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adopted standard. Many health officers in this country have 

 used Circular 114 for the purpose of formulating laws and 

 regulations to govern the milk supplies under their jurisdiction. 

 The following editorial from the London Lancet Vol. 11, 

 1907, No. XIII, shows in what estimation the circular was held 

 in England. 



FEDERAL, TEXT BOOK ON PURE MILK QUESTIONS 



"The Agricultural Department at Washington has issued a 

 volume of reports containing the results of the conference of 

 experts called together by the department to consider the vari- 

 ous questions now agitating the country in regard to the purity 

 of the milk supply. The conference consisted of 35 recognized 

 experts in the study of the questions involved. This volume 

 will be the recognized text-book of the health authorities of 

 this country for the present, as it carries the weight of au- 

 thority of these experts and the indorsement of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. In brief, these experts agreed upon a 

 definite milk program and have recommended that public safety 

 should be assured by legislation establishing three classes or 

 grades of milk namely, certified, inspected, and pasteurized. 

 They would not tolerate any trifling with the public in the sale 

 of so-called certified milk. They would require that such milk 

 should come from dairies subject to periodical inspection and 

 that the milk should be frequently analyzed; that the cows 

 should be proved to be free from tuberculosis by the tuberculin 

 test and from all other communicable diseases ; that the milk 

 should be handled by persons free from infection ; that the milk 

 should contain not more than 10,000 bacteria to the cubic 

 centimeter; and that it should not be more than twelve hours 

 old when delivered to the consumer. The conference would 

 permit the sale of such milk under the label 'certified,' and 

 would allow the sale raw, under the label 'inspected,' of milk 

 that had been similarly produced but did not quite come up to 

 the requirements for certification, provided that such milk came 

 in all cases from tuberculin-tested cows and did not contain 

 more than 100,000 bacteria to the cubic centimeter. Such 

 milk, and such only, do these experts believe should be sold raw. 

 all other milk should be patseurized. The declaration of the 

 conference is as follows : 'Milk from the dairies not able to 



