APPENDIX 305 
DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION 
After its organization the commission should designate a 
veterinarian, a physician, a chemist, and a bacteriologist to en- 
force its methods and standards, which shall be the prevailing 
methods and standards of the American Association of Medical 
Milk Commissions, and these officers should be required to render 
regular reports of their inspections and examinations. A uni- 
form written agreement should then be entered into with any 
dairyman who is desirous of undertaking the production of 
certified milk and the investigation of whose plant shows it to 
be properly equipped for such purpose. Such agreement shall 
require the observance of the methods and standards hereinafter 
mentioned. 
Upon receipt of favorable reports from the several experts 
and committees which have made the investigations, the dairy- 
man should be authorized, in accordance with the terms of the 
agreement, to employ the term “ Certified Milk,” and he shall be 
required to attach to all containers of any character used in dis- 
tributing the milk produced under the agreement a certificate or 
seal bearing the term “ Certified Milk,” the name of the medical 
milk commission certifying it, and the day or date of production 
of the milk contained therein. 
HYGIENE OF THE DAIRY 
Under the Supervision and Control of the Veterinarian 
1. Pastures or Paddocks.—Pastures or paddocks to which 
the cows have access shall be free from marshes or stagnant pools, 
crossed by no stream which might become dangerously con- 
taminated, at sufficient distances from offensive conditions to 
suffer no bad effects from them, and shall be free from plants 
which affect the milk deleteriously. 
2. Surroundings of Buildings——The surroundings of all 
buildings shall be kept clean and free from accumulations of 
dirt, rubbish, decayed vegetable or animal matter or animal 
waste, and the stable yard shall be well drained. 
3. Location of Buildings Buildings in which certified milk 
is produced and handled shall be so located as to insure proper 
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