248 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



DAIRY LAWS OF ILLINOIS 



Laws of 1879, page 111. (Kurd'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,, 

 whoever shall knowingly sell for human food, milk so tainted 

 which cream has been taken, without the purchaser being in- 

 formed or knowing the fact, or whoever shall knowingly 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, with- 

 out all interested therein knowing or being informed of the 

 fact, milk which is adulterated with water or any foreign sub- 

 stance, or milk from which cream has been taken, or milk from 

 which what is commonly called "strippings" has been withheld, 

 or milk drawn 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 delivered to a cheese 

 factory or creamery, to be manufactured into any substance 

 for human food, for or on account of the person supplying 

 the milk or cream, or shall, with like intent, knowingly add 



