232 CLEAN MILK 



Upon these reports the commission bases its action in respect to 

 certification and the certificates are renewed once a month. 



The dairyman is thus authorized to indicate such indorsement, 

 either by using on his bottle a cap bearing the name of the Medical 

 Milk Commission and the term " certified milk " or a copy of the 

 certificate. 



In New York the law forbids the use of the term " certified " on the 

 cap unless accompanied by the name of the society which certifies it, 

 and in some other places the certificates bear a copyrighted monogram 

 to prevent their fraudulent use. 



For examples of these methods of designating such milk, see Fig. 

 51, p. 169. 



When the certificate form is used it is placed between the cap and 

 a parchment covering the neck of the bottle, and in either case the 

 date of milking must appear, a rubber or impression stamp being used 

 for the purpose. 



In some instances the bottles are hermetically sealed with paraffin, 

 which is protected by parchment, tin foil or tin covers bearing the 

 term " certified," the name of the dairy and the name of the Medical 

 Milk Commission. The caps are sometimes sold to the dairymen by 

 the commissions and funds are thus provided for defraying the nec- 

 essary expenses, including inspections, chemical analyses, etc. In 

 other instances funds are provided by the medical society, the dairy- 

 man or by means of a bottle tax. 



