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certified milk

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noun

  1. milk, either pasteurized or unpasteurized, that is processed in dairies conforming to official medical standards of sanitation.


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Fact is, many medical men strongly favor pasteurizing even certified milk, a nearly sterile product costing double the price of well supervised family grades.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other holdings of Sheffield Farms include five large farms for the production of certified milk, 108 receiving stations, and 313 retail grocery stores in New York with an annual volume of $9,000,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

The nurse must see that the milk is obtained from a responsible dealer, certified milk being of course the safest.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit

The composition of certified milk is standardized as follows: the fat standard shall be 4%, with a permissible range varying from 3.5% to 4.5%.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit

The New York City Milk commission has set a standard of 30,000 bacteria per cc. for their certified milk and 100,000 per cc. for inspected milk.

From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell

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