Proposed Goat Milk Ordinance for City of South Bend, Indiana

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-4- all goat dairy farms whose milk is intended for consumption within the City of South Bend, 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 defect to be remedied, but not before the lapse of 3 days; and the second inspection shall be used in determining the grade of goat milk. Any violation of the same item of this ordinance on two consecutive inspections shall call for immediate degrading. 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 goat dairy farm buildings, and said inspection report shall not be defaced or removed by any person 'except the health officer. Another copy of the inspection report shall be filed with the records of the health department. SEC. 6. The Examination of Goat Milk. During each grading period at least four samples of milk from each goat dairy farm shall be taken on separate days and examined by the health officer. Samples of goat milk from stores, cafes, soda fountains, restaurants, and other places where goat milk is sold shall be examined as often as the health officer may require. Bacterial plate counts and direct microscopic counts shall be made in conformity with the latest standard methods recommended by the American Public Health Association. Examinations may include such other chemical and physical determinations as the health officer may deem necessary for the detection of adulteration, these examinations to be made in accordance with the latest standard methods of the American Public Health Associa- tion and the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. Samples may be taken by the health officer at any time prior to the final delivery of the goat milk. All proprietors of stores, cafes, restaurants, soda fountains, and other similar places shall furnish the health officer, upon his request, with the names of all distributors from whom their goat milk is obtained.