OE^I^ICIAI, INSPECTIONS 44. 169 



There are in this State nearly 60 establishments passing under 

 the name of "creameries." In some of these, however, milk is 

 simply received and shipped, in others it is separated ; while in 

 others, which may justly be called creameries, the milk is 

 received, separated and butter made. With possibly one or two 

 exceptions, all of these establishments have been visited the 

 present season by deputies working under the Maine Food 

 Law, and some of the places have been visited several times. 

 When investigating these establishments the deputies have had 

 instructions to carefully observe the following points in detail : 

 The surroundings of the building, whether clean or tidy; the 

 general conditions of the inside of the place, as to cleanliness 

 and tidiness of the floors, walls, benches, utensils, etc., whether 

 the place is provided with screens, and whether flies were ob- 

 served inside or outside of the building; whether the building is 

 well lighted and ventilated ; whether the toilets, if there are 

 such, are properly located and if they are kept clean and under 

 sanitary conditions ; whether or not the employees are appar- 

 ently neat and healthy in appearance. In addition to the above 

 definite questions the deputy is instructed to note carefully any 

 condition which exists that in his opinion is unsanitary or should 

 be changed in order to improve the condition of the creamery. 



It is a pleasure to note that in almost every instance condi- 

 tions have been found improved upon the second visit. • Most of 

 the serious faults to which attention has been called have been 

 remedied and promises have been obtained from practically all 

 of the creameries where any criticism was made that the sug- 

 gestions as to the improvement of conditions would be acted 

 upon. 



Following is a tabulated list of the establishments visited 

 arranged in three groups : First, creameries where butter is 

 made ; second, skimming stations where milk is received, 

 skimmed and forwarded to creameries proper; and, third, re- 

 ceiving stations where milk is received, iced and shipped to some 

 other point. The creameries were passed as being sanitary in 

 all respects other than noted under "remarks" in the tabulated 

 report. 



