﻿10 BULLETIN 1, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



New Jersey has also passed a very stringent law governing the 

 production of certified milk. This act was approved by the gov- 

 ernor on April 21, 1909, and a section of it reads as follows : 



11. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell or exchange or offer or expose 

 for sale or exchange as and for certified milk any milk which is not produced 

 in conformity with the methods and regulations prescribed by and which does 

 not bear the certification of a medical milk commission, incorporated pursuant 

 to the provisions of this act or organized or incorporated in some other State 

 for the purposes specified in section 1 hereof, and which is not produced in 

 conformity with the methods and regulations for the production of certified milk 

 from time to time adopted by the American Association of Medical Milk Com- 

 missions, and which is below the standards of purity and quality for certified 

 milk as fixed by the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions ; and 

 any such person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this 

 section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



The State of Kentucky also defines certified milk in the following 

 words : 



An act for preventing the manufacturing and sale of adulterated or mis- 

 branded foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors and providing penalties for viola- 

 tion thereof. 



Section 3, paragraph 3. If in the case of certified milk it be sold as or labeled 

 " certified milk," and it has not been so certified under rules and regulations by 

 any county medical society, or if, when so certified, it is not up to that degree 

 of purity and quality necessary for infant feeding. 



California has also passed a law governing certified milk, and 

 several other States contemplate such legislation. 



Michigan has seen fit to recognize the importance of this subject 

 and has passed a law which varies somewhat from the other laws. 

 The Michigan act provides that any board of health having two or 

 more physicians among its membership is authorized to appoint five 

 physicians as a medical milk commission to supervise the production 

 of certified milk. In towns not having a board of health so consti- 

 tuted the State board of health may make the appointment. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF MILK COMMISSIONS. 



Members of milk commissions rarely receive any pay for their 

 work, their services being given gratis for the public good. Small 

 expenses of the commission are usually met by the commission itself. 

 Occasionally philanthropic subscriptions are received. In one city 

 three men contributed $800 after an appeal by the commission. 

 Postage, printing, and salaries of experts ai?e usually paid by the 

 producers. 



There is no uniformity regarding the charges for certification. 

 Some commissions make absolutely no charge, while others charge 

 the actual expenses of the various inspections and examinations to 



