Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-29
ANOTHER EFFORT
To AMEND C|TY'S
MILK ORDINANCE
Whether the Suggestions OF the
Board Of Health Will Suftce
is a Question.
TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL


,,,,,,ti,,, Il ,lycd. a proposed ordinance for
the regulation IT the milk business IN
N,lno,pgton Alexander II. AbrahainS.
chairman of the health couiinitt,V vi
Council. IL has been learned, Is sti, en-
c,gcd IN AN effort 20 have Council do
something that will improve conditions III
that behal. MIR Ahrahams, ~ VIII ne Ic-
called, WINS chairman OF the committee
that drew w and presented the oru,lar'c,
aud II Is known that lac pctS'na'iN h'u
much of the work on n. obtaining au,n0
from the k,ral and state boaTus ol iical'"'
the Federal government and other cities;
MIN tbc ordinance came before Council
for final action. when It had been used rs
football Tor months, he was the ohlN
,,cr,bcr "a ho voted for It. Naturally, he Is
,,sanpointcd that I'LL of the efforts OF ms
eommitrac should 90 for naught ne
ctt,. BOARD ~ IIcalsh, as stated IN Every
Iyen,ng Yesterday, has suggested TO
Council some amendments To the cNst''E
lnw in The hope Of helping matters that
way the object beng 10 give the MIN W
spcctor more power than ne now mas mas,
Whether this will suffice, only time VIII
tell 90
While some oi tho other members OF
Council al first appeared to hc scCohulr'g
tho efforts Of Ahrahams. they changed
rrolucers raised protest. ginning that
- nrono.cd conditions were UNNECESSARY
.nl 80 severe that they could not i've
,,ndc, them II Is hIntrd also that th'rc IS
s.oIi,,, hctvccn some Of the members ct
Co,ngl and some of the state health
authorftcs. winch may have discounted
Ito chances 81 the ordinance 70 some OK
tent IN view of tho fact that ~ hau the
e,prtion az the state health authorities
"a proof has Vet been gwen. rs lar as can
80 asrcrtanCd that the matter Vas DIS
pa4rd ~ PURIFY on It's merits anhihilated'
'l fact Il certainly had merit, and u y
had the thought is that II there were also
Gcrcfus they might have been eliinlnat-
- as 10 put Il IN what ! "unch con-
sltrrcd workable and helpful shape.
Thc vo,k on tho ordinance dates back
80 la.t October. when the government
,.,fsvorahlc report on tho city 5 mlik
.,,rnl, vas considered Then came the
SOTO. offer to AID the city financially IN It's
c4art ~ conduct n real investigation 81
,hn mill supplv Subsequent reports sub
p.,ttei ~ Milk Inspector Hoilett m
.5,.tcd that something was wrong with
,hc milk This revelation was followed ~
,,,,,orat,on ~ tho ordinance The original
arl,nance was very materially amended
through suggestions from the state health
rtlthor,tfcs Tho new one was considered
fr,m tlnc ~ tune and. as stated above
fnalh killed IN rather summary fashion.
vonr1rr .FrrR oTHER CITIES.
II, ordinance was modelled after
e,.t,,,.r,es IN forcc in Baltimore. Washing
,,r and Philadelphia II required the
;.s,,,,,,c q pcrnits nv the milk inspector,
and IN their display on the vehicles or
etation@ uscd for tho distribution q INC
mll Tho milk inspector was gwen nc
rrhi IT entry ~ any store from when
ulik Was soli 90 any milk botthng pant
~ ~ ANY milk convcvance :,
~,rtton lO related ~ tho grades OF mix
,,,b,b,t,d II provided that no miik
,boull 10 SOLD. held IN possession with
,nt.nt to sell cNpescd for sale. delivered or
L,ttl,5 ~ handled for sale IN tho city Of
Wilmington under following conditions:
TT ii any water. thlckoner, preserya-
,;yc colorinV matter or other foreign
siibstancr has been added to
- If any part Of the cream has been re-
moved
~ solids not fat
~ milk fats ;ah,o
IS n il contains any appreciate
amount Of sediment
a
~ tron cows stabbed under hlthy or
crowded conditions OF from cows TED
,,,,.,r any. ,tnvrholesome substance.
- III II Is obtained from ANIMALS with
!, Il davs before or five days after par
n Il has bccn handled in a filthy
manner or in unclcan containers.
lol n !, has been handled by persons
injected with or who have been exposed TO
communicable diseases :,
No adjusted milk standardized milk,
sL,mmed milk. huttermilk, hOmogenlzed
milk az modified milk for infant feeding
shall be sold except on a special permit by
the milk Inspector. No SKINNED mix
shall he sold II II contains less than $40
pcr cent Of solids or unless It Is con-
spicuously labeled SKINNED mix
Va milk should be sold except IN the
,,,,,rcned BOTTLES or cans IN which 1t
oviginallv left the milk bottllng estab-
bsbment provided that special permits
could he granted AT the discretion OF the
MIL inspector for the sale Of dipped milk
!, s.orcs that handle dairy products
only No person could sell any milk in
,be ci4v that did not comply with the
r.o,irements set forth az 10 grades and
el,sses and that was not consplcuously
L,beled with the grade IN which II belongs,
tos.t her with either the name OF the
,,rs,d,,cer or vendor The grades are:
A-Certifed, raw, pasteurlzed. B-Pas-
feurlzed
Certified milk should comply with all Of
the requirements for grade raw milk
and in addition with all Of the require
rnents laid down by the National Asso-
cation az Certified Milk Commissions for
the PRODUCTION Of certified milk. 1t
pust be obtained from cows free from
d,sease as determined by g physical ex-
amination and tuberculin test at least
once each wear. and handled only by en-
Moves free from disease as determined
tv medical examinations. and pro-
auecd under such sanitary conditions
that the bacteria count should not exceed
ro 600 per cubic centnneter at any time
previous 10 the delivery 10 the consumer.
NJ milk Of this grade could be produced on
a dairy premises that scores less than so on
tbe United States Bureau of Animal In
dustry score card.
The physical examination and tubercu-
lin test required should be made by a
competent veterinarian and according to
methods prescribed by the United States
Bureau 81 Animal Industry. Cows that
are found to be free from disease were TO
ie permanently marked with q serially
numbered non-removable ear-tag; COWS
found 10 be diseased 10 be removed from
the premises forthwith. If the number OF
roactors constituted more than 10 per