PROTECTION OF THE CONSUMER. 



more balanced food, but the fat is apt to become rancid after 

 a time. 



PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS. 



After having thus noticed the various dangers occasionally 

 found in milk and the methods of meeting them, the question 

 arises to each consumer how he shall personally furnish his 

 own family with milk. 



In Europe the plan adopted almost universally is the 

 simple one of sterilizing or pasteurizing all of the milk. This 

 is sometimes done before the milk is distributed to the 

 consumer and, if not, it is almost universally adopted in the 

 household as a means of freeing the milk from its supposed 

 dangers. The use of cooked milk has become well-nigh 

 universal in European households. This has not been 

 adopted so widely in England or America, and in this coun- 

 try the use of raw milk is still very widely continued. 



If one lives in a small community, where the milk is dis- 

 tributed by individual dealers, the best method of dealing 

 with the question is to choose from among the milk pro- 

 ducers one who seems to be the most cleanly and the most 

 reliable. It is not always easy to determine this, but a little 

 thought put in the matter, and perhaps a visit to one or two 

 dairies, will usually enable one to select a dealer whose milk 

 may be ordinarily relied upon. In choosing a milk dealer 

 one should be careful not to choose one whose milk is cheap- 

 est, for this will in most cases mean one whose milk is 

 poorest, produced under uncleanly conditions, and, therefore, 

 most liable to distribute contagious or other diseases. The 

 cheapest milk is usually the worst and most dangerous. The 

 so-called " grocery milk " of cities is the cheapest, the poorest 

 and most dangerous type of city milk (28). 



In large cities where the milk supply cannot be traced to 

 individual producers the question must be answered differ- 

 ently. If one is able to do so, the best means of furnishing 

 a family with milk is to procure it from some of the sanitary 



