THE. PAST^U^^ATJON OF MILK 



duced. The substitution of the judgment of oth- 

 ers for his own personal inspection of food nat- 

 urally developed into a certain sort of communal 

 or public control of foods. As communities be- 

 came more and more congested, it became neces- 

 sary to centralize the control of foods under some 

 definite organization. This centralized control, 

 which was usually at first vested in some private 

 organization, was later taken over by the govern- 

 ment which obtained in the town or city. Thus we 

 have the Boards of Food Control, which are now 

 usually centered in the Health Departments. 



As the inter-dependence of the various towns and 

 cities became more fully recognized, it became evi- 

 dent that not only the cities but the states should 

 on broad lines, regulate the production and sale of 

 foods. This state regulation of foods has been cen- 

 tered partially in State Health Departments, partly 

 in the Agricultural Departments and sometimes in 

 special departments whose duties have been to 

 control the foods sold in the state. These state 

 departments are becoming increasingly efficient as 

 the good work which they do is becoming more and 

 more recognized. 



Since the means of communication and transpor- 

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