The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-11-12

natural milk fat. not less than $50
per cent of solids not fat, and not less
than 1850 per. cent total milk solids.
gaayy shall be nEs
heit. 1t shall contain no added sub
stance except normal equally pure milk
| or cream z. -, .~.,- .a.
Section 8, All milk sold as milk"
| in the City of Bemidj shall be Of one, of
the, following classes: raw or pasteur-
Section o. Raw milk shall be milk
from cows free from tuberculosis as de-
| termined by an annual test. Herds in
which tuberculosis Is found shall be sub
ject to examination and retest IN ACCORD
Live Stock Sanitary Board. Provided
further that II. in the interim between
tests. cows are added to the herd or
milk. or to the. herd or herds from
which they obtain their milk. the Board
Of Health shall be notified at once and
h hey yhf nave b se
as herein provided. (The fee for the test
ing OF such animals shall be payable
to the City Treasurer and shall be COM
puted as for the testing Of a new herd
It shall conform to the standards speci-
fed in Section and to all other reg,
ulations applicable to raw milk and
terra per c. c. Tuberculin tests shall be
made by a graduate licensed veterin.
arian employed by the City Council as
city dairy inspector. and In aeco rt nee
State Live Stock Sanitary Board. A
copy of each test shall be forwarded to to
the Secretary Of the State, Live Stock
Upon making. application for a license
to sell raw milk in the City of Bemidj1
the applicant shall pay to the City
Treasurer for such tuberculin tests, a
the following schedule:
For testing not exceeding two
cows in any hero 1900 $500
Provided however. that producers
selling milk to .pasteurizing plants, and
that dairy herds Identified on TIE s
Of the State Live Stock Sanitary. Board
shall be exempt from all provisions of
this section relative to tuberculin test
ing.
Section TO- Pasteurized m TX shall
have bacterial count before pasteuri-
zation Of not more than 100000 bac-
ss e snail and not a esceed bse
terra per G. c. when delivered to the con-
sumner. 1t shall otherwise conform to
the standards specified in Section Z, and,
production, handling, and pasteurization
contained in this ordinance. All COWS
producing such milk shall be healthy ais
ade by ey inspeeso and
for which no fee shall be charged:
Section H. Raw Cream, snail be
from milk produced by tuberculin tested
not more than 100000 bacteria per &C.
when delivered to the consumer. Raw
and pasteurized cream shall contain not
less than 20 per cent of milk fat. Cream
sold as whipping cream shall contain
not less than 80 per cent OF natural milk
Section 12: The milk bottle caps on
name of the distributor and shall desig-
nate the class of milk therein contained.
Section 10. The sale Of misbranded
Milk or cream shall be deemed to be
misbranded when the, contents Of the
container do not comply with the brand
on the cap. tag, or label.
PRODUCTION OF MILK.
Section IA. No building shall be used
milk mi to be sold in the city Of Bemidji
unless it is in good repair and keptan a
sanitary condition The floors shalt be
water tight and adequate dra In z pro- re :
Of the barn shall be kept reasonably
free from cobwebs and dust. The in
| terror Of the dairytstables shall be paint
ed white or white-washed at least once
every twelve months. Dairy barns shall
have tight ceilings and sufficient light
and ventilation. Cows shall be clean at
t'g sec 4t m 1S Mix must not be kept or
nected with barn, Or in any room used
for sleeping or domestic purposes or
opening into the same. nor in unclean or
Section is. The water supply shall
| be so located, constructed, and managed
that it will provide water Of safe,
sa seetfSn II. Froaucers who retail milk
shall have a milk room which has no a.
rect connection with any stable or dwell
ling room and which shall pc USED hat sG1e
and storing of milk, and the operations
section is: Milk rooms shall have
and shall be effectively screened against
flies =,
contain a covered cooling tank when
Section 20. Milking shall be done
with clean. dry hands. Or with properly
TOP milk pail shall be used: After each
use, milk handling utensils shall be
thoroughly cleaned and dried, and pro-
tected from contamination until again
used. 80
Section Fl. Milk shall be cooled with
! in 80 minutes after it is drawn, to a
| temperature Of fifty (50) degrees Fab:
and Transported under conditions which
ature until delivered to the G9nsmmer-
| HANDLING AND DISTRIBUTION
g. OF MILK.
| Section 20. Milk delivery wagons
shall be kept clean.
Section %. All milk intended for de-
livery to consumers shall be bottled ex-
cept in case Of consumers receiving
two and one-half gallons or more. at one
delivery. A producer having not more
than one COW may sell and distribute
the milk from his own dairy unbottled,
otherwise conforming to the regulations
Of this ordinance with the exception OF
Section "a. All bottles must be
| thoroughly cleaned and then sterilized
with live steam or hot water at a tenn
| perature Of not less than $50 degrees
Fahrenheit before filling with milk or
cream, or in such other. manner as is
| satisfactory to the Board Of Health.
Section Is: The apparatus or device
used in bottling milk or Gaping milk
bottles must be SO constructed that the
milk and caps used in the process will
| not come in contact with human hands.
The. apparatus or device shall be sub
ject to the approval Of the Board of
| Health.
! on any delivery wagon or at any place
other than the milk house at the dairy
or at the pasteurizing plant. Milk in bot
ties shall not be submerged in water
for cooling purposes at diaries or at
pasteuriZing plants.
Section Il. No driver on the route or
any other unauthorized person shall use