River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
No. 3S4, ST. Published May ST. 1909.
CHAPTER 215, LAWS OF 1909.

No. 3S4. ST. Published May 81, 1909.
CHAPTER 215, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT TO repeal sections 460Tb--4 70
section 4607b--0, Inclusive of the stat
numbered 4607b-4. 4607b---5 46oTb--G.
4607b-T, 4607b--S, and 4G0Tb--9. rela-
ting to unsanitary milk and unsanitary
cream and providing a penalty. a.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section l. Section 4607b4 TO section
460Ib-9, inclusive, of the statutes, being
chapter 81 of the laws of 1908 as amended
by chapter 154 of the laws Of 1905, ell
titled An Act to Prevent the Sale of un-
clean and Unsanitary Milk and the Use
Thereof In the Manufacture of Food Prod
ucts, and to Prohibit unclean and Unsani-
tary Conditions of Creameries, Cheese Fac
tories and Milk Dealers establishments o.
Outfits, are hereby repealed.
Section ,. There are added to the stat
nSes new sections to be numbered section
4607b--4, section 4G0Tb-5, section 460Tb
--6, section 4607b--7, section 460Tb--S,
section 4607b-9, to read
Section 4607b-4. For the purposes of
this act, the term milk shall mean the
fresh clean, tactical secretion obtained hy
the complete milking of one or more healthy
cows, properly fed and kept excluding that
obtained within eight days before and four
days after calving. and contains not less
than eight and one-half $50 per cent OF
solids not fat. and not less than three CD
shall mean that portion of milk. rich ia
milk fat, which rises to the surface Of milk
on standing, or is separated from 1t by CEN
trifugal force, is fresh and clean, and con-
tains not less than eighteen (1Sl per cent.
of milk fat.
Milk which shall be drawn from cows
that are kept Ia barns or stables which are
not reasonably well lighted and ventilated,
or that are kept In barns or stables thai
are filthy from an accumulation OF animal
feceS and eXcreta or from any other cause;
or milk which shall be drawn from cows
which are themselves in y filthy condition;
or milk kept or transported In dirty, rusty.
or open scanned cans or other utensils; or
milk that Is stale putresCent, or putrid or
milk to which has been added any uucean
or unwholesome foreign substances or milk
which has been kept exposed 10 foul or
noXiouS air or gases in barns occupied by
animals. or kept exposed In dirty foul, or
unclean places or conditions. is hereby de.
clared to be unsanitary milk.
Cream, produced from any such aforesaid
unsanltary milk or cream produced by the
use of cream separator, which separator
had not been thoroughly washed, cleansed,
and scalded after previous use In the sep
ration or cream from milk or cream pro-
dueed by the use Of cream separator
placed or stationed in any unclean or filthy
room or place or In any building containing
q stable wherein are kept cattle or other
animals, unless such cream separator Is 80
separated and shielded by partition from the
stable portion of such building as to be free
from all foul or noXiouS air or gases which
Issue or may Issue from such place or sta
BILE; or cream that Is stale, putreseent.
or cream that Is kept or transported Ia
or putrid or cream that is kept or trans
ported In dirty, rusty, or open-seamed cana
or other utensils or cream which has been
kept exposed to foul or noxious air or gases
In barns occupied by animals or in dirty,
foul, or unclean places or conditlona Is
hereby declared to be unsanitary cream.
Section 4607b--5. No person shall w
himself his servant, or agent, or as the
servant or agent of any other person, or as
the officer, servant or agent OF any firm or
corporation, sell or offer for sale, furnish or
deliver, or have In possession or under his
control with intent to sell or offer for sale
or furnish or deliver TO any person. firm, or
corporation IS food for man, Or to any
creamery cheese factory, milk condensing
factory, or milk or cream dealer. any unf
sanitary milk or any unsanitary cream.
Section 4607b-6. No person shall. by
himself, his servant. or agent. or as the
servant or agent OF any other person. or an
the servant or agent OF any firm or cor-
poPation, manufacture for sale any article
Of food for man from any unsanitary milk
from any unsanltary cream
Section 46O7h--7. All premises and uten-
sils used in the handling Of milk, cream
and by-products of milk, and all premises
and utensils used in the preparation manu-
facture, or sale, or Offering for sale OF any
food product for man from milk or cream
or the by-products of milk which shall be
kept In an unclean filthy, or noxious con-
dition are hereby declared TO be unsanitary.
1t shall be unlawful for any person, firm.
OF corporation engaged in selling. or FUR.
milk Intended for use "a food for man; and
it shall be unlawful for any person. firm,
or corporation engaged in selling or fur
nlshing milk, cream, or any by-prouuct Or
milk to any creamery, cheese factory, milk
condensing factory, or TO any place Wher0
such milk cream, or by-products OF milk,
are manufactured or prepared into food
product for man, and for sale as such and
Ii shall be unlawful for any milk dealer, or
an employee OF such milk dealer, or
any person, firm, or corporation or the em-
plOyc of such person. firm, or corporation,
who operates a creamery, cheese factory,
milk condensing factory, or who manufac-
lures or prepares for sale any article OF food
for man from milk, cream, or by product Of
milk, or who manufactures, re-works, or
packs butter for sale as food product, 70
maintain his premises and utensils in an
unsanitary condition. grsn
Section 4607b---S. Any person, firm. or
CORPORATION, who receives In cans, bottles,
or other vessels any milk, or cream, or otb7
or dairy product intended as food for mnfl.
which has been transported over any rail-
road or boat-line or by other common car
rier when such cans. bottles, or vessels arc
10 be returned, shall cause the said cans,
bottles, or other vessels to be thoroughly
washed and cleansed before return ship
ment. 0l
Section 4607b--9. Any person who BY
himself his servant, or agent, or as tile
servant agent of any other person. or az
the officer, servant or agent of any firm or
CORPORATION. who violates any provision or
this act shall, upon conviction thereof, 30
punished BY fine Of not less than twenty
five dollars nor more than one hundred dol
imprisoned In the county jail not less than
thirty days nor more than sixty days. ne
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after It's passage and
Approved May 2s, 1909.