New State Milk Standards
Go Into Effect On iuly 2
HARRISBURG, June 15—Pennsylvania Secretary of A& Penn State extension cloth
riculture William L Henning this week announced that ing s P eciallst - Loo c for rem "
new standards defining the number and character of bac- orcemen^s Packet en^s >
teria in milk products will become effective July 2 The P° C^GL corners, knees, el
promulgation of these regulations follows studies and hear-
mgs on milk bacterial standards held by the Department of may be extra fabric, double
Agriculture during the past 12 months. stitching or rivets.
Dr. Henning said that
while they are similar to
bacterial standards recom
mended by the U. S. Public
Health Service, in some in
stances the new regulations
will be more stringent. In
no instance do the standards
drop below Public Health
recommendations.,.
“Under the new regulat
ions,-milk for pasteurization
must not have a bacterial
count in excess of 200,000
from the farm‘d Pasteurized
milk must ifisf-have a Stan
dard Plate Count in excess
ol- 36,000 per .milliliter. Both
these standards'-are identical
to the requirements of the
U S. Public Health Service
milk code ” Dr. Henning
explained.
The new regulations do
not affect Pasteurized A
milk. For - Pasteurized A
milk, the standards remain
the same—a count of 25,-
000 per milliliter for milk as
received from-the farm and
15,000 following pasteurizat
ion. Approximately 1,500
farmers supply 28,- milk pl
ants selling Pasteurized A
milk in Pennsylvania, most
of them in ,the Philadelphia
milk market area.
Pennsylvania Dept of Ag
riculture milk- sanitarians
will enforce the new regulat
ions ’through unannounced
checks in daries' Milk pro
cessors and bottlers must
keep accurate records of all
milk tested and --make these
records available -to Depart
mental milk inspectors
All milk received for pas
teurization must be tested at
least monthly for bacterial
count Pasteurized milk and
cream must be tested month
ly for the number" and chara
cter of bacteria arid for phos
phatase activity. JTests must
be run in approved labora
tories using standard meth
ods of analysis.
Similar regulations cover
ing ice cream and .other fro
zen dairy 'desserts, cream
and other dairy products al
so become effective July 2,
Dr. Henning added.
Delmarva Weak
Off Ys£enf
Delmarva closed , the week
unsettled, with prices slight
ly weaker from mid-week,
Mon. range was~ 16 70-18 75;
Wed. - 17 80-18.70, ‘and Fri
- 17 40 - 18 25 ’Week’s vol
ume totaled 3,820,000, evenly
distributed, except, for norm
ally light Tuesday
Broiler feed ratio for week
ending June 19 held at 3 6
with broiler avg at 17.41
and mash at $96.28 per ton
Delmarva growers started 3-
7 million broilers during the
week ending June 20, off 14
percent from last year They
marketed 3 8 million, 7 per
cent oft from previous week,
1 c /c from last year
Georgia growers sold 7,-
268.000 head from Friday,
June 19 thru June 26 with
range climbing from 15-16 to
16-17 on Thursday.
Friday’s sales totaled 1,-
641.000 at 16-17,'850c at 16
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MADE THE FARMER'S
WAY,
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lA Production
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lancatier, Fa.
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8 TO 16 WEEKS OF AGE
Delivered Prices
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All pullets subject to prior sale
All Bessie pullets are full-led on the best
feeds available. They are grown in con
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Strong reinforcements at
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says Mrs. Mae B Barton,
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R. S. Weaver
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B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 27, Igjg
Before buying drapery fata- will tool? when
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