Dirty Milk Sold in Elizabeth City, Says City Milk Inspector, 1927

From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, April 1, 1927

One reason for dirty milk sold in Elizabeth City, declares L.L. Hedgepeth, city milk and water inspector, is the low price of much of the milk sold.

Milk is sold as cheap as 10 cents a quart in Elizabeth City and it is absolutely impossible to produce reasonably clean and safe milk at such a low price, says Mr. Hedgepeth.

The dairyman who produces and sells milk at 10 cents a quart is not able to maintain his dairy according to modern or reasonable sanitary requirements.

Ten cent milk will soon be a thing of the past in Elizabeth City if the city milk inspector has his way about it.