The Coconino sun., 1927-07-15
INSPECTION OF DAIRY FARMS


AND MILK PLANTS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF GRADING OR RE-
/ GRADING.-At least once during
each grading period the health officer
shall inspect every dairy farm pro-
ducing milk or cream for consump-
tion within the City Of Flagstaff, and
all milk plants whose milk or cream
is intended for consumption within
the city of Flagstaff. In case the
health officer discovers the violation
of any item of sanitation, he shall
make a second inspection after a
lapse of such time as he deems neces-
sary for the defect to be remedied but
not before the lapse of three days,
and the second inspection shall be used
in determining the grade of milk or
cream. Two violations of this ordi-
nance within any one grading period
shall call for immediate degrading.
One copy of the inspection report
shall be posted by the health officer
in conspicuous place upon an inside
wall of one of the dairy farm or milk
plant buildings, and said inspection
report shall not be removed by. any
person except the health officer. An
other copy of the inspection report
shall be filed with the records of the
health department.
SECTION s
THE TESTING OF MILK AND
MILK PRODUCTS During each
grading period at least four samples
of milk or cream from each dairy
farm and each milk plant shall be
tested by the health officer. Samples
of milk and cream from stores, cafes,
soda fountains, restaurants, and other
places where milk products are sold
shall be tested as often as the health
iofficer may require. Bacterial counts
shall be made in conformity with the
plate-count method of the standard
methods recommended by the Ameri-
can Public Health Association. Tests
may include such other chemical and
physical determinations as the health
officer may deem necessary for the
detection of adulteration. Notices Of
bacterial counts shall be given to the
producer or distributor concerned as
soon as made, or to any interested
person on request. Samples may be
taken by the health officer at any
time prior to the final delivery of the
milk or milk products. All stores.
cafes, restaurants, soda fountains, and
other similar places shall furnish the
health officer, upon his request, with
the name Of the milk distributor from
whom their milk is obtained.
Should the market value of any
single sample exceed twenty-five
cents the city of Flagstaff shall pay
the distributor therefor.
SECTION 7
THE GRADING OF MILK AND
CREAM. At least once every six (6)
months the health officer shall an
nounce through the press the grades
of all milk and cream supplies de-
livered by all producers or distributors
and ultimately consumed within the
City Of Flagstaff. Said grades shall
be based upon the following stand
ards, the grading of cream being
| identical with the grading Of milk:
! CERTIFIED MILK.-Certified milk
is milk which conforms with the re-
quirements of the American Associa-
tion of Medical Commissions, and is
produced under the supervision of the
Medical Milk Commission of the Med
ical Society of Coconino County, and
of the State Board Of Health or City
or County Health Officer. ~
| GRADE "A" RAW MILK.-Grade
"A" raw milk is milk the average
bacterial count Of which as determined
under section of this ordinance does
not exceed $4,000 per cubic centimeter
dHu WHICH ID pIOuuCSu upon udiT
farms conforming with all of the fol-
lowing items of sanitation:
i ~ COWS. - tuberculosis And
Other Diseases.-A physical exanain.
alton and tuberculin test of all cows
shall be made before any milk there.
from is sold, and at least once every
twelve months thereafter by veter-
marian approved by the health officer
or by the State livestock sanitary au.
thority, and said tests shall be made
and any reactors disposed of, in ac.
cordance with the current require.
ments approved by the United States
Bureau Of Animal Industry for ac.
credited herds.
| A certificate signed by the veterin,
arian and filed with the health Of.
ficer shall be the only valid evidence
Of the above test. Every diseased ami.
NAL shall be removed from the herd
at once and no milk from diseased
cows shall be offered for sale. AL
\ reactinp animals shall be isolated al