HOW SOLVE THE PROBLEM? 175 



To secure Safety: All milk, excepting possibly a class 

 of the highest grade, should be pasteurized under ade- 

 quate official supervision.* 



To secure Justice: Milk should be graded and labelled 

 on the basis of laboratory tests and pasteurization. 



Grading and the laboratory are the most important 

 single means of sanitary control. 



Grading is the most important single factor in eco- 

 nomic adjustment. 



Quality should be recognized through fair milk prices 

 to both farmer and dealer. 



The advantages of centralizing at a few plants the 

 operations of handling, pasteurization,- bottling, and 

 distribution should be recognized. 



WHO IS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM? 



While the various factors in the milk problem some- 

 times appear to have reached a pass which may be 

 described as a puzzle, a deadlock, or a " muddle," its 

 solution should not be so difficult as it often seems, 

 provided only that facts be recognized and right prin- 

 ciples adopted. It will not, however, be lastingly 

 solved by any one group of persons without regard to 

 the others concerned. 



Health authorities must adopt improved methods 

 of sanitation and, with legislative sanction and sup- 

 port, establish rational regulation based upon the 

 grading principle. 



* It may here be again noted that, although the recommendations 

 of the National Commission on Milk Standards leave the pasteuriza- 

 tion of " Grade A " milk optional, the majority of the commissioners 

 voted in favor of the pasteurization of all milk. 



