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Show State Warns Against Raw Milk Approximately one year has elapsed since the Utah State Department De-partment of Agriculture announced that all market milk should be pasteurized after July 1st, 1947. This regulation, based upon rec- 1 ommendation of the Utah State : Dairy Advisory Board and upon the j legislative action of 1945, is dir-1 ected towards improved milk production, pro-duction, improved sanitation, and finally of providing the consumer with a milk clean and safe that can be used without fear of contamination con-tamination or disease-bearing bacteria. bac-teria. Undulant Fever in Utah is increasing in-creasing at an alarming rate. True, there are other ways of acquiring this fever, but raw milk remains the chief offender, occording to medical reports. You now have available to you the best protection known against communcable diseases of the cow "pasteurization". For your own sake, and that of your children, avoid raw milk. Both producer and consumer cooperation is urged in their best interests. |