The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06

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all delivery vehic7es as well as the
permit number in a conspicuous
place in figures at least three inches
high and one and one-half inches
wide. All bulk containers, such as
cans and jugs, must bear stickers
stating the name of the professor or
producer, the nature of the contents,
its grade, the date of filling, and be
initiated by the operator.
Every restaurant, cafe, soda foun-
tain or other establishment serving
milk shall display at all times, in a
place designated by the health of
ficer, a card furnished by the health
officer stating the grade of the milk
at the time when delivered and
whether same is raw or pasteurfzed.
Section S: Inspection of Dairy
Farms and Milk Plants for the Pur-
pose of Grading or Regarding.
$ At least once during each grading
period the health officer shall in
spect every dairy farm producing
milk or cream for consumption with
in the City of Kennewick, and all
milk plants whose milk or cream is
intended for consumption within the
City of Kennewick. In case the health
officer discovers the violation of any
item of sanitation he shall make a
second inspection after a lapse of
time such as he deems necessary
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 Ordinance on separate inspec-
tions within any one grading period
shall call for immediate degrading.
% One copy of the inspection report
shall he posted by the health officer
in a conspicuous place upon an in
side wall of one of the dairy farm or
milk plant buildings, and said in
spection report shall not be removed
by any person except the health
officer. Another copy of the irspec-
ton report shall be filed within the
records of the health department..
Section 6: 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 taken on separate days
and tested 10y the health officer.
Samples of milk and cream from
stores, cafes, soda fountains, res
taurants, and other places where
milk products are sold shall be test
ed as often as the health officer may
require. Bacterial counts shall be
made in conformity with the stand
ard methods recommended by the
American Public Health Associa-
ton and which are hereby adopted.
Tests may include such other chem
ieal and physical determinations as
the health officer may deem neces-
Sary for the detection of adultera-
ton, these tests to be made in ac-
cordance with the latest standard
methods of the American Public
Health Association and the Associa-
tion of Official Agricultural Chem
lists, adopted hereby, and which are
made part of this ordinance. No
tices of bacterial count shall he given
to the producer or distributor con-
cerned as soon as made Samples
may be taken by the health officer
at any time prior to the final deliv-
cry of the milk or milk products. AL
stores, cafes, restaurants, soda foun-
tais and other similar places shall
~ furnish the health officer upon
his request, with the name of the
milk plant or dairy from which
their milk is obtained; (2) maintain
separate storage for milk and milk
products at "a temperature not to ex-
coed SO degrees f., and (3) wash all
bottles and cans before returning to
the milk plant.
Section Z: The Grading of Milk
and Cream: :,
AT least once every six (6) months
the health officer shall announce the
grade of all cream and milk sup
plies delivered by all producers or
distributors and ultimately consum-
ed within the City of Kennewick.
Said grades shall he based upon the
following standards, the grading of
cream being identical with the grad
ing of milk, except that the bacter-
ial standard shall be doubled.
CERTIFIED MILK:
Certified milk is milk which con-
forms with the current requirements
of the American Association of Medi-
cal Milk Commission, which afore-
said requirements are adopted and
made a part of this ordinance. -
RAW MILK: .-Es .-,. - = =
Grade ga" raw milk Is milk the
average bacterial count of which is
determined under Section 6 of this
ordinance does not exceed $4,000
per cubic centimeter, and which Is
produced upon dairy farms conform
ing with all of the following items of
sanitation:
Item I: COWS LOSIS,
CONTAGIOUS ABORTION AND
OTHER DISEASES: Ea
=. (a) A physical examination and
tuberculin test of all COWS shall be
made before any milk tnerefrom is
sold and as often thereafter as is
consistent with the current require
ments approved by the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry