CHAPTER XLI 

 MILK DEFINITIONS 

 ^TANDARD Milk is milk which conforms to 

 ^ certain requirements which usually specify the 

 minimum per cent of fat, and solids-not-fat, and 

 sometimes the maximum number of bacteria per 

 cubic centimetre allowable in milk offered for sale. 

 The amounts required or permitted differ in dif- 

 ferent countries. 



Sanitary Milk, Guaranteed Milk, are terms ap- 

 plied to milk produced under conditions necessary 

 to secure a pure, wholesome product. 



Certified Milk is milk produced under ideal con- 

 ditions, — healthy cows, especially adapted sani- 

 tary stables, healthy clean milkers. The milk is 

 bottled, sealed, and shipped in refrigerator cars, 

 and certified to by a commission. 



Modified Milk, or Humanized Milk, is milk 

 containing definite proportions of fat, sugar, casein, 

 etc., put up usually according to the prescription 

 of a physician, who indicates how much of these 

 different constituents is required. 



Clarified Milk is milk which has been run 

 through a separator to remove some of the im- 



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