Milk Ordinance for the City of South Bend

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T The immediate surroundings of the dairy shall be kept in a neat, clean condition. Certified milk - pasteurized q certified milk -raw which has be \ in a milk plant conforming with pasteurized milk. Grade A pasteurized milk. Certified milk - pasteurized is :n pasteurized, cooled,,, and bottled the requirements for grade A Grade A pasteurized milk is grade A raw milk, with such exceptions as are indicated if the milk is to be pasteurized, which has been pasteurized, cooled, and bottled in a milk plant conforming with all of the following items of sanitation and the average bacterial plate count of which at no time after pasteurization and until delivery exceeds 30,000 per cubic centimeter, as determined under sections 1(S) and 6. The grading of a pasteurized milk supply* shall include the inspection of receiving and collecting stations with respect to items 1p to 15p, inclusive, and 17p, 19.p2 22p, and 23p,, except that the partitioning requirements of item 5p shall not apply. "- ITEM 1p, Floors. - The floors of all rooms in which milk or milk products are handled or stored or in which milk utensils are washed shall be constructed of concrete or other equally impervious and easily cleaned material and shall be smooth, properly drained, provided with trap;ed drains \and kept clean. ITEM 2p. 'Halls and ceilings. - walls and ceilings of rooms in which milk or milk products are handled or stored or in which milk utensils are washed shall have a smooth; washable, light- colored surface and shall be kept clean. ITEM 3p. Doors and windows. - Unless other effecti ve means are provided to prevent the access of flies, all openings into the outer air shallbe effectively screened and doors shall be self - closing. ITEM 4p. Lighting and ventilation. - All rooms shall be ti.ell lighted and ventilated. ITEM 5p. B:iscellaneous protection from contamination - The various milk -plant operations s hall be so located and conducted as to prevent any contamination of the milk or of, the cleaned equipment. All means necessary for the elimination of flies shall be used. There shall be separate rooms for (a) the pasteurizing, processing, coo;ing,, and bottling operations, and (b) the washing and bactericidal treat- ment of contincrs. Cans of raw milk shall not,bo unloaded directly - 11 -