APPENDIX III. 



Certified milk in Philadelphia is produced under the con- 

 trol of a commission organized in 1899 under the following 

 plan: 



1. There shall be a Milk Commission of the Philadelphia 

 Pediatric Society, whose duty it shall be to have examined 

 milk submitted to them by dairymen and certify as to the 

 result of such examination. 



2. The actions of the Commission shall be reported from 

 time to time to the Society and shall be subject to its approval. 



3. The Commission shall consist of four members besides the 

 President of the Society, who shall be a member ex officio. The 

 members shall be appointed yearly by the President as soon 

 as possible after his election. The Commission shall elect a 

 chairman and a secretary from their number. 



4. No statement for publication or information to any 

 dairyman shall be given by or in the name of any individual 

 member, but only after consideration by the Commission and 

 in the name of "The Milk Commission of the Philadelphia 

 Pediatric Society." 



5. The Commission will hold itself in readiness to examine 

 milk from dairies desiring this examination, and to certify to 

 the good quality of milk which comes up to the standards fixed 

 by it. It is understood that only the milk of dairies, and not 

 that of milkmen who merely serve milk bought by them, will 

 be examined by the Commission. 



6. The method of examination and certification to which 

 the dairyman or his agent shall agree to submit shall be as 

 follows : 



7. The Commission shall select a bacteriologist, a chemist, 

 and a veterinary inspector. The bacteriologist shall procure 

 a specimen of milk from the dairy, or, preferably, from de- 

 livery wagons, at intervals to be arranged between the Com- 

 mission and the dairy, but in no case at a longer interval than 



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