I-S District 7 meets (Continued from Page Al 5) Agway s Bernard Morrissey who spoke to the group on liability A million dollars in liability insurance wouldn’t cover the costs to a tarmer it he was tound responsible tor contaminated milk which caused the death ot someone allergic to penicillin,’ Morrissey warned There will be a For Sale’ sign in tront ot that tarm if that ever happens He reported there have already been two damns in the industry toi lost milk due to antibiotics, one which involved Agway insurance One claim, he said, amounted to $411,000 while the other reached $32,000 And that s just a drop in the bucket, he i emarked Morrissey stated taim liability in the past was a lelatively inex pensive msuiance but that will be changing since insurance agencies now have to look at pioduct liability as part ot the covet age When a tank Uuck picks up milk at the tarm, and the milk accidentally is contaminated with an antibiotic product, liability msuiance will pay tor the neigh boi s milk that is dumped along with youis Youi milk is not paid tui howevei Once that lank li uck gets to the dan > it s a ditterent story It s anolhei question as to what OPEN HOUSE Your Special Invitation To Come and Join Us! Ddto. Thurs. & Fri. MARCH 5 & 6 Time: 8 AM to 4 PM Place: Our Showroom I.j -H N. H. FLICKER AND sons, inc. Daniel Hershey, left, of R 5 Manheim, receives his production record award from Director Daniel Martin. Other Inter-State members recognized for their cooperation in providing farm statistics to the Co-op included Glenn Her shey, R 5 Manheim and Glenn and Earl Burkholder, R 3 Lititz. i esponsibihly the tarmei, co-op, or sampled at the plant dairy have toi the contaminated Mou issey said these types ot milk once the tiuck has been questions probably be decided in Route 222, Maxatawny, PA Phone 215-683-7252 Savings! All New & Used Equipment At Special Prices! 1b m i' sSr~i. Free! No Purchase Necessary 4?* Clyde Buchan, Manheim, left and James Zimmerman, R 1 Ephrata, received recognition for shipping milk to Inter-State for the past 25 years. Also receiving the award was Vernon Nissley, R 2 Manheim. court trom then on the precedent will be set He emphasized insurance covei age only involves cases of negligence not intentional contamination In closing, he f r ® e Coffee * n dOonuM 3ry Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 2S, 1981— A27 YOUR FARM EQUIPMENT IS YOUR LIFE LINE - IT REPRESENTS A LARGE INVESTMENT SO PLACE ITS REPAIRS WITH THE DIESEL SPECIALISTS WHOSE CAPABLE AND RELIABLE HANDS TAKES OUT THE GUESSWORK CALL NOW MILLER DIESEL INC. 6030 Jonestown Rd. Harrisburg, PA 17112 717-545-5931 YOUR DIESEL EQUIPMENT DESERVES NOT’ :NG LESS THAN THE BEST! urged the members to practice common sense in management, otherwise the'cost of farm liability could go up or the policy could be canceled Inter-State Director Daniel Martin offered some consolation when he told members the Co-op will pay half the value of the tank of milk it it has antibiotics m it and must be dumped However, he also (Turn to PageA2B)
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