Central Milk Programs in Southern Food Chains (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Central Milk Programs in Southern Food ChainsThirty years ago, few fluid milk bottling plants distributed milk more than 30 or 40 miles from the plant. The distribution area has expanded considerably. A recent survey of 56 markets revealed that 23 percent of the milk came from processors 50 to 149 miles from the stores and percent from 150 to 249 miles. Private label milk packaged in integrated plants accounted for nearly 87 percent of the milk transported over 100 miles in this study and for all of the milk which moved more than 200 miles (3, p.This expanding distance results from technological changes in transportation, refrigeration, packaging, and highways. Also important are changes in sanitary and other regulations. Court decisions have struck down many local sanitary regulations once restricting the flow of milk. Too, many States and localities have adopted standard regulations. In addition, once fairly widespread licensing restrictions on the number of plants or the geographic area in which a plant is permitted to serve have been relaxed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.