INTER-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MILK PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL1
The capacity to work cooperatively, industry with the various agencies, concerned with milk production and quality control has been demonstrated. Cooperation among the agencies having responsibility in milk control, in a period of looming budget crisis, is more imperative than ever. While all the problem bearing on the public health aspects of milk control have not been solved, there do not appear to be any serious threats beyond the problem to provide maintenance efforts to assure continuance of the gains made. For the maintenance program it seems a very high level of cooperation among regulatory agencies is necessary and continued efforts of industry to work with regulatory bodies must be encouraged. Solving of new problems may have to be under-taken with out added resources, therefore making it necessary to develop better techniques to tackle new tasks without losing control in the older and more traditional areas. Inter-related efforts which were carefully developed in the past will be needed to supplement as well as complement to prevent deficits from affecting the whole coordinated milk control Program.