Proceedings of The Third Annual Conference of the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions.

Abstract

In the report of the Atlantic City meeting of 1909 of the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, a great amount of valuable information in reference to milk production is compiled. There are now, according to this report, 56 medical milk commissions in the United States, and these represent 22 states. Out of these 22 states only 3 protect the name "certified" as applied to milk of high standard. These states are New York, New Jersey and Kentucky. Attention is called to the necessity of other states following this example. Reports of the various milk commissions now in operation were read at the meeting. One of the points emphasized was that inspected milk, by which terms a second grade of milk is understood, should be produced and the sale encouraged. It has been the experience of many milk commissions that the general milk supply of a community is improved by