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 raw cream or other raw liquid milk products. No milk, cream or liquid milk products sold or offered for sale for human consumption shall bear caps with misleading or deceptive information thereon.

.) The commissioner, by regulation, shall promulgate production standards for grade A pasteurized milk, grade A raw milk and all other milk which is sold or offered for sale to be used for human consumption as such.

.) To promote the public welfare and for the general good of the dairy industry the commission may make a survey of the volume of milk and cream sold and all sources of supply in any given community, and if the volume of sales are sufficiently large and plant facilities can be made available, the commissioner shall lend all assistance possible in the installation of a milk pasteurizing plant. To secure an adequate supply of high quality raw milk for such a plant, the commissioner shall assist the local milk producers in every way possible.

.) The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this act and in so doing shall have the power and authority granted him under chapter 4-17 and 4-18 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943.

.) The standards set forth in this act shall be considered as minimum standards only. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent any municipality from providing by ordinance more stringent or comprehensive standards than are contained herein.

.) Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

Approved March 12, 1949.