The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-12
ORDINANCE NO. 40
Ordinance Regulating Production and
sale u Milk and Cream I'm the
CITY of Miller. SOufh nakoto

hanQ county south Dakota:
That for the purpose and within
the meaning of this Ordinance
Sec J.. Milk is the tactical secretion
obtained from the complete milking
of the COWS.
Sec. 2. SKINNED milk is the milk
from which substantially all of the
milk fat has been removed.
Grade A milk is milk produced
from healthy COWS as determined by
a physical examination and a tuber-
culin test by the health officers of
Miller, South Dakota, and from dairies
that score not less than rs per cent
on the dairy farm score cards in cur
rent use at the time by the depart
ment of Agriculture of the United
States, which milk shall be fresh and
clean and shall not at any time, show
an average bacteria count in excess
of $4,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter
as determined by a bacteria count
made on three consecutive days.
Grade "B" milk is milk produced
from healthy cows as determined by
physical examination within one year
previous by the city health officer, and
from diaries scoring not less than
fifty points on the dairy farm score
card in current use at the time. by
the Department Of Agriculture of the
United States, and which milk shall
be pasteurized by having been heated
to- and for at least thirty minutes
held at a temperature of las deg. ees
Fahrenheit. and Immediately there
after cooled to a temperature of forty
five dnuran. Etahrnnhnif an1 ,,h;nh
milk shall not exceed five hundred
thousand bacteria per cubic centimet-
er at any time between pasteurization
and delivery to consumer.
Grade &C" milk is milk produced
from healthy cows, as determined by
physical examination within one year
previous by the city health officer
and from diaries scoring not less than
fifty points on the dairy farm score
card in current use at the time, by
the Department of Agriculture of the
United States, when delivered within
twelve hours after being MIXED from
the cow, by the producer to the con-
m or to hotels, restaurants, cafes,
soda fountains, or lunch rooms for
consumption on the premises.
Section 3. That no person shall sell
or deliver for consumption as milk
or cream, or have in his possession
with intent to deliver for consumption
as milk or cream either:
l. Milk or cream 20 which water
Or any foreign substance has been
added, or which contains any filth,
dirt or sediment.
2. Milk containing less than 1926
per cent milk fat or less than SIS
per cent of solids not fat, or cream
containing less than Is per cent milk
fat.
5. SKINNED milk which has not
been ~pasteurized or made from pas
teurized milk, or which is not labeled
skinned milk.
a.. Milk or cream, the container of
which has been exposed to any disease
producing bacteria.
5. Milk or cream the container of
which is labeled or branded so as to
mislead or deceive the purchaser.
g., Milk or rea produced from
diseased cows or from cows during
the period of Is days proceeding par
turition or within seven days there
after, or from cows which have been
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cess to contaminated water.
Z. Milk or cream which falls below
requirement of grade "B" as defined
herein, or which falls below Glass
"A" as defined herein and has MOI
been pasteurized.
s. Milk or cream which falls below
the requirement of Grade &C" as de-
fhed herein when delivered direct
from the producer to the consumer,
and also when delivered by the pro-
Queer to restaurants, hotel, cafes,
soda fountains, or lunch Dom for
consumption on the premises.
Q. Milk Or cream which has been
produced, stored, handled or trans
ported in any unclean or u%nsanitary
manner.
10. Milk or cream the retainer or
final container of which does not bear
a plain and conspicuous statement
showing the kind and grade as herein
defined and IL pasteurized the data of
pasteurization.
IL. Milk or cream in unsterilized
containers.
son has kept at a temperature higher
IMAM HIty-elgnI degrees rduTenutit.
Is. Homogenized milk or cream or
emulsified milk or cream unless 1t is
plainly and conspicuously labeled
"Homogenized' or "Emulsified" as the
case may be.
IA. Milk which has had the cream
line increased by any artificial means.
Is. Milk which has been pasteur-
lied more than 46 hours previous to
the time of sale.
Section 4. That nothing in this
shall be construed to pro-
hibit the sale, when labelled so as to
show it's true character, of either: 81
sour milk or sour cream; (2) butter
milk or any similar product made
from ~pasteurized milk or cream; (3)
modified milk II made from milk or
cream equallto grade "B."
Section 5. No milk except bottled
milk shall be sold from stores, milk
booths, milk wagons, restaurants,
hotels, lunch counters, soda fountains,
Ice cream stores or other places where
food is prepared and sold for consum-