St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-09-19
ORDINANCE NO. 5.
An Ordinance to Regulate the Sale
OF Milk in the City of opeIousass
La, and providing penalties for

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Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Chairman and Members of the Board
of Health of the City OF 0peloases,
La, that no person, himself, or by
his servant or agent, or as the agent
or servant of another, snail sell or
denver or have in his possession or
custody with intent to sell or de-
liver:
az. Milk to which water or any
foreign substance has been added.
f2) Milk which has been wholly
or partially skinned.
go Milk not of the standard
quality.
(4) Milk concerning which any
MISREPRESENTATION has been made.
(5) Milk produced by diseased
COWS or by COWS which have been
fed unWholesome food or contamint-
ted water or
(6) Milk which has been produc-
ed, stored, handled or transported in
an improper, unclean or unsanitary
manner.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc, That, for the purpose OF this
ordinance the word person shall be
construed to mean individual, part
nership, or corporation; the word
dairy shall mean a place where
one or more cows, are kept, the
milk or milk products of which, are
sold or offered for sale; the word
milk shall mean milk, cream, or
evaporated or condensed milk, so
far as may be applicable; the ex-
preston milk not of the standard
quality, shall mean milk having less
than SIS per cent of solids not fat
and less than 3.25 per cent OF milk
fat, and cream having less than IL
per cent of milk fat. SKINNED
milk having less than 95 per cent
| of milk solids exclusive OF tat shall
be considered adulterated.
Nothing in this ordinance shall be
! construed to prohibit the sale of
skinned milk or of UNDERSTANDABLE
milk if the receptacle containing the
| same and from which it is sold is
| plainly marked with the word skim
med milk in the case of SKINNED
milk, or with the per cent of milk
fat contained therein in the case OF
Understandable milk OF cream. The
aforesaid words shall be distinct and
conspicuous. Nothing in this ordi-
nance shall be construed to prevent
the sale of modified milk in bottles,
each holding a single feeding, each
of these bottles to be labeled with
the name of the person who manu-
featured or prepared the same to.
gether with the words modified
Milk, Nothing in this ordinance
shall apply to e~yaporated or condos
ed milk contained in hermetically
sealed packages labeled distinctly
with the name Of the manufactures
or person who prepared or put it up,
and the brand under which it is
made or sold. Certified milk shall
mean milk produced under the regu
lations and supervision of a regular
Parish or State society acting
through a committee OF commission.
which has certified that its regala
lions and requirements have beer
complied with.
For the purpose Of this ordinance
COWS which react to the tuberculin
test shall BE- considered diseased
milk produced at a dairy which scores
Con the National Dairy Division
+! Score Cardl below so and milk sold
by or from a city milk plant which
scores Con the National Dairy Divi
SIGN score-card} below 70, shall BIZ
considered as produced or handled
in an improper, unclean and unsani
tary ann Milk from a COW two
weeks before calving. and nine day
after. shall be regarded as unsani
tary. For the purpose of this, ordi
nance, milk with a temperature
above so degrees F., or having NOR
than 500, 900 bacteria per cubic cen
timeter, shall be regarded as unsani
tary. When milk is bought or solo
by the quart or gallon. the gallon d
231 cubic inches and the quart O
57.T5 cubic inches shall be the stan
dard and shall be so understood
Section g.. Be it further ordained
etc, That every person before sell
ing milk or Offering it for sale in any
quantity whatever or before convey
ing milk in carriages Or otherwise
for the purpose Of selling or deliver
ing it in the city of Opelousas, La.
shall be licensed by the Board O
Health of 0peiousas, La, 10 sci
milk within the limits thereof, ans
shall ray $3.50 Two dollars and Gft5
cants to the nee Of the city. The
license fee shall be paid to th'
Chairman Of the City Board 0
Health and by him turned Owe t
the city treasurer. Licenses shall b.
issued only in the name Of the own
ers of carriages or other vehicles, q
of stores or booths. They shall TO
the purpose of this ordinance he con
elusive evidence of ownership Of TIL
business, and shall not be sold Is
signed or transferred. Each ficenst