488 MILK 



.This contract has been the model for other contracts made 

 between medical milk commissions and interested producers. 



In return for carrying out all the exacting conditions of the 

 agreement and paying the expenses of experts, the Medical Milk 

 Commission gives the dairyman certificates which are placed on 

 all bottles. The milk then carries the endorsement of the milk 

 commission, but the certificate does not absolutely guarantee the 

 quality and purity of the milk in the bottle to which it is attached. 

 It guarantees efficient supervision of the methods employed in 

 production, shipment, and delivery. It is not surprising, there- 

 fore, that certified milk is sold at a price higher than that of 

 ordinary milk, retailing for 15 cents or more per quart. 



Since the Essex County Milk Commission commenced certi- 

 fying milk 81 medical milk commissions have been organized in 

 the United States. Legal protection has seemed desirable to 

 counteract the influence of the unscrupulous dealer, who has 

 used the word "certified" for inferior milk in order to command 

 the superior price. For instance, the writer found a "certified" 

 milk which, upon inquiry, turned out to be milk "certified" to 

 by the producer to contain at least 3 per cent, butter-fat. New 

 Jersey, Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts, and New Hamp- 

 shire have passed legislation to protect the term "certified milk." 

 A copy of the New Jersey law follows: 



MEDICAL MILK COMMISSION LAW 



The following act was inspired by the Essex County, New Jersey Medical 

 Milk Association, was introduced in the Legislature by Senator Joseph S. 

 Frelinghuysen, received the affirmative vote of every member of the Senate present 

 except one, and the unanimous vote of the House of Assembly, and was approved 

 by Governor J. Franklin Fort, on April 21st, 1909. 



An Act providing for the incorporation of medical milk commissions and the 



certification of milk produced under their supervision. 

 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New 

 Jersey: 



Certified Milk Commissions 



1. Any five or more physicians duly authorized to practice medicine 

 under the laws of this State who shall desire to associate themselves together 

 for the purpose of supervising the production of milk intended for sick room 

 purposes, infant feeding and for use in hospitals, may make, record and file 

 a certificate in writing in the manner hereinafter mentioned. 



Objects Set Forth: Name, Purposes, Directors, County 



2. Such certificate shall set forth: 



(I) The name of such association which shall be as hereinafter designated. 

 (II) The purposes for which the association shall be formed. 



(III) The names and the residences of the medical directors who shall 

 manage the affairs of the association for the first year of its existence. 



(IV) The county in this State where such association shall operate. 



