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WHEREAS, milk being one of the most important and nearly <br /> <br />perfect human £oods for both aduite and infants; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, milk is an excellent culture media for disease- <br /> <br />bearing bacteria, and is the most easily contaminated food; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, it is imperative that this food he adequately safe- <br /> <br />guarded by a properly administered sanitary milk program; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, to insure the necessary sanitary milk program, it is <br /> <br />essential that all protective measures he handled by trained per- <br /> <br />sonnel and laboratory facilities of the State and Local Health <br /> <br />Department. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br /> <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, that inspection of the production, processing <br /> <br />and distribution of milk be made the direct responsibility of the <br /> <br />State Department of Health, under the immediate supervision of the <br /> <br />Commissioner of Health, <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be <br /> <br />directed to the proper authorities for use in securing the passage <br /> <br />of necessary laws to place the foregoing enforcement of milk regula- <br /> <br />tions under the State Department of Health. <br /> <br /> Adopted at a meeting of City Council on October I3, 1959. <br /> <br /> <br />