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with the recommendations of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists 

 and has been adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture and by a 

 larger number of States than has any other standard. The simplification of the 

 Babcock test makes the determination of fats and solids-not-fat an easy procedure 

 quickly applied. Such chemical examinations of milk can be readily adopted 

 and executed by any health-board laboratory at a very moderate expense. It is 

 believed that such chemical standards as are suggested will inflict no real hard- 

 ship on the milk producers of this country and that the provision regarding sub- 

 standard milks is a liberal one. 



MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF MILK 



Because of studies which have been made during the past year the commission 

 thinks it wise to omit temporarily any definite statement on the subject of micro- 

 scopical examination of milk, and the determination of pus and bacteria by sedi- 

 mentation methods, until further studies have been made. A special subcom- 

 mittee has been appointed for this purpose which will make studies during the 

 present year and the commission will take action on this matter at one of its later 

 meetings. 



MlSLABELING 



The commission resolved that the sale of milk which is mislabeled or mis- 

 branded shall be punished by suitable penalties. 



PUBLICITY 



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The commission fully considered the matter of the publication of laboratory 

 examinations of milk by city and town health authorities. When proper stand- 

 ards and regulations are established and adequate facilities furnished for labora- 

 tory work, it is believed that the laboratory tests will give an index of the charac- 

 ter of the milk delivered to the public by milk sellers which is entirely fair and 

 impartial. There can be no objection to publicity under such circumstances. 

 It is an advantage to the seller of high-grade milk. It is an advantage to the 

 consumer who desires to select a high-grade milk. It has much educational 

 value both to producer and consumer. Therefore the commission recommends 

 "that the reports of laboratory analyses of milk made by departments of health 

 be regularly published." 



MEDICAL INSPECTION 



It is the sense of the commission that the medical inspection of dairy em- 

 ployees should be emphasized in all ways possible. 



MILK DEALER'S LICENSE 



The commission resolved that a dealer shall be required to have a permit or 

 license to sell any grade or class of milk and to use a label for such class or grade. 

 Such permit or license shall be revoked and the .use of the label forbidden when 

 the local health authorities shall determine that the milk is not in the class or 

 grade designated. 



