244 Principles of Legislative Milk Control. 



Regulation of Market Milk on Basis of Guaranteed Percentage 



Composition. 



1. Sellers of milk should be permitted choice of one of two 

 systems in handling market milk. Milk can be sold, first, under 

 the regular standard, or, second, under a guaranteed statement of 

 composition. 



2. Any normal milk may be sold if its per cent of fat is 

 stated. In case the per cent of fat is not stated, the sale will be 

 regarded as a violation unless the milk contains at least 3.25 per 

 cent of milk fat. 



3. As a further protection to consumers, it is desirable that 

 when the guaranty system is used there be also a minimum 

 guaranty of milk solids not fat of not less than 8.5 per cent. 



4. Dealers electing to sell milk under the guaranty system 

 should be required to state conspicuously the guaranty on all con- 

 tainers in which such milk is handled by the dealer or delivered 

 to the consumer. 



5. The sale of milk on a guaranty system should be by special 

 permission obtained from some proper local authority. 



Penalty. 

 Every milk ordinance should contain a penalty clause. 



Extension Work. 



The commission indorsed the efforts of the New York Milk 

 Committee to obtain funds for the formation of a bureau of exten- 

 sion work, such bureau to act as a collecting station for informa- 

 tion regarding standards and regulations as to milk adopted by 

 cities and towns in the United States. The bureau should also 

 furnish information to such cities and towns as appeal for aid 

 in the adoption of milk standards and should conduct a construct- 

 ive program by placing in the field a man who would visit com- 

 munities interested in establishing milk standards; and it may 

 use the members of the commission on milk standards for carrying 

 on the work of the bureau so far as possible in their own localities. 



The commission has confined its report rather closely to the 

 standard requirements for milk. These requirements can not be 

 met unless proper measures are taken. For instance : The milk 

 must be produced from healthy cows in clean surroundings, and 

 must then be promptly chilled and kept cool thereafter. The hand- 

 ling at all points must be done by healthy employees employees 

 who are not carriers of contagion. 



The reports of the subcommittees on the methods of produc- 

 tion, handling, and distribution, while not properly a part of the 

 report itself, are set forth in the following pages. 



