168 CERTIFIED MILK. 



The top and lip of .the bottle are protected by an additional 

 cap extending down over the neck. This may be of tinfoil with 

 ornamental lettering. Another device consists of a 6-incli 

 circle or square of parchment paper crumpled around the neck 

 and held in place by a rubber band. The paper may bear a 

 printed label. 



Certified milk may be delivered in bulk to institutions in 

 cans the covers of which are fastened with a lead seal distinc- 

 tive of the certification of the commission. 



Amount of certified milk produced. Certified milk at present 

 constitutes a very small percentage of the general milk supply. 

 Dr. Coit, in his presidential address before the American Asso- 

 ciation of Medical Milk Commissions, held in Chicago, in 1908, 

 made the following comment : 



' ' 111 New York City, the 10,000 quarts of certified milk is onl)' one-half 

 of 1% of the 1,800,000 quarts consumed daily, and if every quart of cer- 

 tified milk went to a baby, which it does not, it would be less than 5% 

 of all the babies in New York City, which is 205,000." 



Certified milk has been before the public in New York since 

 1896, twelve years. The small amount consumed repre- 

 sents the small proportion of people in the country now who 

 realize the necessity for good milk and are able to pay for it. 

 The figures offer subject for thought in connection with the 

 problem of educating the public in the matter of paying twelve 

 to twenty cents a quart for good milk. 



Certified milk is producing a good effect in the various com- 

 munities where it is known, out of all proportion to the amount 

 of such milk produced. It has been a potent factor in arous- 

 ing the present wave of interest in clean milk which is sweep- 

 ing over the country but is not a response to the demand for 

 pure milk for the masses. 



Fraudulent certified milk. There was an instance in Louis- 

 ville, Ky., in which a dealer employed two physicians and a 

 veterinarian on salaries and sold milk under their "certifi- 

 cation." In another case, milk .was sold as " certified milk" 

 on the basis of a falsified tuberculin test by two disreputable 

 veterinarians. The difficulty has been met in New York State 

 by legi.slative action as follows : 



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