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The Dairy Divl«ion has worked a great deal with our State Civil 

 Defense agency and the Division of H Ilk Control. We have supplied lists 

 of producers of milk and their locations in haaaachuaetts and New Eng- 

 land. K'e also have drawn up a list of all the Massachusetts pasteuriza- 

 tion plants and their capacities. In the ev«?nt of an emergency, and If 

 a plant it disabled. Civil Defense will know wh«re t e next closest proc- 

 essing plant can be found. 



In January of this year there were new Pederal J Ilk Marketing hear- 

 ings opened in Boston. There are nany proposals to amend these orders. 

 One of ther is to consolidate the five Hew England orders into one. If 

 this is done it is thouj^ht that the majority of the Hassachu jetta produc- 

 ers who are located in the "nearby area" stand to lose a great deal of 

 money. 



Influence of the 'J. 3. Public Health S.^rvico in its cTOgrawa of 

 inspection under the Milk Ordinance and Code has been on the Increase in 

 New England. As a result, two men in our i^ivision, under the aut' ority of 

 the Massa'husetts Department of Agriculture, are being trained to become 

 certified rating officers by the T7. 3. Public Health S rvice. 



This spring our flavor specialist has been ill for a considerable 

 length of time. Fortunately, one of o ur men, I.enneth Dorraan, has been 

 8bl'> to keep the Mlk Flavor Frograrc going and Dorman has done a very 

 good Job substituting for John Fltsgerald, the specialist. 



Powdered milk sampled in the warehouses by our men who are certified 

 under the U. S, Department of A.rlculture, Sampling and Qrading Branch, 

 has bijtought in an incwne this year of approximately $5,000. Moat of this 

 powdered milk has been moved out for ahipincnts overseas. 



