The suburban citizen., 1900-10-13

IElL the iINNAINN VI llli MIN VA 'AN"ra''
from such COW; ondthe presence on any
premises on which milk or cream IL
produced for sale in said District o.
any cow which is suffering from tuber.
culosis, spleuic fever, anthrax or any
general or local disease condition or
Injury which IS liable 10 render the
milk from said COW unwholesome or
OF any COW which IS lnsuflciently fed
or has been fed on any substance or
substances liable to injurlously AFFECT
the quality Of the milk, shall be prima
facie evidence of intent to sell such
milk and of producing, holding, and
Offering such milk for sale: Provided,
That no person shall be convicted un-
der the provisions Of this section who
produces evidence satisfactory 70 the
court before which he is tried that he
did not know, and could not with due
diligence have obtained knowledge Of
the condition of the COW, which ZEN
dered her unsuitable for the produc.
tion of milk for sale within the pro-
visions Of this section.
Sec. 8. That no person shall in SAID
District sell any milk or cream, OF
hold or offer any milk or cream for
san, which is not clean and wholesome
and free from foreign substances, nor
unless the same has been cooled I'M
mediately after coming into his pos.
session to a temperature not exceeding
fifty degrees Fahrenheit, and is and
has been constantly kept below such
| temperature, nor under any mlsrepre-
sentation in respect thereof as to name
or quality, or as being what the same
is not as respects WhOlesomeness,
sOundness, or safety.
Sec. g. That no person shall in the
District of Columbia manufacture, sell
| or exchange, or offer or expose for sale
or exchange, any condensed milk. un-
! less the same be made of pure clean,
wholesome milk, free from preserya-
| tives, nor any condensed milk made
| from milk from which a part of the
cream has been removed, or from milk
containing less than twelve and one
| half per centum milk solids including
| three and one-half per centum Of fat,
unless the same be plainly marked and
/ sold as condensed skinned milk, nor
| in any case unless the percentage by
| weight which the milk in the finished
product bears to the entire mass is in,
! dicated on a label affixed to the out
| side of the package, can, or vessel in
which such condensed milk is held,
sold offered or exposed for sale.
Sec. I. That no person shall in said
District sell, exchange, or deliver or
have in his custody or possession with
intent TO sell, exchange, or deliver
skinned milk containing less than
nine and three.tenths per centum OF
milk solids inclusive Of fat.
Sec. s. That every person in said
District selling, exchanging, or deliver
ing milk, condensed milk, or cream, OF
having the same in his custody or pos
session to sell, exchange, or deliver
shall furnish to any agent of the health
department of said District who shall
| apply to him for the purpose and ten
der him the value of the same a sample
sufficient for purpose Of analysis. And
the person making such analysis shall
if he find such sample to be below the
standard required by this Act, inclofl
and seal a portion thereof in a proper
container, and reserve the same Tor q
period Of thirty days, excluding Sun
days and legal holidays from the date
Of taking such sample, unless the per
son from whom such sample was pro
cured apply for such reserved portion
before the expiration of that period
but if such application be made suct
reserve portion shall be delivered by
the person having possession Thereof
to the applicant or to such person a.
may be designated by him.
Sec 9. That no person shall in sale
District sell, exchange, or deliver, ol
have in his custody or possession witt
intent to sell, exchange, or deliver
milk from which the cream or any par
thereof has been removed, unless therO
be on the outside and above the centre
of the front of the vessel or containe
in which such milk is contained a sign
in uncondensed gothic letters not les
than one inch high, as follows: |
such milk be equal to or above tn
standard established by law for skim
med milk, then such sign shall reaC
SKINNED milk" but if such milk b.
below such standard, then such sigI
shall read Separator milk"
Sec. TO- That no person shall in salt
Dictrict sell, exchange, deliver or bu.
any cow to be used for the production
! of milk or cream for sale. knowiui
that such COW is unfit for that purpOs
by reason of disease or injury; ant
whenever any veterinary surgeon dull
authorized to act as an inspector Of tn
health department Of said Distric
!. shall, in the course Of Inspection
made under authority Of this Act, fin
any COW on any premises on whicl
milk or cream is produced for sale fl
the District Of Columbia in such cor
dition as to be permanently unfit TO
the production of such milk or cream
he shall mark such COW 80 &C to enabl
it to be permanently identified as in
spected and condemned by said healt
/ department, and no person shal
. remove or deface such mark or caus
/ any such mark to be removed or dc
faced without written authority froT
the health officer Of said District.
Sec. II. That no person sufferin
81 from any communicable disease o
3 who is liable to communicate any sue
disease to other persons shall in sal
) District work or assist in or about tn
% production Of milk or cream for sal
, or in or about the sale thereof No PEI