Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-17
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ORDINANCE NO. 81

hElSG AN OhDINAN(E IL
PREVENT THE MANUFAC
TURE OR SALE OF DAIRY
PRODUCTS THAT ARE PRO
DUCEp UNDER U-NSAN1TARl
CONDITIONS, - PROVIDING
FOR AND CREATING THE OF
FICE OF DAIRY INSPECTOR
REGULATING DIARIES. AM
THE BUSINESS OF PRODUC
Ing, BUYING AND SELLING
DAIRY PRODUCTS: TO PRE-
VENT THE MANUFACTURE
SALE AND TRANSPORTATION
OF UNWHOLESOME OR ADUL
TERATED DAIRY PRODUCTS
AND TO PROVIDE FOR TIN
ENFORCEMENT OF THE PRO
VISIONS HEREOF AND PUN
ISHMENT FOR THE VIOLA
TION OF THE TERMS HERE
OF.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF IM?ERIAL
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section l. That certain ordinance
of the County of Imperial, State of
1eiifornia, numbered 50 and entitl-
e as follows: "A y 0RDIN A. NCE
-. PREM ENT THE MANUFAC-
i RE OR SALE OF DAIRY PRO
IoCTS THAT ARE PRODUCED
ENDER. UNSANITARI CONDI-
T1ONS,' is hereby repealed.
Section ,. This ordinance shah
be known and called: "'The General
Dairy Ordinance of Imperial Coun-
ty, California. -
Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person.. firm or corporation,
by themselves or their agents or
employees, to sell, offer or expose
for sale or exchange. present or de-
liver to any creamery, cheese fac
tory, milk condensing factory, milk
Pasterizing plant. or other buyer,
consumer or user of milk or products
of milk, or TO knowingly purchase
or receive any impure, polluted.
tainted. unelean, unwholesomc. stale
or adulteratea milk or cream, or
any product manufactared wholly
or in part therefrom. It shall be
unlawful for any. person, firm or
corporation by themselves or their
agents or employees to sell, offer
or expose for sale or exchange. pre-
sent or deliver to any creamery.
cheese factory, milk eondensing
factory, milk pasteurizing p<at, or
other buyer, consumer or user of
milk or products Of milk which have
knowingly purchase or receive any
milk that does not conform to the
definition and standard establish
ed by that certain act kHewn as
"The General Dairy Law of Califor-
mia, . approNed june 10, 1923, Sta
tutes of 1923, Chapter 392, and all
laws amendatory thereto.
Section 1. 1t, shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation
by themselves, or their agents or
employees, ~ sell. expose for sale,
or offer for sale or exchange. pre-
sent or deliver to any creamery,
cheese factory, milk condensing
plant, milk pasteurizing plant, or
other buyer. consumer or user of
milk or. products of milk which has
been produced in or by a dairy or
factory of dairy products iii an in
sanitary condition, or that is hand
led by any carrier or in any store or
depot that is in AN insanitary condi-
fion.
Section ). A dairy shall be deem
ed insanitary within the meaning OF
this Ordinance III the following
cases. to-wif:
(l) If the pals, cans, bottles or
other containers for milk or. its pro
duets, or the strainers. coolers or
other utensils, appliances, apPara-
tus or equipment coming in contact
with the milk or its products are
not thoroughly washed and after
ward stcriiized by exposing them to
water or water yapOr at Il tempera-
ture above one hundred seventy
degrees Fahrenheit for "a period OF
at least fifteen minutes or by boil
ing water or by superheated steam
each and every time the same are
used; or If the said containers, uten-
sils, appliances or equipment after
sterilization are not adequately
dried and protected from flies and
dust and all other eontaminatiOns
or if amy of said containers. uten-
sils, appliances or equipment shall
be used for any purpose other than
that Of handling milk or the pro
duets of milk.
t2) If the udder, flanks, hind
legs and tail of COWS are not rea-
sonably clean during milking.
(3) If the milk or cream is not
protected from contamination by
dust and flies.
a. If the person or wearing ap-
parel of the dairNman. his employees
or other persons who handle the
milk or its products are. soiled or
not washed with reasonable fire.
aueney, OF if the hands of milkers
are not clean dnring the entire per
iod of milking.
(5} If the milk or cream is MOI
cooled 10 as low Il temperatur" as
practicable within one hour after
il is drawn from the cows, and
kept. as cool rs conditions viii pef-
NIT gnslh delivery to the plant or
consumer.
(6l Ii a suitablc milk house or
room, properly screened 10 exclude
flies and insects is not provided and
maintained for the purpose of scpa~
rating, cooling. mixing, canning and
keeping or otherwise caring for the
milk or cream. Said pilk house or