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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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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

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

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 Russell, H. L. (Harry Luman)

Chief among the different grades of clean milk is certified milk, and next in order comes pasteurized milk, followed by sterilized milk.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

The bacterial standard for certified milk is usually 10,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George