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DAIRY LAWS OF ILLINOIS 



Laws of 1879, page 111. (Hurd's Revised Statutes) (chapter 

 38, sections 9-9e). 



AN ACT to regulate the sale of milk, and to provide penalties 

 for the adulteration thereof. (Approved May 29, 1879). 



Section 1. That whoever shall, for the purpose of sale for 

 human food, adulterate milk with water or any foreign substance, 

 or whoever shall knowingly sell for human food, milk from which 

 cream has been taken, without the purchaser being informed or 

 know^ing the fact, or whoever shall knowing ly sell for human 

 food, milk from which what is commonly called ''strippings" has 

 been withheld, without the purchaser thereof being informed or 

 knowing the fact, or whoever shall knowingly sell for human 

 food milk drawn from a diseased cow, knowing her to be so 

 diseased as to render her milk unwholesome, or whoever shall 

 knowingly sell for human food, milk so tainted or corrupted as 

 to be unwholesome, or whoever shall knowingly supply, or bring 

 to be manufactured into any substance for human food, to any 

 cheese or butter factory or creamery, without all interested there- 

 in knowing or being informed of the fact, milk which is adulterat- 

 ed with water or any foreign substance, or milk from which cream 

 has been taken, or milk from which what is commonly called 

 ''strippings" has been withheld, or milk draw^n from a diseased 

 cow, knowing her to be so diseased as to injure her milk, or 

 milk so tainted or corrupted as to be unwholesome, or whoever 

 shall knowingly, with intent to defraud, take from milk after it 

 has been dehvered to a cheese factory or creamery, to be manu- 

 factured into any substance for human food, for or on account 

 of the person supplying the milk or cream, or shall, with like in- 

 tent, knowingly add any foreign substance to the milk or cream, 



