The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-05-20

per ventilation. The floors shall be
water-tight and properly drained.
Milk rooms shall be kept in clea !,
sanitary condition and effectively
screened against flies.
(f) Milk shall not be separated
cooled or stored in any stable or In
any room used for sleeping or
domestic purposes or in any room
opening directly into such stable o.
room.
(g) Milk handling utensils and
containers shall be so constructed
that they may be effectively cleaned.
They shall be kept in good repair
and in sanitary condition. After
each use, milk handling utensils and
containers s h all be thoroughly
cleaned and sterilized and protected
from contamination until used again.
Section IA. All milk to be sold or
distributed in this city shall be ham
died and distributed In accordance
with the following rules:
(a) All vehicles used for the de-
livery or distribution of milk shall
Il
be kept in q sanitary condition.
OBJ Milk unless delivered to the
consumer within one hour after milk
ing shall promptly be cooled to
Temperature of SO degrees Fahren-
heit or below and thereafter stored
under conditions which will maintain
| it at or beaow this temperature until
lit is delivered to the consumer or
pasteurization plant.
(c) All milk for delivery to con-
sumers shall be bottled or placed in
a container which is not inter-
changed between customers.
Cd All bottles and containers
shall be thoroughly cleaned and
then sterilized before being filled
with milk and bottle caps shall be
kept in a sterile condition until used.
Sterilized bottles, if they are not
filled Immediately after sterilization,
shall be stored in an inverted posi-
ton and in such manner that they
will not become contaminated.
(e) The apparatus used in bottllng
milk and in Gaping bottles shall be
lso constructed that the milk caps
Iduring the process will not come in
lcontact with human hands.
(f) Milk shall not be bottled at
iany place other than the milk room
| at a dairy or at pasteurizing plant.
(g) Milk in bottles shah not be COM
Ipletely submerged in water except
in pasteurizing plants for cooling
purposes following pasteurization.
| (h) Bottles, cans or other recep-
tacles for milk shall not be used for
Iany other purposes other than for
containing milk or cream or milk pro-
ducts.
(i) Licensees shall refuse to re-
lceive dirty or unwashed milk or
cream bottles or cans.
Cid Milk cans shall be thoroughly
washed and sterilized before they
are returned to the shipper or pro-
Queer.
ca Milk or milk containers shall
not be removed from any premises
where communicable disease exists
or has existed, until permission is
given by the Health Officer and shall
then be handled as the Health Officer
Imay prescribe. Licensees not wish
ing to leave containers at a place
where communicable disease exists,
may require that a receptacle be
provided into which the milk may be
tempted.
Section Is. Pasteurization plants
land pasteurizing equipment shall be
maintained in sanitary condition.
The pasteurization process shall be
conducted in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the State
Board of Health. No icensee may
receive for pasteurization and subse-
quent sale as pasteurized milk any
milk or cream produced in dairy
mot licensed in accordance with the
provisions or this ordinance.
| Session 16. All persons engaged in
the production, handling, pasteuriza-
Ition or distribution of milk sold or
distributed or intended for sale or
distribution in this city may be re-
quired to pass the initiate medical
examination prescribed by the State
Board of Health, provided that the
following classes Of persons are
hereby exempted from the provisions
of this section:
(a) Persons at raw milk diaries
from which the entire marketed milk
production is sold to pasteurized
plants.
| CD Persons handling milk after
it has been sealed in the container
in which it is to be distributed to
the consumer. Such examinations
shall be made by the Health Officer
or other physician designated by the
Council, and no fee shall be charged
therefore to the person examined.
The examining physician shall SUBJ
nit to the State Board Of Health
Laboratories for examination such
specimens as may be required by the
State Board of Health. Subsequent
medical examinations may be re-
quired by the State Board of Health
or the Health Officer whenever it is
deemed necessary for the protection
of the public health.
Section II. If, upon examination,
the examining physician shall find
that any person employed or resid-
ing on the premises where milk is
produced, handled or pasteurized is
in such condition that disease may
be spread from him DO his associates
or other persons directly, or through