62 FOOD LEGISLATION, YEAK ENDED JUNE 30, 1908. 



creamery or cheese factory, or for any person, to improperly manipulate or 

 under-read the Babcock test. 



It shall be unlawful for any person, agent or employe of any creamery, 

 cheese factory or person to so manipulate the sampling that the sample taken 

 does not fairly represent the uniform mixture of the cream or milk from which 

 It was taken. 



If milk sold or offered for sale under the provisions of this Act as pure milk, 

 is shown upon analysis by weight, to contain more than eighty-seven and five 

 one-hundredths per centum of watery fluid, or to contain less than twelve and 

 fifty one-hundredths per centum of milk solids, or less than three per centum of 

 butter fnt, <>r if the gravity at sixty degrees Fahrenheit is not between one hun- 

 ilivd twenty-nine one-thousandths to one hundred thirty-three one-thousandths, 

 it shall be deemed adulterated. If milks sold or offered for sale under the pro- 

 visions of this Act as skimmed milk has a gravity at sixty degrees Fahrenheit 

 less than one and thirty-two one-thousandths, and greater than one and thirty- 

 seven one-thousandths, it shall be deemed to be adulterated. 



SEC. IS. Aimliixis of suspected mill's. Whenever the pure food inspector has 

 reason to believe that any milk found by him is adulterated, he shall take speci- 

 mens thereof and test the same with such instruments as are used for such pur- 

 pose, and he shall make an analysis thereof, showing total solids, the percent- 

 age of butter, the percentage of water and the percentage of ash, and if the 

 result of such test and analysis indicated that the milk has been adulterated 

 or deprived of its fat below the requirements of section twelve ot this Act, the 

 same shall be prima facie evidence of such adulteration in a prosecution under 

 this Act. 



SEC. 14. atti milk inspectors. Authority is hereby given the city council of 

 any city, or the board of trustees of any town or village, to appoint an inspector 

 of milk in any such city or town and to fix his compensation, and when ap- 

 pointed the said inspector of milk shall have all the powers given him by sec- 

 tion twenty of this Act, and shall perform all the duties required of inspectors 

 of milk as provided herein, and such other powers and duties as may be con- 

 ferred or imposed by the ordinances of said cities or towns. 



SEC. 15. Adulteration of milk prohibited ; milk defined. No person shall offer 

 for sale, sell, exchange or deliver or have in his possession with the intent to 

 sell, exchange or deliver, any milk, to which water, chemicals or preservatives, 

 or any other foreign substance has been added. The term " milk," as used in 

 this Act, shall include all milk, cream or milk, in its natural state as drawn 

 from the cow. 



SEC. 16. Adulteration of milk a misdemeanor. Whoever shall adulterate, by 

 himself, or by his servant or agent, or sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his 

 custody or possession, with intent to sell or exchange the same, or expose or 

 offer for sale, adulterated milk, or milk to which water or any foreign sub- 

 stance or substances in any state of fermentation or purification or from any 

 sick or diseased cows shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



SEC. 17. Skimmed milk regulations. Whoever shall adulterate, or cause to be 

 adulterated, sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his custody or possession, with 

 intent to sell or exchange the same or expose or offer for sale or deliver as pure 

 milk, any skimmed milk, from which the cream or any part thereof has been 

 removed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



SEC. 18. Labeling of skimmed milk. Any dealer in milk who shall, by him- 

 self, servant or agent, sell, exchange or deliver, or have in his custody or pos- 

 session, with intent to sell, exchange or deliver the same, milk from which the 

 fat has been removed, so as to reduce the same below the requirements of sec- 



