Proposed Goat Milk Ordinance for City of South Bend, Indiana

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-10- and submit such laboratory specimens as the health officer may require for the purpose of determining freedom from infection. Item 26r. Miscellaneous. All vehicles used for the transportation of goat milk shall be so constructed and operated as to protect their contents from the sun and from contamination. All vehicles used for the transportation of goat milk in its final delivery container shall be constructed with permanent tops and with permanent or roll -down sides and back, provided that openings of the size neces- sary to pass the delivery man may be permitted in the sides or back for loading and unloading purposes. All vehicles shall be kept clean, and no substance capable of contaminating goat milk shall be transported with goat milk in such manner as to permit contamination. All vehicles used for the distribution of goat milk shall have the name of the distributor prominently displayed. The immediate surroundings of the dairy shall be kept in a neat, clean con- dition. Grade B Raw Goat Milk. Grade B raw goat milk is raw goat milk which violates the bacterial standard and /or the abortion testing requirement for grade A raw goat milk, but which conforms with all other requirements for grade A raw goat milk, and has an average bacterial plate count not exceeding 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter, or an average direct microscopic count not exceeding 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter if olumps are counted or 4,000,000 per cubic centimeter if indi- vidual organisms are counted, or an average reduction time of not less than 32 hours, as determined under sections 1 (h) and 6. Grade C Raw Goat Milk. Grade C raw goat milk is raw goat milk which violates any of the requirements for grade B raw goat milk. SHO. 8. Grades of Goat Milk Which May Be Sold. From and after 12 months from the date on which this ordinance takes effect no goat milk shall be sold to the final consumer or to restaurants, soda fountains, grocery stores, or similar establishments except Grade A raw or Grade A pasteurized goat milk: Provided,