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stats. 1915, SEC. 15. The purpose of this act is to amend and super- 

 repealed! sede an act entitled "An act to prevent the sale of impure and 

 unwholesome milk, to grade milk, to provide rules and regula- 

 tions therefor, and to empower cities, groups of cities, counties 

 and groups of counties, or cities and counties, to establish 

 inspection service ; to provide for the enforcement of this act ; 

 to prescribe penalties for violation of the provisions hereof; 

 and to make an appropriation therefor," which is hereby 

 repealed. 



CERTIFIED MILK. 



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An act to regulate the production of certified milk, cream, ice 

 cream, butter and cheese; and repealing an act entitled "An 

 act to regulate the production of certified milk," approved 

 March 18, 1909, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent 

 with this act* 



(Approved April 25, 1913; Stats. 1913, p. 83.) 



Marking and SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or 

 S miik ertl ~ exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange, as and for 

 certified milk, any milk which does not conform to the rules 

 and regulations and to the methods and standards for the pro- 

 duction and distribution of "certified milk" adopted by the 

 American association of medical milk commissions on May 1, 

 1912, and which does not bear the certification of a milk com- 

 mission appointed by a county medical society organized under 

 and chartered by the medical society of the State of California, 

 and which has not been pronounced by such authority to be 

 free from antiseptics, added preservatives, and pathogenic 

 bacteria, or bacteria in excessive numbers. All milk sold as 

 certified milk shall be conspicuously marked with the name of 

 the commission certifying it. Such milk commission shall 

 make all requirements for the production and handling of 

 certified milk uniform and fair, and shall not refuse to certify 

 milk for any applicant for certification who shall comply with 

 the provisions of this act. 



certified milk SEC. 2. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or 

 lcts ' exchange or offer or expose for sale or exchange, any cream, 

 skimmed milk, buttermilk, ice cream, butter or cheese as and 

 for certified cream, certified skimmed milk, certified butter- 

 milk, certified ice cream, certified butter or certified cheese 

 as the case may be, or use the word "certified" in connection 

 with the sale, designation, advertising, labeling or billing of 

 any cream, skimmed milk, buttermilk, ice cream, butter or 

 cheese unless the same and all products of milk contained 

 therein or used in the manufacture thereof are obtained 

 exclusively from milk which conforms to the requirements of 



*The power of enforcing this act was given to the department of agri- 

 culture by section 9 of the act of 1919, creating a department of agri- 

 culture. See page 10 hereof. 



