Proposed Goat Milk Ordinance for City of South Bend, Indiana

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V i PROPOSED GOAT MILK.ORDINANCE FOR THE.CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA An ordinance defining "goat milk," "goat milk producer," etc., prohibiting the sale of adulterated and misbranded goat milk, requiring permits for the sale of goat milk, regulating the inspection of goat dairy farms, the examination, grading, labeling, placarding, pasteurization, regrading, distribution, and sale of goat milk, providing for the publishing of goat milk grades, the construction of future goat dairies and goat milk plants, providing for the licensing of goat dairies, retail and wholesale distributors, the enforcement of this ordinance, and the fixing of penalties. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION 1. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the in- terpretation and the enforcement of this ordinance: A. Goat Milk. Goat milk is hereby defined to be the lacteal secretion ob- tained by the complete milking of one or more healthy goats, excluding that obtained within 15 days before and 5 days after pq"t ,*iytion, or such longer period as may be necessary to render the goat milk practically colostrum free; which contains not less than 8j per cent of milk solids not fat, and not less than 34 per cent of milk fat. B. Goat milk fat or butterfat. Goat milk fat or butterfat is the fat of milk from goats. C. Adulterated Goat Milk. Any goat milk which contains any unwholesome sub- stance, or which, if defined in this ordinance, does not conform with its definition, or which carries a grade label unless such grade label has been awarded by the health officer and not revoked, shall be deemed adulterated and misbranded. D. Goat Milk Producer. A goat milk producer is any person who owns or controls one or more goats�a part or all of the milk from which is sold or offered for sale.