ulcers or other running sores, or 

 milk drawn from cows fed unwholesome food, or milk in any 

 stage of putrefaction, or milk contaminated by being kept in 

 stables containing cattle or other animals. The term adul- 

 terated cream shall mean cream containing less than eighteen 

 per centum of milk fat, or cream taken from milk drawn from 

 cows within eight days before or four days after parturition, or 

 cream from milk to which has been added or introduced any 

 coloring matter or chemical or preservative or deleterious or 

 filthy substance or any foreign substance whatsoever, or cream 

 from milk drawn from cows kept in a filthy or unhealthy condi- 

 tion, or cream from milk drawn from any sick or diseased cow 

 or cow having ulcers or other running sores, or cream from milk 

 drawn from cows fed unwholesome food, or cream contaminated 

 by being kept in stables containing cattle or other animals, or 

 cream to which has been added or into which has been intro- 

 duced any coloring matter or chemical or preservative or dele- 

 terious or filthy substance or any foreign substance whatsoever, 

 or cream in any stage of putrefaction, provided, that nothing in 

 this act shall be construed to prohibit the sale of pasteurized 

 milk or cream to which viscogen or sucrate of lime has been 

 added solely for the purpose of restoring the viscosity, if the same 

 be distinctly labeled in such manner as to advise the purchaser 

 of its true character ; and providing that nothing in this act 

 shall be construed as prohibiting the sale of milk commonly 

 known as ' skimmed milk,' when the same is sold as and for 

 * skimmed milk.' Milk drawn from cows within eight days 

 before or four days after parturition, or milk to which has been 

 added or into which has been introduced any coloring matter 

 or chemical or preservative or deleterious or filthy substance, or 

 milk drawn from cows kept in a filthy or unclean condition, or 



