"Adulterated milk, what constitutes. Section 4607a. In all
prosecutions under the preceding section, or any other
section of these statutes, or laws amendatory thereof or
supplementary thereto, relating to the sale of adulterated
milk or adulterated cream, the term adulterated milk shall
mean: milk containing less than three per centum of milk
fat, or milk containing less than eight and one-half per
centum of milk solids not fat, or milk drawn from cows
within eight days before or four days after parturition,
or milk from which any part of the cream has been
removed, or milk which has been diluted with water or any
other fluid, or milk to which has been added or into which
has been introduced any coloring matter or chemical or
preservative or deleterious or filthy substance or any
foreign substance whatsoever, or milk drawn from cows kept
in a filthy or unhealthy condition, or milk drawn from any
sick or diseased cow or cow having ulcers or other running
sores, or milk drawn from cows fed unwholesome food, or
milk in any stage of putrefaction, or milk contaminated by
being kept in stables containing cattle or other animals.
The term adulterated cream shall mean cream containing
less than eighteen per centum of milk fat, or cream taken
from milk drawn from cows within eight days before or four
days after parturition, or cream from milk to which has
been added or introduced any coloring matter or chemical
or preservative or deleterious or filthy substance or any
foreign substance whatsoever, or cream from milk drawn
from cows kept in a filthy or unhealthy condition, or
cream from milk drawn from any sick or diseased cow or cow
having ulcers or other running sores, or cream from milk
drawn from cows fed unwholesome food, or cream
contaminated by being kept in stables containing cattle or
other animals, or cream to which has been added or into
which has been introduced any coloring matter or chemical
or preservative or deleterious or filthy substance or any
foreign substance whatsoever, or cream in any stage of
putrefaction, provided, that nothing in this act shall be
construed to prohibit the sale of pasteurized milk or
cream to which viscogen or sucrate of lime has been added
solely for the purpose of restoring the viscosity, if the
same be distinctly labeled in such manner as to advise the
purchaser of its true character; and providing that
nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting the
sale of milk commonly known as 'skimmed milk,' when the
same is sold as and for 'skimmed milk.' Milk drawn from
cows within eight days before or four days after
parturition, or milk to which has been added or into which
has been introduced any coloring matter or chemical or
preservative or deleterious or filthy substance, or milk
drawn from cows kept in a filthy or unclean condition, or
milk drawn from any sick or diseased cow or cow having
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