The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-16
NOTICE.
Ordinance Governing the Production. Sale, Distribution and Handling of Milk for the City of Bridgeport.
 Adopted March 6, 1917
Sactinn 1 Definifinn

Section 1. Definition
 The world milk" as used in this ordinance shall be construed to mean milk, cream, skim milk and butter milk.
 Section 2. Licenses
 No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the production, sale, handling or distribution of milk in the City. of Bridgeport, until they have obtained a license therefore from the Department of Health. This license shall be renewed on or before the first day of January of each year and mcy be suspended or revoked at any time for cause. The application for this license shall include such in- formation as may be requested by the Department of Health. Licenses or license numbers must be displayed in accordance with the directions of the Department of Health.
 Section 8. Production of Milk
 The COW stables used for the pro- duction of milk shall be used for no other purpose than for the keeping of cows, and shall be light we'll ventila- ted and clean. The floors shall be sound, the gutters shall be water tight, the walls and ceiling of the barn shall be whitewashed at least once every year, unless it's construction renders it unnecessary. They shall be kept free from cobwebs,. and dirt. All manure shall be removed prompt ly and disposed of so as not to be source of danger to the milk, nor to furnish a. breeding place for flies or otherwise. Section A. Milk Room Every milk farm shall be, provided with a milk room that is clean, light and we'll screened. It shall. be used | for no other purpose than for the cooling, bottling and storage of milk | and the operations incident thereto. Section 5. Cows. 1 Every diseased COW shall be remov- ed from the herd at once and no milk from such COWS shall be offered for sale. Cows, especially the udders, | shall be clean at the time of milking. No milk as obtained from a COW fif- teen days before or five days after parturition, nor any milk that has an unnatural odor or appearance shall be I sold No unwholesone food shall be ! fed to cows, used for the production of milk. Every producer shall per- init the authorized agents of the De- partment of Health to examine his herd at any reasonable time under the penalty of having his supply ex- cluded. .e
 l Section $. Employees | All employees connected in any way with the production and handling of milk shall be personally clean and shall wear clean outer garments. The 1 Department of Health shall be noti- fled at once of any communicable dis eases in any person that is in any way | connected with the production or handling of milk, or of the exposure of such persons to any communicable disease No person living in a home in which there is a case of communi- cable disease shall be allowed to work in the production, handling or distri- button of milk without a, written per- init from the Health Officer. Section '. Utensils l All utensils and apparatus. with which milk comes in contact during it's production. handling or .distribu= I tion shall be thoroughly washed and sterilized before it's use again. No milk | utensils or apparatus shall be used for any other purpose than that for which it was designed
 The owners name, license number or other identification mark, the na- tture of which shall be made known tc the Health authorities shall appear ir a conspicuous place on every milk container.
 No bottle or can shall be removed from a house in which there has re- gently been case of communicable l disease, without a written permit from I the Department of Health. l All metallic containers and piping shall be in good condition at all times
 r. Every conveyance used for the transportation or delivery of milk common carriers excepted, shall bea1 the owners name, milk license mum Der, and business address in letters al 1 least two inches in height. 1 Section S. Milk Standards-(Chemi ] (A) All milk which is sold or ex- l changed, or offered for sale or ex change, shall be deemed to be sold exchanged or offered as of standard 1 quality, unless otherwise expressly stated at the time of such sale, ex- 1 change or. offer.
 ] (B) Milk of standard quality is de fined as meaning milk which contains I not less than .11.75 percentage of milk i solid and not less than 3.25 percentage | of butter fats.
 Skim Milk
 Skim milk shall not contain les: than eight and three-fourths per cent of milk solids.
 | Cream
 | Cream shall not contain less thar eighteen per cent. of butter fats.
 Section g. Grading of Milk T All milk sold or distributed in the City of Bridgeport shall be classified in one of the following grades: A. Certified.
 : B. Grade A. raw.
 c. Grade A. Pasteurized.
 O. Grade B. Pasteurized.
 B. Grade c.
 F. Skim milk and butter milk
 A. Certified Milk
 No milk shall be sold or offered for sale as certified milk which does not conform to the regulations re- quired by the Department Of Healtf and is certified by milk comm1ss1or appointed by a recognized medical so- I ciety. All milk sold as certified mllh shall be conspicuously marked wltf the name of the commission certifying lit No medical milk commission shal give such certificates unless all cows producing suchs milk have been tested at least once during the previous year with Tuberculin, and any COW react ing thereto has been properly eXcluo' ed from the herd.
 B. Grade A. Raw
 No milk or cream shall be sold Or offered for sale as Grade A. Raw un- less it conforms to the following re- quirements: