Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

During the summer milk must be kept
in refrigerators.
Milk sold to the public must have a
density of between 1O2S5 and 1.S4. ana
must contain at least % per cent of but
ter and 10 per cent of dry residuum.
Skinned milk or milk deprived OF It's
cream may be sold, but its nature must
always be noted on its receptacle. Snch
milk must always have density OF from
1.O3O to 1.035, and must contain 10 per
cent of butter and leave residuum or 30
per cent.
1.-The sale of milk adulterated with wa
is strictly forbidden. All classes of milk
allowed to be sold may be pasteurized and
sterilized by ordinary methods and sold
as such.
1.-THE municipal chemical department
and the sanitary inspectors shall super
wise the distribution of milk.
Certificate Required.
Persons selling or distributing milk
must be provided with certificate from
the sanitary authorities stating that they
are free from transmissible disease.
Whenever any contagious disease shall
break out in any place where milk may
be stored or sold such place shall be i'm
mediately closed. and is not to be re-
opened until, in the judgment CT the sani-
tary authorities, all danger to public
For the purpose OF guaranteeing the
wholesomeness as we'll as preventing the
adulteration of milk supplied to the popu-
lation of Buenos Aires, the municipality
adopts the following measures:
persons or establishments engaged in
supplying milk to the public shall be re-
quired, on and after October /. 1908. 10
provide hygienic conditions at places
where il is produced as we'll as subjecting
it to one of the usual processes of pas
win fa,-1iy ,i,ot to,,
etc.
The Swimming of milk or deprivng
it of it's fat, is prohibited
"All vessels containing milk to be sup
piled to consumers must be cOnSpicuously
marked with the name of the establish
ment where the milk has undergone hy
sienic and steriliZing prAess.
The sanitary department of the city
shall inspect milk establishments. and
the owners thereof shall be required to
give all information as to the density,
amount of cream and other conditions OF
the milk. in order to prove its sameness
to the milk delivered to the public
"All vendors of milk which has not
been produced under hygienic conditions,
or which has been altered or adulterated
after leaving the dairies, shall be subject
to a fine, as stated.
Penalty Imposed.
establishments where milk is hygienic-
ally treated must have all openings in the
walls covered by wire screens to prevent
the entrance OF insects.
mo product is to be sold unless it has
been previously inspected by the sanitary
authorities. and the. ordinance regarding
temperature. etc, complied with.
whenever it shall be deemed neces-
sary, the sanitary department will take
samples OF the milk for the purpose of
analysis. Milk arriving at railway sta
lions is also to be inspected.
"A monthly return of the analyses of
milk is to include the daily grade of acid
tty, butter, density. impurities, etc. and i.
to be sent to the sanitary department;
and a record of such analyses to be kept
to be ready. at all times, for the inspec-
ton of municipal employees.
Milk with an acidity below sixteen de-
grees or above 10 degrees (Bornic) shall
not be allowed to be pasteurized.'