APPENDIX 305 



DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION 



After its organization the commission should designate a 

 veterinarian, a physician, a chemist, and a bacteriologist to en- 

 force its methods and standards, which shall be the prevailing 

 methods and standards of the American Association of Medical 

 Milk Commissions, and these officers should be required to render 

 regular reports of their inspections and examinations. A uni- 

 form written agreement should then be entered into with any 

 dairyman who is desirous of undertaking the production of 

 certified milk and the investigation of whose plant shows it to 

 be properly equipped for such purpose. Such agreement shall 

 require the observance of the methods and standards hereinafter 

 mentioned. 



Upon receipt of favorable reports from the several experts 

 and committees which have made the investigations, the dairy- 

 man should be authorized, in accordance with the terms of the 

 agreement, to employ the term " Certified Milk," and he shall be 

 required to attach to all containers of any character used in dis- 

 tributing the milk produced under the agreement a certificate or 

 seal bearing the term " Certified Milk," the name of the medical 

 milk commission certifying it, and the day or date of production 

 of the milk contained therein. 



HYGIENE OF THE DAIRY 

 Under the Supervision and Control of the Veterinarian 



1. Pastures or Paddocks. Pastures or paddocks to which 

 the cows have access shall be free from marshes or stagnant pools, 

 crossed by no stream which might become dangerously con- 

 taminated, at sufficient distances from offensive conditions to 

 suffer no bad effects from them, and shall be free from plants 

 which affect the milk deleteriously. 



2. Surroundings of Buildings. The surroundings of all 

 buildings shall be kept clean and free from accumulations of 

 dirt, rubbish, decayed vegetable or animal matter or animal 

 waste, and the stable yard shall be well drained. 



3. Location of Buildings. Buildings in which certified milk 

 is produced and handled shall be so located as to insure proper 



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