The Duty of the Consumer 



accordance with the new requirements of 

 dairying, represents should be brought to the 

 attention of every householder. Few can 

 have any knowledge or supervision of their 

 food supply, but the consciousness that milk, 

 at least, may be placed above suspicion 

 marks a most important advance in hygienic 

 food production. The consumer of milk may, 

 for a slight additional cost, obtain the 

 assurance that the milk brought into the 

 house has been produced with attendant 

 cleanliness and hygienic safeguards far in 

 advance of the methods pursued in the aver- 

 age kitchen. This assurance stands for 

 healthy animals receiving humane treat- 

 ment, the milking performed amid cleanly 

 surroundings, by workers who have carefully 

 prepared for their task; the milk received 

 into vessels cleaned far better than most 

 kitchen utensils, and, once in these vessels, 

 henceforth protected against contamination, 

 preserved in a proper manner, and delivered 

 to the consumer with its entire history ac- 

 companying it. 



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