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1 Mr. Kula continued to interrupt and complain about the regulations. Dr. Cosgrove and Dr. Colburn said if there was no fur- ther business then they moved the meeting be adjourned. Motion seconded and passed. Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M. MEETING HEALTH DEPARTMENT & MILK DEALERS my 31, 1968 A closed meeting of representatives of dairies and stores showing a consistently high coli and bacteria count in milk and cream over the past year was held in the Conference Room of Cary Hall at 10:00 A.M. on July 31, 1968. Mr. R. L. McQuillan, chairman, Dr. William Cosgrove,Dr. Charles Colburn, Robert Heustis, Director of Public Health & Milk Inspector, and John Condon, Laboratory Man, represented the Health Department. A representative of each dairy or store notified of this meeting was present. (Attendance sheet on file in Health Office.) Mr. McQuillan opened the meeting by thanking the dealers for coming and wxplained the reason for this closed meeting was to see if a solution could be found to the cause of the con- tinued high counts of coli and bacteria in the milk and cream samples taken during the past year. He explained that never before had the Board had so many dealers with such consistently high counts in the dairy products, and he hoped from this meet- ing a solution could be reached in the interest of all concerned. He went on to explain that the Board of Health had a duty to the people of Lexington, to assure that they get the cleanest quality of products possible, but also the Board felt they had a duty to the dealers to see if there wils anything that could be done to make their job any easier. he went on to explain the State had set the standards for the milk and when the samples tested by our department is consistently high then this Board is very much concerned. Mr. McQuillan then introduced Mr. Heustis, the Milk Inspectore of Lexington. Mr. Heustis introduced the Board and Mr. Condon, he then went on to say that it was all to their interest in coming in to see if they have any suggestions that would help us to learn why we were getting these high counts so consistently. In 1967 and 68 the milk counts from a number of dealers were consistently high according to the standards outlined by the Milk Regulartory Board. When we receive the report of the milk counts from our laboratory we send a copy to the dealer, if this is over the standard the Health Department located in the Town of the Pastuerizing Plant is also notified. 215