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Local boards of health and local milk inspectors have histor- 

 ically, through enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations, main- 

 tained the high quality of nilk in the major marketing areas of 

 this Comnonv.-ealth. 



The number of pasteurization plants in Massachusetts has 

 steadily been declining with the results that the distribution 

 from those plants still in operation covers wide areas of the 

 state . 



This bill would provide for a consistency and uniformity of 

 inspection of fluid milk from the time of production up to and 

 through the pasteurizing and packaging phases, by better use of 

 the skill, knowledge, and ability, of the local inspectors and 

 the inspectors of the Department of Agriculture, who are specialists 

 in their field. 



The public at large will be the chief beneficiary of this 

 bill because of better coverage in the milk inspection program. 

 Cities and towns will benefit by this program because they will 

 now have available to them the inspection service of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture if they desire it. 



No. 4 - AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE CONTROL OF NOXIOUS V/EEDS. 



On October 17, 1968, President Johnson signed the Carlson- 

 Foley Act, vhloh v;ould pemiz Szzte officials to destroy noxious 

 plants on Federal lands, and zhe S~ate v:culci be reimbursed to 

 the extent of available Federal funds. 



In order to fully utilize the provisions of this Federal Act, 

 it is necessary to have enabling legislation, so that the 



