Show the letter box dear editor with your permission I 1 would like to use the columns ot of your paper to explain to your readers tile the status ot of tho the milk past pasteurization eurl regulations effects effective VO july july 1 1917 1947 intended as a health me measure asure all market milk and milk products were to bo be pasteurized as aa 0 of f the above mentioned date th that at w would 0 u id mean all milk sold as bottled bo e d milk and cream the health angle is that pasteurized milk la Is SAFE milk because of the heating to a degree of heat that bacteria are killed and then quickly cooling to preserve flavor and to prevent additional bacterial growth due to a misunderstanding arising from the publishing of a ruling from the attorney general that under centala exceptions raw milk could be sold from neighbor to neighbor a goodly number of people have taken it for granted that they were e exempted from the regulations that apply the subsequent clearing up of the situation reveals that as aa originally igi nally intended market milk must be pasteurized and that only in the case of an individual who lies has a family cow or in tho the case of more than one it if needed to supply the family needs aud and who has a seasonal surplus may sell to a neighbor it the sal la 18 unsolicited by the seller and the buyer comes for the milk bringing his own container but this provision does not mean that the field Is wide open and that raw milk may be freely trafficked it does add up to this however that people who sell raw milk will be under scrutiny and that it if tho the occasion proves that they are in the regular channels of trade and are trafficking in milk they will be subject to the penalties provided you have a good dairy in your area that la Is equipped to supply SAFE to the people who do buy milk and it appears to me that the people of 0 your valley should avail themselves of this service rather than jeopardize their health and that others would relinquish a part time business rather than risk meeting the proof or of the strength of the regulation LYMAN dairy inspector D 4 utah dept of agriculture 1 |