St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1920-03-06

Bottles shall be filed at the dairy
plant only. Consumers may receive
milk in their own receptacles only
at the dairy plant. In quantities
over gallons, storage and delivery
must be effected in cans or recep-
tacles sealed by wire, or chain and
lock.
No container shall be delivered or
taken from any disease infected
premises, and distributors shall not
enter such buildings, but shall make
delivery in the yard or on the side
walk in containers furnished by the
occupants thereof.
Section 8-Pure water of adequate
supply must be provided for main
tanning the health of the cows, and
for the sanitation of the dairy uten-
sils, and no unhealthy or fermentet
food or substance shall be fed.
Section 9-No room shall be used
for stabling cows, or for storing
dairy products which contains any
source of noxious gases OR infectiyo
organisms, nor shall any source OF
contamination be permitted within
/ 5 feet thereof.
Provided that flush water closets
having a fue extending above the
building shall be permitted.
Section 1O-Dairy enclosures mus.
be graded and drained, and no garb-
| age, fecal matter or similar sub
stance shall be placed or permitted
| to remain in or on such enclosures.
Section 1.-THE sale or use OF
dairy products from cows afflicted
with tuberculosis, splenic fever, an-
| thrax or other disease is prohibited;
and it shall be lawful for this board
to cause COWS to be tested, and, if
| found to be diseased, to order their
isolation and treatment, or slaughter,
at the expense of the owner or
| owners.
| Section 12-Dairy attendants shall
maintain strict cleanliness, and 10
person suffering from, or who has
within a period specified by the
health officer been exposed to con-
| tagious, infectious skin CT venereal
| diseases shall work in or about any
dairy.
Section 13-It shall be unlawful
for any pedestrian, or for any We
hicle upon or from which dairy pre-
ducts, are, or are being distributed
to carry any unwholesome matter, OF
any water or material with which
cream or milk might be adulterate
| Section 14-The health authority
shall have the right to at all times
stop pedestrians and vehicle dis
tributors of dairy products, and t
enter the dairy or premises of any
distributor for the purpose of eS
aiming the products and utensil:
and appliances thereon or therein
and distributors shall, on demand
allow inspection Or entry, and fur
nish for examination samples of thel
products, not to exceed one pint.
Section 15-It shall be unlawful
for any distributor to have with in
tent to sell or deliver milk from
; has been removed, unless a sig'
bearing in conspicuous letters tn
legend SKINNED Milk" and TIL
name of the distributor is attache,
to every container.
Section 16-Any unsanitary meth
cd or condition applying to dairie
and dairy products, or fraudulen
distribution of such products, no
specifically regulated by this ordi
nance, is declared to be unlawful,
in the opinion Of the sanitary In
spector it IS deemed sanitary men
ace or fraud.
Section 17-"Dairy products"
here defined as milk, cream, cheese
buttermilk, and all products havin
milk as a BASE Distributors
,, defined as producers, vendors an
donors.
Section 18-Any person who shal
violate any provision of this ord
nance shall be liable to fine of nc
less than $40, nor more than SIS, o
Imprisonment for not more than 3
; days, or both, at the discretion o
tany court of jurisdiction.
Section 19-This ordinance shal
become effective from and after tn
date of it's PRONUNCIATION.
; lCOVINGTON BOARD OF HEALTH
DR.. w. L. STEVENSON,
Chairman