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

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Page -4 SECTION 4. Permits. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to bring into, send into, or receive into the municipality of South Bend, Indiana, or its police jurisdiction, for sale, or to sell, or to offer for sale therein, or to have in storage where milk or milk products are sold or served, any milk or milk products defined in this ordinance, who does not possess a permit from the health officer of the municipality of South Bend, Indiana. Every milk producer, milk hauler, milk distributor, and operator of a milk plant shall secure a permit. Only a person who complies with the require- ments of this ordinance shall be entitled to receive and retain such a permit. Permits shall not be transferable with respect to persons and /or locations. Such a permit may be temporarily suspended by the health officer upon violation by the holder of any terms of this ordinance, or for interference with the health officer in the performance of his duties, or may be revoked after an opportunity for a hearing by the health officer upon serious or repeated violations. It shall be unlawful for any dairy or any retail or wholesale distributor to sell or deliver milk or milk products in the City without first obtaining a license to operate such a business and also a license for each vehicle used for the purpose of distributing or delivering such milk or milk products. Upon recommendation of the Department of Health, the City Controller shall issue a license to such dairy, or any retail or wholesale distributor, upon the payment of the following fees: (a) For conducting a dairy or retail or wholesale distribution business, the sum of twenty ($20.00) dollars per year. (b) For each vehicle used in the retail or wholesale distribution of milk or milk products, the sum of fifty (.50¢) cents per year.