Regulate the Production, Transportation, Processing, Handling, Sampling, Examination, Labeling and Sale of Milk and Milk Products

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Page -3" 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 evidence of the above test. All milk and milk products for pasteurization shall be from herds certified by the State livestock sanitary authority as following either plan A or plan B approved by the USDA for the eradication of brucellosis, Evidence of the certification shall be filed as directed by the health officer. All additions to the herds shall be brucellosis -free. Tests and retests shall be made, and any reactors disposed of, in accordance with the latest requirements approved by the USDA, in effect at the time of the adoption of this ordinance. A certificate identifying each animal, signed by the veterinarian and the director of the laboratory making the test, and filed as directed by the health officer, shall be evidence Of the above test. Cows which show a complete induration of one quarter, or extensive induration in one or more quarters of the udder upon physical examination, whether secreting abnormal milk or not, shall be permanently excluded from the milking herd: Provided, That this shall not apply in the case of a quarter that is completely dry. Cows giving bloody, stringy, or otherwise abnormal milk, but without entire or extensive induration of the udder, shall be excluded from the herd until re- examination shows that the milk has become normal. For other diseases, such tests and examination as the health officer may require after consultation with the State livestock sanitary officials shall be made at intervals and by methods prescribed by him, and any diseased animals or reactors shall be disposed of as he may require. SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to have in his possession any ungraded milk or milk products as defined in this ordinance except when held for private use and consumption and not resale.