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name. Such certification savors of deception and, as respects 

 the milk itself, is a misbranding and falsification. The work of 

 such a commission is a detriment to the cause of certified milk 

 and reflects upon the reputation and diminishes the influence 

 of the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions. A 

 few such commissions have, unfortunately, gained admission to 

 our Association. No chain is stronger than its weakest link, and 



49. IDENTIFICATION OF COWS. 

 l?ach animals in the certified herds ii 

 togged with a number for permanent 

 identification 



50. HERD-BOOK RECORD. Each 

 jow in the herd ia regutered in a 

 herd book, is accurately kept as to 

 entrance and departure and tuberculin 



51. Copy' TftWs record ia kept by 

 the veterinarian of the Commission, 

 who is made responsible for its ac- 

 curacy 



Z. DATES OF TUBERCULIN 

 STS. Dates of the tuberculin tests 



i fro' 



SST5V5 



53. Results of all tuberculin tests 



kept on file by the medical commission 



54. 



Medical 



copiea of all annual, semi-annual and 



otfecr official tuberculin tests made 



55. 56. DISPOSITION OF COWS 

 SICK WITH DISEASES OTHER 

 THAN" TUBERCULOSIS. Cows 

 having any disease which may be 

 menace to the herd are removed to a 

 quarantine building. The milk 

 ch cows ia not used, nor the 

 cows restored until permission is given 

 by the veterinary inspector..- 



57. EMACIATED COWS. Cows 

 emaciated from any cause that may 

 endanger the milk are removed from 

 the herd 



Bacteriological Standards. 



58. BACTERIAL COUNTS. The 

 milk contains less than 10,000 bacteria 

 per cubic centimeter when delivered. 



59. Bacterial counts are made at 

 least once a week.- 



60. 61. COLLECTION OF SAM 

 PLES. Samples to be examined are 

 obtained from milk as offered for sale 

 and are taken by a representative of 

 the milk commission-:. _ 



J-66. INTERVAL BETWEEN 

 MILKING AND PLATING. The 

 intervals between milking and plating 

 the samples are less than 40 hours. 



67, 68. DETERMINATION O F 

 TASTE AND ODOR OF MILK. 

 Taste and odor of the milk is deter 

 mined by bacteriologist 



69. RECORDS OF BACTERIO 

 LOGIC TESTS. Bacterial tests kept 

 on file by the secretary of commis- 

 sion, copies made available for the 

 American Association of Medical Milk 



Score only 

 Uax. ortivg. 



Page 7 



> and Method*. 



70, 71, 77-81. Quantitative 



analyses of the milk are made by a 

 competent chemist at least monthly-.. 



72-76. FAT STANDARDS. Fat 

 standard for the certified milk of 4 per 

 cent, is maintained within the permis- 

 sible range of variation 



82-86. COLORING MATTER AND 

 PRESERVATIVES. The milk ia free 

 from adulteration, coloring matter 



cine gravity of the milk is between 

 1.029 to 1.034 and is determined at 



least monthly 



Method* and Regulations for the 



Medical Examination of Em 



ployee*. Their Health and 



Personal Hygiene. 



89. An attending dairy physician in 



good and legal standing resides near 



the dairy, ia responsible to and di- 



the commission _.. 



employees, before employ- 

 ment, are subjected to a physical ex- 

 amination by the attending physician 

 and all prohibitive requirements are 

 enforced.... 



91. All ordinary habits of personal 

 cleanliness are enforced and require- 

 ments of milkers as to hair, caps and 

 clean-shaven faces are carried out 



92. The employees' dormitories are 



each is kept supplied with clean bed- 

 clothes. Bathing facilities arc pro- 

 vided for all employees...- 



93. A suitable building is provided 

 for the isolation and quarantine of 

 persons under suspicion of having i 

 contagious disease 



94-95. When illness of a suspicious 

 nature occurs the attending physician 

 immediately quarantines the suspect, 

 notifies health authorities and the 

 secretary of the commision, and ex- 

 amines each member of the dairy 

 force. In every inflammatory affec- 

 tion of the nose or throat, a culture is 

 taken and examined by a competent 

 bacteriologiat. The aecr e t ary, on 

 notice of contagious disease at the 

 dairy, notifies the committee, which 

 assumes charge of the matter and acts 

 for the commission..... 



96. When a case of contagious dis- 

 ease is found, such employee is quar- 

 antined, removed from the plant and 

 the premises fumigated : 



97. Following a weekly medical in- 

 spection of the employees, a monthly 

 report ia submitted to the secretary of 

 the commission on the same recur- 

 rin g da ft by the examining physician 



Maximum 

 Kore 



Totals 



Fig. 198 continued. 



iy commission which weakens the strength of this national chain 

 lould not be tolerated as a factor in the government or legisla- 

 tion of the Association." 



A score card has been worked out for the guidance of medical 

 tilk commissions by the American Association. A copy of this 



is given on pages 492-495. 

 The work of medical milk commissions has had a most bene- 



