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AN ORDINANCR
REPEALING SECTIONS 406 TO 433 INCLUSIVE OF CHAPTER 29 , REVISED OR-
DINANCES, DEFINING "MILK" AND CERTAIN "MILK PRODUCTS", "MILK PRO-
DUCER", "PASTEURIZATION", ETC. , PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ADULTERAT-
ED AND MISBRANDED MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS, REQUIRING PERMITS FOR
THE SALE OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS, REGULATING THE INSPECTION OF
DAIRY FARMS AND MILT{ PLANTS, THE TESTING, GRADING, LABELING, PLAC-
ARDING, PASTEURIZATION, REGRADING, DISTRIBUTION, SALE, AND DENATUR-
ING OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS, PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLISHING OF MILK
GRADES, THE CONS11RUCTION OF FUTURE DAIRIES AND MILK PLAN'T'S, THE EN-
FORCEMZNT OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND THE FIXING OF PEN.,LTIES, CREATING
OFFICE, OF MILK INSPEC TOR, FIXING S.ILRY LND DUTIES.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFER-
SON CITY AS FOLLOWS:
All sections included in Chapter 29 of The Revised
Ordinances of the City of Jefferson, viz: Section 406 to 433 in-
clusive, of said Chapter 29 , are hereby repealed and new sections
are enacted in lieu thereof to be known as Chapter 29 and to read
as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions
shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement of this or-
dinance:
(A ) MILK. Milk is hereby defined to be the lacteal
secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy
cows, excluding that obtained within fifteen days before and five
days after calving, or such longer period as may be necessary to
render the milk practically colostrum free; which contains not less
than eight and one-half per cent '(8j%) of tailk solids not fat, and
not les6 than three and one-fourth per cent (3-1/4%) of milk fat.
(B) MILK FAT OR BUTTER FLT. Milk fat or butter fat
is the fat of milk.
(C ) CRFJAM. Cream, sweet cream, is that portion of
milk, rich in milk fat, which rises to the surface of milk on
standing or is separated from it by centrifugal force, is fresh and
t clean, and which contains not less than eighteen per cent (18%) ,
preferably twenty per cent (20%) , of milk fat; provided that cream
having less than eighteen per cent milk fat shall be known as sub-
standard cream.
Cream having less than thirty per cent (30%) milk
fat shall be -known as light cream.
Cream having thirty per cent (30%) or more and less
than forty per cent .(40%) milk fat shall be known as heavy cream,
and cream having forty per cent (40%o) or more milk fat shall be
known as extra heavy cream.
Whipping cream and manufacturing cream or creams con-
taining not less than thirty per cent (30%) milk fat, intended for
whipping or manufacturing purposes, and the grades of same shall not
be based on bacterial count.
(D) SKIMMED MILK. Skimmed milk is milk from which
a sufficient portion of milk fat has been removed to reduce its
milk-fat percentage to loss than three and one fourth per cent
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(E) CHOCOLATE MILK. Chocolate milk is milk to Which
has been added in a sanitary manner a chocolate syrup composed of
wholesome ingredients.
(F ) BUTTERMILK. Buttermilk is the product which
remains when fat is removed from milk or dream in the process of
churning. it contains not Less than eight and five-tenths per cent
(8.5%) of milk solids not fat.
(G) CULTURED BUTTERMILK. Cultured buttermilk is
the product resulting from the souring or treatment, by a lactic
acid culture, of milk or milk products. it contains not less than
eight and five-tenths per cent (8.5%) of milk solids not fat, and
shall be pasteurized before adding the culture.
(H) MILK PRODUCTS. Milk products shall. be taken to
mean and include cream, skimmed milk, chocolate milk, buttermilk,
and cultured buttermilk.
(I) PASTEURIZATION. The terms "Pasteurization":
"Pasteurized", and similar terms shall be taken to refer to the
process of heating every particle of milk or milk products to a
temperature of not less than 1420F. , and holding at such tempera-
ture for not less than 30 minutes in pasteurization apparatus ap-
proved by the health officer, provided that approval shall be lim-
ited to apparatus which requires a combined holder and indicating
thermometer temperature tolerance of not more than 1*oF'. , as shown
by official tests with suitable testing equipment, and provided
that such apparatus shall be operated as directed by the health of-
ficer and so that the indicating thermometers and the recording
thermometer charts both indicate a temperature of not less than
143*OF. , continuously throughout the holding period, provided that
nothing contained in this definition shall be construed as disbar-
ring any other process which has been demonstrated as of at least
equal efficiency and is approved by the state health authority.
(J) ADULTERATED MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS. Any sub-
stance claimed to be any milk or milk product defined in this or-
dinance, but not conforming with its definition as given in this
ordinance shall be deemed adulterated and misbranded.
(K) MILK PRODUCER. A milk producer is any person
who owns or controls one or more cows, a part or all of the milk or
milk products from which is sold and delivered to another person.
(L) MILK DISTRIBUTOR. A milk distributor is any
person who has in possession, offers for sale, sells or delivers to
another any milk or milk products for consumption or manufacturing
purposes.
(M) DAIRY OR DAIRY FARM. A dairy or dairy farm is
any place or premises where one or more cows are kept, a part or all
of the milk or milk products from which is sold and delivered to any
person.
(N) MILK PLANT. A milk plant is any place, or prem-
ises or establishment where milk or milk products are collected,
handed, processed, stored, bottled, pasteurized, or prepared for
distribution.
(0) HEGLTH OFFICER. The term "health officer" shall
mean the health authority of the City of Jefferson City, or his
authorized representative.
(P) AVERAGE BACTERIAL COUNT. Average bacterial
oount shall be taken to mean the logarithmic average of the bacter-
ial counts of all samples taken during the grading period, including
at least four samples taken upon separate days, provided that in en-
forcing Section 9 on Supplementary Regrading the last four conseo--
utive samples may be used in determining an average bacterial count.
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(Q) GRADING PERIOD. The grading period shall be
such period of time as the health officer may designate, within
which grades shall be determined for all milk, cream, buttermilk
and cultured buttermilk supplies, provided that the grading period
shall in no case exceed six (6 ) months.
(R) BACTERICIDE. The term bactericide shall be tak-
en to mean any bactericidal substance or process approved by the
health officer.
(S ) PERSON. The word "person" as used in this or-
dinance, shall mean "Person, firm, corporation, or association. "
SECTION 2. THE SALE OF ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED
MILK OR MILK PRODUCTS PROHIBITED. No person shall within the City
of Jefferson City, or its police jurisdiction, produce, sell, offer,
or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any
milk or milk product which is adulterated or misbranded.
SECTION 3. PERNITS, It shall be unlawful for any
person to bring into or receive into the City of Jefferson, or its
police jurisdiction, for sale, or to sell, or offer for sale there-
in, or to have on hand, any milk or milk product defined in this
ordinance, who does not possess a permit from the health officer of
the City of Jefferson, and on whose vehicle there does not appear in
a conspicuous place the permit number in figures at least three in-
ches high and one and one-half inches wide.
Such a permit may be revoked by the health officer
upon the violation by the holder of any of the terms of this ordin-
ance or in any emergency when in the judgment of the health officer
the milk supply in question has become a public health menace, pro-
vided that the holder of said permit shall, after complying with
such revocation, have the right of appeal to the board of health.
SECTION 4. LABELING AND PLACARDING. All bottles,
cans, packages, and other containers enclosing milk or any milk pro-
duct defined in this ordinance shall be plainly labeled or marked
with (1) the name of the contents as given in the definitions in
this ordinance; ( 2) the grade of the contents if said contents are
raded under the provisions of this ordinance; (3 the word '"pas-
eurized" if the contents h ve been pasteurized; 4) the word "raw"
if the contents are raw; (5 the name of the pro ucer or distrib-
utor. The label or mark shall be in letters of a size, kind and
color approved by the health officer and shall contain no marks or
words not approved by the health officer.
Every restaurant, cafe, soda fountain, or other es-
tablishment selling or serving milk shall display at all times, in
a place designated by the health officer, a notice approved by the
health officer, stating the grade of the milk at the time when de-
livered and whether same is raw or pasteurized.
SECTION 5. INSPECTION OF DAIRY FARMS AND MILK PLANTS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRADING OR REGRADING. At least once during each
grading period the health officer shall inspect all dairy farms and
all milk plants whose milk or cream is intended for consumption
within the City of Jefferson, or its police jurisdiction. 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 necessary for the defeat to be remedied but not before the
lapse of three days, and the second inspection shall be used in det-
ermining the grade of milk or cream. Two violations of this ordin-
ance on separate inspections within any one grading period shall
call for immediate de-grading.
One copy of the inspection report shall be posted by
the health officer in a conspicuous place upon an inside wall of one
of the dairy farm or milk plant buildings, and said inspection re-
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port shall not be removed by any person except the health officer.
Another copy of the inspection report shall be filed with the re-
cords of the health department.
SECTION 6. ITIE TESTING OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCM,
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 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
officer may require. }bacterial Counts shall be made in conformity
with the standard methods recommended by the American Public Health
Association. Tests may include such other chemical and physical
determinations as the health officer may deem necessary for the
detection of adulteration, these tests to be made in accordance
with the latest standard methods of the American Public Health Assom
cation and the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, Bact-
erial count or reduotase test results shall be given to the produc-
er or distributor concerned as soon as determined, 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 di all furnish the health offic-
er, upon his request, with the name of the milk distributor from
whom their milk is obtained.
SECTION 7. THE GRADING OF MILK AND CREAM. At least
once every six (6) months the health officer shall announce the
grades of all milk, buttermilk, cultured buttermilk, and cream sup-
plies delivered by all producers oru distributors and ultimately
consumed within the City of Jefferson, or its police jurisdiction.
Said grades shall be based upon the following standards, the grading
of oream, buttermilk and cultured buttermilk being identical with
the grading of milk, except that the bacterial standard shall be
omitted in the case of buttermilk and cultured buttermilk.
CERTIFIED MILK: Certified milk is milk which con-
forms with the current requirements of the American Association of
Medical Milk Commissions, and is produced under the supervision of
the Medical Milk Commission of the Medical Society of Cole County,
and of the State Board of Health or of the City and County Health
Officer,
GRADE "A^ RAW MILK. Grade "A" Raw Milk is milk the
average bacterial count of which as determined under Section 6 of
this ordinance does not exceed 50,000 per cubic centimeter, or the
average reduction time of which is not less than 8 hours, and which
is produced upon dairy farms conforming with all of the following
items of sanitation.
ITEM 1. COWS - TUBERCULOSIS AND 09HER DISEASES. A
physical examination and tuberculin test of all herds and additions
thereto shall be made before any milk therefrom is sold, and at
least once every twelve months thereafter, by a licensed veterinar-
ian approved by the state livestock sanitary authority. Said tests
shall be made and any reactors disposed of, in accordance with the
current requirements approved by the United States Department of
Agriculture , Bureau of Animal Industry, for accredited herds,
A certificate signed by the veterinarian or attested
to by the health officer, and filed with the health officer, shall
be the only valid evidence of the above test, Every diseased animal
shall be removed from the herd at once and no milk from diseased
cows shall be offered for sale. All reacting animals shall be isol-
ated at once and immediately excluded from the premises. All animal;
failing to pass the T. B. test shall be branded with the letters "T"
or "TB'F on the shoulder, hip, or jaw, and removed at once and slaugh-
tered under the direction of the health officer. Each letter in the
brand shall be not less than two inches high and one and one-half in-
ches wide.
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ITEM 2. DAIRY BARN - LIGHTING. A dairy or milking
bad shall be required, and such sootiona thereof where Bowe are
kept or milked srall have at least three square feet of wirdow area
Cow a ht" 0 CR $4611 be PVvv l 5 &dO tW SUPP�.OMOA-�
tary artificial lightingo reasonably evenly distributed.
ITEM 3. DAIRY BARN - AIR SPACE AND VENTILATION.
Such sections of all dairy barns where cows are kept shall have at
least four hundred (400) cubic feet of air space per stanchion, and
shall be well ventilated.
ITEM 4. DAIRY BARN FLOORS. The floors and gutters
of such parts of all dairy barns in which cows are kept or milked
shall be constructed of concrete or other impervious and easily
cleaned material approved by the health officer and shall be graded
to drain pro perly, and shall be kept clean and in good repair. No
horses, pigs, fowl, etc. , shall be permitted in parts of the barn
used for dairy purposes.
ITEM 5. DAIRY BARN, WALLS AND CEILINGS. The walls
and ceilings of all dairy barns shall be whitewashed once each year
or painted once every two years, or oftener if necessary, or finish-
ed in a manner approved by the health officer, and shall be kept
clean and in good repair. In case there is a second story above
that part of the barn in which cows are milked, the ceiling shall
be tight.
ITEM 6. DAIRY BARN; COW YARD. All cove yards shall
be graded and drained as well as practicable and kept clean.
ITEM 7, MANURE DISPOSAL. All manure shall be re-
moved and stored or disposed of in such manner as best to prevent
the breeding of flies therein, or the access of cows to piles there-
of.
ITEM 8. MILK HOUSE OR ROOM: CONSTRUCTION, There
shall be provided a separate milk house or milk room for the hand-
ling and storage of milk and the washing and bactericidal treatment
of mijk a aratus and utensils, provided with a tight floor con-
s rue •ed g� concre a or other :impervious material and graded to pro-
vide proper drainage. The walls and ceilings of the milk pause or
room shall be of such construction as to permit easy cleaning, and
shall be painted at least once each year , or finished in a manner
approved by the health officer. The milk house or room shall be
well lighted and ventilated and all openings effectively screened
to prevent the entrance of flies, and shall be used for no other
purpose than the handling and storage of milk or milk products and
j other operations incident thereto. The cleaning and other opera-
tions shall be so located and conducted as to prevent any contamin-
ation to the milk or to cleaned equipment. The milk room shall not
open directly into a stable or into any room used for domestic pur-
poses.
ITEM 9. MILK HOUSE OR ROOM: CLEANLINESS AND FLIES.
The floors, walls, ceilings and equipment of the milk-house or room
shall be kept clean at all times. All means necessary for the elim..,
ination of flies shall be used.
ITEM 10. TOILET. Every dairy farm shall be provided
with a sanitary toilet constructed and operated in accordance with
the ordinances of the City of Jefferson, and the recommendations of
the State Board of Health.
ITEM 11. WATER SUPPLY. - The water supply shall be
easily accessible, adequate, and of a safe, sanitary quality.
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ITEM 12. UTENSILS CONSTRUCTION, All containers
or utensils used in the handling or storage of milk products must
be made of non-absorbent material and of such construction as to be
easily cleaned, and must be in good repair. Joints and seams shall
be soldered flush, All milk pails shall be of a small mouth design
approved by the health officer,
ITEM 13. UTENSILS CLEANING. All containers and
other utensils used in the handling, storage, or transportation of
milk and milk products must be thoroughly cleaned after each usage.
ITEM 14. UTENSILS - BACTERICIDAL TREATMENT. All
containers and other utensils used in the handling, storage or
transportation of milk or milk products shall between each usage
be treated with steam, hot water, or chlorine in a manner approved
by the Health Officer.
ITEM 15. UTENSILS STORAGE. All containers and othe:
utensils used in the handling, storage, or transportation of milk or
milk products shall be stored so as not to become contaminated be-
fore again being used.
ITEM 10. UTENSILS - HANDLING. After bactericidal
treatment no container or other milk or milk product utensil shall
be handled in such manner as to permit any part of the person or
clothing to come in contact with any surface with which milk or
milk products come in contact.
ITEM 17. MILKING, UDDERS AND TEATS. The udders and
teats of all milking cows shall be' olean at the time of milking.
ITEM 18.. MILKING. FLANKS. The flanks, bellies and
tails of all milking cows shall be free from visible dirt at the
.time of milking.
ITEM 19. MILKERS, HANDS. Milkerst hands shall be
clean, rinsed with a bactericidal solution, and dried with a clean
towel immediately before milking. Should the milking operation be
interrupted, the milkerst hands must be again rinsed in the solut-
ion. Wet hands milking is prohibited. Convenient facilities shall
be provided for the. washing of milkerst hands.
ITEM 20. CLEAN CLOTHING. Milkers and milk handlers
shall wear clean outer garments while working.
ITEM 21. MILK STOOLS. Milk stools shall be kept
clean.
ITEM 22. REMOVAL OF MILK. Each pail or can of milk
shall be removed immediately to the milk house or straining room.
No milk shall be strained in the dairy barn.
ITEM 23. COOLING. Milk must be cooled within one
hour after milking to 50 degrees fahrenheit, or less, and maintain-
ed at or below that temperature until delivery, unless it is deliv-
ered to a milk plant for pasteurization or separation, in which
case it must be cooled or pasteurized within two hours of the time
of, production.
ITEM 24. BOTTLING AND CAPPING. Milk shall be bott-
led from a container with a readily cleanable valve, or by means of
a bottling machine approved by the health officer. Bottles may be
capped by a machine or manually. In case a machine is used it shall
be cleaned and disinfected before each usage. In case capping is
done by hand the hands shall be disinfected in a manner approved by
the health officer before the process of capping is begun and after
any interruption. Caps shall be purchased in sanitary containers
and kept therein until used.
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ITEM 25. PERSONNEL. HEALTH CERTIFICATES. Every
person connected with a dairy or milk plant whose work brings him
in contact with the production, handling, storage , or transportation
of milk, milk products, containers, or equipment, shall have within
twelve months or less, as required by the health officer, passed a
medical examination made by the health officer or by a licensed
physician approved by the health officer, and shall submit such
speoiments of bodily discharges as the hoalth officer may require.
ITEM 26. NOTIFICATION OF DISEASE. Notice shall be
sent to the health officer immediately by any milk producer or dis-
tributor upon whose dairy farm or in whose milk plant any case of
sickness or any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease
occurs.
GRADE "B" RAW MILK. Grade "B" Raw Milk is milk the
average bacterial count of which at no time prior to delivery ex-
oeeds 200,000 per cubic centimeter, or the average reduction time
of which is not less than six (6 ) hours, and which is produced up-
on dairy farms conforming with all the items of sanitation required
for Grade "A" Raw Milk, except 2, 31 41 5 or 6, provided that clean-
liness of the barn and the cow yard shall in no case be omitted.
Item 23 shall apply except that the cooling temperature shall be
changed to seventy (70) degrees Fahrenheit.
GRADE "C" RAW TULK. Grade "C" Raw Milk is milk the
average bacterial count of which at no time prior to delivery ex-
ceeds 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter, or the average reduction time
of which is not less than Zj hours, and which is produced on dairy
farms conforming with all the items of sanitation required for Grade
"BII Raw Milk.
GRADE "D" RAW MILK. Grade ''D" Raw Milk is ravr milk
which does not meet the requirements of Grade "C" Raw t1i.lk, and
which shall be plainly labeled :*cooking only. "
GRADE "All PASTEURIZED MILK. Grade Pasteurized
Milk is Grade "A" or Grade IIB" Raw Milk which has been pasteurized,
cooled, and bottled in a milk plant conforming with all of the fol-
lowing items of sanitation and the average bacterial count of which
at no time after pasteurization and until delivery exceeds 50,000
per cubic centimeter.
ITEM 1. FLOORS. The floors of all rooms in which milk
is handled shall be constructed of ooncrete or other equally imper-
vious and easily cleaned material and shall be smooth, properly
drained and provided with trapped drains, and kept clean.
ITEM 2. WALLS AND CEILINGS. Walls and ceilings of
rooms in which milk is handled or stored shall have a smooth, wash-
able, light colored surface and be kept clean.
ITEM 3. DOORS AND WINDOWS: All openings into the
outer air shall be offectivoly screened to prevent the access of
flies. Doors shall be self-closing.
ITEM 4. LIGHTING AND VENTILGTION. All rooms shall
be well lighted and ventilated.
ITEM 5. PROTECTION FROM CONTI,MINATION AND FLIES.
The various milk-plant operations shall be so located and conducted
as to prevent any contamination to the milk or to the cleaned equip-
ment. All means necessary for the elimation of flies shall be used.
This requirement shall be interpreted to include separate rooms for
(a) the pasteurizing, cooling, and bottling operations; (b) the wash-
ing and bactericidal treatment of containers and equipment. Cans of
raw milk shell not be unloaded directly into the pasteurizing room.
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Pasteurized milk shall not be permitted to come into contact With
equipment with which unpasteurized milk has been in contact. Rooms
in which milk or cream or cleaned utensils or containers are hand-
led or stored shall not open directly into any stable or living
quarters.
ITEM 6. TOILET FACILITIES. Every milk plant shall
be provided with toilet facilities conforming with the ordinances
of the City of Jefferson. There shall be at least one room or ves-
tibule not used for milk purposes between the toilet room and any
room in which milk or milk products are handled or stored. The
doors of all toilet rooms shall be self-closing. Toilet rooms
shall be kept in a clean condition, in good repair, and well ventil-
ated. In case privies or earth closets are permitted and used, they
shall be separate from the building and shall be of a sanitary type
constructed and operated in conformity i-iith the ordinances of the
City of Jefferson, and the recommendations of the State Board of
Health.
ITEM 7. WZTER SUPPLY. The water supply shall be eras,
ily accessible, adequate, and of a safe, sanitary quality.
ITEM S. WASHING FACILITIES, Washing facilities shall
be provided, including hot running dater, soap, and sanitary towels
of a type approved by the health officer. The use of a common towel.
is prohibited.
ITEM 9. MILK PIPING. Only "sanitary milk piping"
of a type which can be easily cleaned with a brush shall be used.
ITEM 10. CONSTRUCTION OF EQUIPMENT. All equipment
with which milk comes in contact shall be constructed in such man-
ner as to be easily cleaned.
ITEM 11. DISPOSAL OF WASTES. All wastes shall be
disposed of in conformity vith the requirements of the health of-
ficer.
ITEM 12. CLEANING LND BLCTERICIDAL TREATMENT OF CON-
TAINERS AND APPI.RATUS. All milk containers end milk apparatus shall
be thoroughly cleaned after each usage and subjected to a bacteric-
idal treatment approved by the health officer immediately before
each usage.
ITEM 13. STORAGE OF CONTAINERS: +after bactericidal
treatment all bottles, cans, and other containers shall be stored
in such manner as to be protected from contamination.
ITEM 14. HANDLING OF CONVJNERS AND .6PPLRATUS.
Between bactericidal treatment and usage containers and apparatus
shall not be handled in such manner as to permit any part of- the
person or clothing from coming in contact with any surface with
which milk or milk products come in contact.
ITEM 15. STORI,GE OF CAPS. Milk-bottle caps shall
be purchased and stored only in sanitary tubes and shall be kept
therein until used.
ITEM 16. PASTEURIZATION. Pasteurization shall be
performed as described in Section 1-1 of this ordinance. The time
and temperature record charts shall be dated and preserved for a
period of 3 months for the information of the health officer.
ITEM 17. COOLING. All milk not pasteurized within
two hours after it is received at tho plant shall then be immediat-
ely cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or lass and
maintained thereat until pasteurized, and all pasteurized milk shall
be immediately cooled to a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit or
less and maintained thereat until delivery.
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ITEM 18. BOTTLING. Bottling shall be done at the
place of pasteurization in automatic machinery approved by the
health officer in such manner as to prevent any part of the person
or clothing from coming in contact with any surface with which milk
or milk products come in contact.
ITEM 19, OVERFLOW MILK. Overflow milk shall not be
sold for human consumption.
ITEM 20, CAPPING. Capping shall be done by machin-
ery approved by the health officer. Hand capping is prohibited.
ITEM 21, TIME OF DELIVERY. Milk to be consumed in
the form of whole milk shall be delivered to the final consumer'
within sixty hours of the time of pasteurization.
ITEM 22. HEALTH CERTIFICATES. Every person connect-
ed with a milk plant whose work brings him in contact with the han- '
dling, storage or transportation of milk, milk products, containers,
or equipment, shall have within twelve months or less as required by
the health officer passed a medical examination made by the health
officer or by a licensed physician approved by the health officer,
and shall submit such specimens of bodily discharges as the health
officer may require.
ITEM 23. NOTIFICATION OF DISEASE. Notice shall be
sent to the health officer immediately by any milk distributor in
whose milk plant any case of sickness or any infectious, contagious,
or communicable disease occurs.
ITEM' 24. PERSONNEL-. CLEANLINESS. . :,All.'persons.,com-
ing , in . contact with.'mtlk, 'or,.milk products. coit.ainers, or equipment
shall wear, clean outer: grarments and sh'rall 'keep their hands clean' at
call times while thus engaged.
GRADE "B" PASTEURIZED'MILK. ' Grade "B" Pasteuriz®d .,
Milk is' Grade IfC'" Raw Milk which has been pasteurized, cooled, and
bottled in a milk plant conforming with all of the requirements for.
Grade "A" .Pasteurized Milk.
GRADE !'C" PASTEURIZED MILK. Grade: 1!C" Pasteurized
Milk is pasteurized, milk which' does not meet the requirements, .of'
Grade 'Bn Pasteurized Milk.,- and which shall. be,. plainly labeled"
"cooking oirlytt.
SECTION 8. -SUPPLEMENTARY R11*RADING. . . A.t aiiy,. *ime:
between regular announcements of 'mi ilk grades: any,:producer oar , dis
tri;butor may make application f'or regrading hi.s .product:
Upon the receipt oi' a_ satisfaet'ory application, the
health officer. shall, in case, the applicaritts- existing.,low grade.
is due to failure to meet the bacteriological or' temperature 're,
quirements, make et ' least four examinations upon samples collected
by the health officer-of the applicantts output. within a period of
not less, than two weeks and not more. than three Weeks of the date of
the application. Tho' health offioer shall award a .higher grade im-
mediatoly. in case the said .four' analyses indicate 'the 'neoessary
quality.
In case'. the applicant!.s existing low grade is 'due to
a violation of an stem of, sanitation other than baoterial -cotut or
temperature, said' applicatio must. be accompanied by a statement to
the effect that the' violatedn' item of sanitation has 'been conformed
with. , Within two weeks. of. the- receipt. of such an application the
health officer shall make' a reinspeotionbf, the applicant's 'estab-
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lishment and, in oase the findings justify, shall award a regrade.
At any time between regular announcements of milk
�r grades the health officer shall lower the grade of any milk produc-
er or distributor if as a result of inspections or milk analyses,
a lower grade shall to justified in accordance with the terms of
this ordinance.
SECTION 9. TRANSFERRING OR DIPPING MILK; SALE OF
MORE THAN ONE GRADE; DELIVERY OF MILK AT QUARANTINED RESIDENCES.
No milk producer or distributor shall transfer milk or milk products
from one container to another upon the street or in any vehicle or
store, or in any place except a bottling or milk room especially
used for that purpose, except as may be specially permitted by the
health officer in the case of milk being delivered in bulk. The
sale of dip milk is hereby expressly prohibited. All pasteurized
milk shall be placed in its final delivery container in the plant
in which it is pasteurized. It shall be unlawful for hotels, soda
fountains, restaurants, and similar establishments to sell or
serve any milk except in the original container in which it was
received from the producer or distributor, provided that this re-
quirement shall not apply to mixed milk drinks.
If more than one grade of milk is sold by any dis-
tributor separate receiving, pasteurizing, cooling, and bottling
equipment shall be provided for each grade and the equipment for
each grade shall be located in separate buildings or in separate
rooms of the same building.
The delivery of milk to and the collection of milk
containers from quarantined residences shall be subject to the spec-
ial requirements of the health officer.
SECTION 10. MILK AND CREAM FROM POINTS BEYOND 9HE
LIMITS OF INSPECTION OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON CITY. Milk and cream
from points beyond the limits of inspection of the City of Jeffer-
son City may not be sold in the City of Sefferson unless produced
and pasteurized under the provisions of this ordinance, except as
may be authorized by the health officer in case of emergency.
The limits of inspection are. The County of Cole and
other territory not more than twenty (20) miles distant from the
City of Jefferson City. Any milk producer or milk distributor be-
yond these limits may submit to the provisions of this ordinance,
provided such person request inspection by the health officer of the
City of Jefferson City any pay for the services of such health of-
ficer as provided in Section 119
SECTION 11. FEE FOR IITSPWTI ON BEYOND LIMITS' For
each inspection, including testing and grading, made beyond the
limits of inspection the health officer shall collect in advance
from the person requesting same a fee of five dollars ($5.00) per
day or part thereof together with five cents (5¢) for each mile
travelled from Jefferson City to, and returning therefrom, the
dairy farm or milk plant of such person in the course of making such
inspection, and shall account to the Treasurer of the City of Jef-
ferson City for such inspection fee and such health officer may re-
tain said mileage fee.
SECTION 12. SPITTING. No person shall spit in any
part of any room, vehicle, or other place used for the sale, stor-
age, handling, or transportation of milk.
SECTION 13, VEHICLES. All vehicles used for deliv-
ery of milk in the City of Jefferson City, or its police jurisdict-
ion, shall be so constructed as to protect the milk from the sun
and from contamination. Such vehicles shall be kept clean while
used in transporting milk or milk products. No substance capable
Of contaminating milk or milk products shall be transported with
Milk or milk products in such manner as to permit contamination.
SECTION 14. DENATURING MISBRANDED PRODUCTS. The
health officer may denature with rennet or some harmless matter any
milk or milk products found misbranded with respect to grading or
sold without a permit, provided that if the conditions warrant the
milk or milk products may be destroyed.
SECTION 15. REPASTEURIZATION PROHIBITED. No milk
or milk products shall be pasteurized more than once, except as may
be specially permitted by the health officer.
SECTION 15. FUTURE DAIRIES AND MILK PLANTS. All
dairies and milk plants from which milk is supplied to the City of
Jefferson City, which are hereafter constructed, shall conform in
their construction to the requirements of the health officer, which
shall not be less than the Grade "All requirements of this ordinance.
SECTION 17. PEIZALTY. Any person who shall violate
any provision of this' ordinance shall be fined not more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) , at the discretion of the Court. Each and
every violation of 'the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute
a separate offense.
SECTION 18, REPEAL AND DhTE OF EFFECT. All ordinan-
ces and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed ; and this ordinance shall be in full force and ef-
fect immediately upon its adoption and its publication, as provided
by law.
SECTION 19. UNCONSTITUTIONALITY CLAUSE. Should any
section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance
be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remain-
der of said ordinance shall not be affected 'thereby,
SECTION 20. OFFICE OF H<H OFFICER CREATED, SAMEY,
EXPENSES AND LABORATORY. The office of Health Officer of the Qity
of Jefferson City is hereby created. The health officer shall be
appointed for a term of one year by the mayor with the consent and
approval of a majority of the city council. The salary of the
health officer shall be fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) per an-
mum and in addition thereto he shall receive not more than Twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) per month toward payment of his necessary ex-
penses. The city council shall provide him with proper laboratory
equipment and supplies. Said health officer shall be approved by
the Department of Dairying of the Missouri State University.
SECTION 21. DUTIES OF HFi,LTH OFFICIA. It shall be
the duty (..� the health officer to enforce the provisions of the ox-
dinanoes contained in this chapter and to perform the functions
therein detailed and others which the council may from time to time
prescribe by ordinance.
Passed June 5th, 1933, Approved June 9th, 1933.
Means Ray, Means Ray,
President of the Council Mayor.