St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-02-18

employee of another, shall sell or
deliver for consumption as milk, or
have in his possession or custody
| with intent to sell or deliver for con-
sumption as milk:
% Milk to which water or any
| foreign substance has been added,
| which then shall be known a adulter-
ated milk.
(2) Milk which has been wholly
or partially skinned or otherwise
artificially, in whole or in part, de-
prived of its natural butter fats,
| which shall be known as skinned
milk. But nothing herein shall be
! construed to prevent the standardi-
! cation of milk by the addition of
| fresh milk, provided such milk be
I! sold only as milk of standard quality.
(3) Milk not of standard quality.
(4) Milk concerning which any
| orally, by writing, by printing, by
signs, marks, labels or otherwise.
go Milk produced by diseased
cows, or by cows which have been
fed on unwholesome food or been
furnished contaminated water, or,
Co Milk which has been produc-
| ed, stored, handled or transported in
an improper, unlawful, unclean or
unsanitary manner.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That for the purpose of this Act the
| word person" shall be construed to
| mean an Individual, partnership,
| or a corporation; that the word
milk" shall be construed as to mean
| also, cream and condensed milk;
that the expression herein used, viz:
| Milk not of standard quality" is
| defined as and shall be construed to
mean milk having less than three
| and one-half per centum of butter
| fats, and milk having less than
eight and one-half per centum
| of milk solids other than butter fats,
| and milk containing any pathogenic
or disease germs.
Skinned milk having less than
eight per cetum fom ilk solids shall
be deemed to be adulterated milk;
| that for the purpose of this Act,
cows showing clinical evidence of
tuberculosis, splenic fever, anthrax
| or any local or general disease which
| Is liable to render their milk un-
| wholesome, shall be deemed to be
diseased cows" also, for the pur-
poses of this Act, cows fourteen days
| preceding calving and. five days
] thereafter shall be diseased cows"
| Nothing in this Act contained,
| however, shall be so construed as to
| prohibit the sale of skinned milk,
| If the receptacle containing same,
and in which or from which it is sold
is plainly marked with the words
| SKINNED milk distinct and con-
! spicuous permanently attached Ito
the container and above the center
of same, and be of uncondensed Ro-
/ man letters and in length said let
tiers to be at least one-tenth of the
height of the container on which
they are placed; or if such skinned
milk shall be contained in glass bot
ties, then the rerquired words shall
be plainly and legibly blown into the
| side of the bottle, and also be dis
| tinctly printed on the top or cover
i of same.
Sec 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the State Board Of Health, its
members. officers, agents and ap-
pointees, shall at all time have access
to any dairy of other place where
milk is produced for sale, and to
all establishments, plants, depots or
stores wherein milk is kept or stored
for sale; and it shall be unlawful
for any person to prevent or attempt
to prevent such access, and such pre-
vention or attempted prevention
shall be deemed a violation of this
Act.
| Sec 4. Be it further enacted, etc.
That it shall be the duty of the State
Board of Health, and the various
municipal and parochial Health
Boards and Health officers through
out the State to enforce the pro.
visions of this Act, and to see that
violations thereof shall be prosecut.
ed before the proper courts.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.
That whoever shall violate any O.
the provisions of this Act shall, OF
conviction, be punished by fine O.
not less than ten dollars nor more
. than two hundred dollars, or in de
fault of payment by Imprisonment
in the parish Jail for not less THAI
ten days nor more than six months
no fees shall be allowed District At
, torneys for convictions under thi
!, Act, and where Police Juries ant
municipal councils shall pass ordi
nances in consonance with this Act
prosecution under such ordinance
= shall operate as a perpetal bar t
. prosecution under this Act for tn
same offense or offenses.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc
: That any producer, handler or selle
u of milk whether principal or agent
servant or employee, who refuse
to deliver to health officer, on de
: mand, a sample of the milk in hi
: possession (not to exceed one pint
o shall be guilty of violation of thi
L Act, and on conviction shall be puI
8 ished as provided in Section 5.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, etc
e That the supervision and control c
; the production of milk products an
q the sale of same, in this State, sha
u be vested in the State Board {
l. Health, and said board shall have tn
= power to make, publish and enfore
n any and all regulations thereto
d which it shall deem necessary {
+ proper to conserve, safeguard an
t. maintain the public health, and
d promote and encourage the produ
N tion, in this State, of milk product:
le provided same be not inconflict wit
81 this Act; and any parochial or mum
TX cipal ordinance contrary to, or il
le consistent with the provisions of tn
u Act, or the regulations of the Sta
ee Board of Health, shall be null ar
void and of no effect.
Il Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, ett
ty That all laws or parts of laws, co
G. trary to, or inconsistent with Il
In provisions of this Act, be and tt
same are hereby renealed