Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-20
PASTEURiziNG MILK DEALERS
 PROTEST PHYSICAL EXAM.

phySical eAdmna1on once year was vigorously voiced by a large a hearing at Hartford Wednesday held by the state milk regulation board.
 Dr. John T. Black, state health i commissioner, who attended the ! hearing, sad that in New York state persons handling food in restaurants hotels and pasteurization plants were l required to have a certificate from i the state.
 The milk board took no action on the matter yesterday, neither did it 1 act on the other rules, some of which i were objected to, while there was no comment on others read by Thomas Holt. chairman of the board.
 The hearing. was held for the pur- pose of presenting the set of rules, | adopted tentatively, by the milk regu- lation board. for consideration by the milk dealers. Later, they will be taken up again. and acted upon. When Rule No. 10 was read, there l was no comment. It provides that mo cats dogs or other animals shall 1 be permitted in rooms where milk is heated or stored.'' No. 20 provides 1 that all persons while handling milk shall wear clean, washable outer gar rnents and the use of tobacco,s and splitting is prohibited in any part of i the pasteurizingi plant
 1 James M. Whittlesey, state com l missioner on domestic cattle, told the board that approximately 30 per cent | of Connecticut cattle are tubercular, and that authorities say that cows re- acting from the tuberculin test, if they do not show any physical signs of the disease do not constitute any 1 danger to the public by the milk they l give, if the milk is pasteurized. | Health Officer Wright of New Haven i said he was always a believer in pas teurization, while A. w. Mitchell of Bridgeport, one of the largest milk ] dealers in Fairfield county, said that his concern has been pasteurizing it's milk for long while.
 Proposed Milk Rules.
 The rules as read to the dealers, and which were in part objected to, in same cases strenuously, were:
 "No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the process known as 'pasteurization of milk for public sale until permit has been issued ] by the dairy and food commissioner. Such permits shall be issued for a period of one year. and may be re- | yoked at any time for cause by the l dairy and food commission
 'Pasteurization is hereby defined as a process by which milk is rapidly 1 heated to a temperature of not less than 142 degrees Fahrenheit and not | more than 145 degrees Fahrenheit 1 then maintained between the temper ature of 142 degrees Fahrenheit and 145 degrees Fahrenheit for not less than 30 minutes. and then cooled im- med-ately to temperature of not
 more than 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
 NO permit to operate a pasteuri-
 zing plant shall be granted by the dairy and food commissioner ijnIess the applicants pasteurizing appara- tus IS such that it will properly per- form the pasteurizing process pre- scribed in Section 2, and unless the plant conforms to the requirements l of Sections 3 to 2f inclusive,
 'Each pasteurization plant shall be equipped with an automatic recording thermometer and controller which shall regulate and register on a chart l the temperature of the milk as it is pasteurized. The charts shall he mailed to the dairy and food com missioner on Monday of each week.
 The charts shall be kept in a locked
 chamber during the process of pas
 teurizat-on and until sent to the dairy
 and food commissioner.
 iAl1 pasteurization plants shall be
 constructed so that all rooms in . ! "AA4S44 -AAAlfA lS ltdlIUiSU, or III WAlc1
 milk apparatus and utensils are
 washed. shall have dustproof walls : and ceilings. Unless constructed o1 concrete, smooth brick or tile. wall. , and ceilings shall be kept sufficiently : painted or whitewashed a light color : The floors shall be watertight and sC 7 graded that all drainage will flow tC f one or more points of drainage '.
 All drains in the pasteurizatior . ; Olapf shall he Y1roraYIVr . drained to the satisfaction of tn,
 dairy and food commissl loner. Whei f not discharged into city sewer. drainage must be drained into cess ! pools or septic. tanks situated at leas . 50 feet from the building.
 All rooms in which milk is han f dled and in which milk apparatu and utensils are washed shall b : lighted and ventilated to the satis f faction of the dairy and food com
 missioner.
 f Doors, windows and ventilator e must be screened from May 1 to No D vember 1. Screen doors shall b 2 provided with self closing device s and all screens must be maintaine e in good working condition. : Toilet and washing facilities, u s the satisfaction of the dairy and foo 2. commissioner, must be provided fo e the use of employees. Locker room ! or toilets shall not open directly int i any room in which milk or milk uten
 sils are handled.
 Il No cats, dogs or other animal 5 shall be permitted in rooms wher = milk is handled or stored
 . Rooms for pasteurization, coolin, e bottling and storing milk shall no 7, be used for other purposes. g An adequate supply of pure wate = shall be provided.
 I All weigh cans storage vats, mix Q ing vats and other apparatus sha d be constructed of timed copper c r other suitable materials, and all an -sI gle joints shall be smoothly solder
 ed. They shall be provided wit
 closely fitting metal covers. : All milk pipes and pumps shall b , sanitary construction and so ar
 ranged that they may be easily open 2 i ed or taken apart for cleaning. fTh
 use of tightly closed elbow joints i
 prohibited. Water and steam pipe
 shall be kept clean and free from dil
 and rust.
 Surface coolers unless located i
 room used only for cooling mil
 shall be protected by suitable mets
 or glass covers.
 Cape or bottles shall. be secure
 in sterilized containers and be pro f fkc4ad from contamination Yyp+il .71ce