The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-19
NOTICE.

Ordinances Governing the Production Sale, Distribution and Handling of Milk for the City of Bridgeport.
 Adopted March 6, 1s17
 Section I. Definition
 Tie world milk" as used in this ordinance shall be construed to mean milk. cream. skim milk and butter isaxrK.
 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 shave. 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 may 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, well 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 its construction renders 1t unnecessary. :. They shall be kept free from cobwebs, and dirt. AT manure shall be removed prompt ly and disposed of so as not to be a source of danger to the milk. nor to furnish breeding place for flies or otherwise.
 Section 4. MIX Room
 Every milk farm shall be provided with. milk room that is clean, light and well 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.
 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 8 COW fif- teen days before or five days after parturition, nor any milk that has an unnatural odors or appearance shall be sold. No unwholesome food shall be fed to cows. used for the production of milk. Every producer shall per mit the authorized agents of the De- partment of Health to examine his herd at any reasonable time under Ahe penalty of having his supply ex- cIuded.
 Section G. Employees
 An employees connected in any way = n n milk shall be personally clean and shall wear clean outer garments. The Department of Health shall be noti- fled atsonce. 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 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 T. Utensils
 All utensils and apparatus with which milk comes in, contact during its production. handling or sdistribu- ton 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 # was designed.
 The owners name, license number or other identification mark, the na- ture of which shall be made known to the Health authorities shall appear in a conspicuous place on every milk containeF.
 No bottle or can shall be removed from a house in which there has re- gently been a case of communicable disease, without written permit from the Department of Health.
 All metallic containers and piping sha11 be in good condition at all times
 Every conveyance ~ used for the transportation or. delivery of milk / common carriers excepted. shall beal Der, and business address in letters al least two inches in height Section 8. MIR Standards-(C Chemical
 (A) All milk which is sold or ex changed, or offered for sale or ex change, shall be deemed to be sold exchanged or offered as of standard quality, unless otherwise expressl! { stated at the time of such sale, ex- change or offer.
 (B) Milk of standard quality Is de fined as meaning milk which contains not less than 11.75 percentage of milk solid and not less than 3.25 percentags of butter fats.
 a %N ,<r Skim MIX
 Skim milk shall not contain les than. eight and three-fourths per cent of milk solids.
 Cream
 Cream shall not contain less thai eighteen per cent. of butter fats.
 Section g. Grading of Milk
 All milk sold or distributed in tn City of Bridgeport shall be classifie' hn one of the following grades:
 Az Certified.
 B. Grade A raw. N
 c. Grade A. Pasteurized.
 O. Grade B. Pasteurized.,
 E. Grade C.
 F. Skim milk and butter milk.
 A. Certified Milk
 No milk shall be sold or offere xor sale as certified milk which doe mot conform to the regulations re lQuired by the Department of Healt land. Is certified by a milk commissio Iappointed by recognized medical sc ciety. All milk sold as certified mil shall be conspicuously marked wit the name of the commission certifyin 1t. No medical milk commission sha give such certificates unless all COW producing such milk have been teste lat least once during the previous yea il,vifh Ty1hArculir and any COW react