THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION, 45 



Thursday Morning, January 20, 



CLEAN DAIRY PRODUCTS 

 by 

 J. B. Newman, Assistant State Food Commissioner, Elgin, III 



Chairman : I take pleasure in introducing Mr. Newman. 

 We all will give Mr. Newman our hearty support, I want you 

 to give him all the support you can. We feel that when men 

 like Mr. Newman are at the head of a Food Department, our 

 interests will be looked after. I take pleasure in introducing 

 Mr. Newman. 



Mr. Newman : I have been requested to prepare a paper 

 on sanitary dairying and sanitary dairy products. First let me 

 call the attention of you gentlemen to the fact that you are 

 handling a food product; a food product that nourishes four- 

 fifths of the babies of the country, a product that is used in some 

 form by all families, the old as well as the young, the poor as 

 well as the rich; not only the sick but the healthy. This food 

 constitutes i6 per cent of all the food used by the average 

 American. The cheapest food, the food that has no substitute 

 —PURE MILK. 



Remember at all times that you are handling a food pro- 

 duct, a food product that is consumed raw, not one that is pro- 

 tected with a shell or with leaves nor one that comes in a bottle 

 or in a can. It is exposed in its early stages until it is bottled 

 for delivery, and when you appreciate the fact that you are 

 handling this great food product and handling it in this exposed 

 condition, you will appreciate the importance in connection 

 herewith, all the laws of sanitation. The problem of providing 



