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certified milk

American  

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

Comes from sanitary farms where cows, cases and bottles are reasonably clean; the rules are much less strict than for certified milk.

From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon

The feed for the cows and the purity of the water given them to drink must be inspected and made to conform to the standard laid down for certified milk.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

The methods and standards governing the production and distribution of certified milk were adopted by the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions, May 1, 1912.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

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