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ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMS 



DAIRY AND EGG 



SERVICES PROVIDED . The four basic programs administered by this 

 division are the dairy, egg, olemargarine , and hatching programs. 



(a) The dairy program involves quality control of those dairy 

 products referred to as manufactured. Although our laws 

 do not spell out the all inclusive meaning of the word 

 "manufactured", it traditionally has meant butter, cheese 

 (except cottage cheese), ice cream, sherbets, ice milks, 

 water ices, frozen desserts (both animal and/or vegetable 



fat) , and certain imitation dairy products. This program exerts 

 control of the products and procedures through licensing 

 of milk haulers, graders, Babcock butterfat testers, cream 

 stations and the manufacturing plants. 



(b) The egg program involves all eggs in the state which are 

 subject to regrading at the wholesale and retail level. 

 The department sells egg seals. The only eggs which re- 

 ceive inspection at the source are the Montana Quality 

 or otherwise known as the Gold Seal eggs. 



(c) The oleomargarine program is one which has not presented 

 major problems and as a consequence, it has not been 

 developed to more than a program of purely licensing. 



(d) Our hatchery program involves licensing of them and the 

 chick and/or poultry dealers. Flock testing is a function 

 of the Montana Livestock Sanitary Board. 



OBJECTIVES Plans call for an automated system of multiple licensing 

 which will save time and money once the system is set up. We also plan 

 to adopt modern, meaningful regulations which now are almost completely 

 lacking. We also wish to extend our authority to inspect dairy farms 

 producing milk and cream for manufacturing purposes. Our plans also 

 call for the licensing of each egg producer and requiring that his 

 name be placed on egg containers containing eggs of his own production. 

 We also propose that each container of eggs packed by an egg packer 

 include the name or coded name of the producer facility. We also 

 propose to have minimal regulations concerning the production, washing, 

 sanitizing and packing, storing, handling and display of eggs, although 

 this may not be for a few years. 



We should also be checking weights and bacteriological quality of 

 novelties such as ice cream bars, ice cream on a stick, water ices, 

 popcicles, fudgecicles, etc. 



ACHEIVEMENTS Although from September 15 to the present, the basic 

 programs have remained unchanged, proposed administrative change has 

 undergone much discussion. We have discontinued the sale of egg seals 

 in the field with the office now handling mail outs. We have consolidated 

 report forms from five to a single report. We have consolidated our daily 

 activity reports into weekly activity reports. We have begun taking 



