Milk Ordinance for the City of South Bend

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The immediate surroundings of the milk plant shall be kept in a neat, clean condition. Grade B pasteurized milk. - Grade B pasteurized milk is pasteu- rized milk which violates the bacterial standard for grade A pasteu- rized milk and /or the provision of lip -cover caps of item 20p and /or tho roquirement that grade A raw milk be used, but which conforms with all other requirements for grade A pasteurized milk, has been made from raw milk of not loss than grade B quality, and has an average bacterial plate count after pasteurization and before delivery not exceeding 50,000 per cubic centimeter, as determined under sections 1(S) and 6. SECTION 8. Grades of milk and milk products which may be sold. From and after 12 months from the date on which this ordinance takes effect no milk products shall be sold to the final consumer or to restaurants, soda fountains, grocery stores, or similar establish- ments except Grade A pasteurized and Certified pasteurised. Provided, that when any milk distributor fails to qualify for one of the above grades the health officer is authorized to revoke his permit, or in lieu thereof to degrade his product and permit its sale during a temporary period not exceeding 30 days or in emergencies such longer period as he may deem necessary. Provided, further, that during the twelve months waiting period provided for herein, no milk or milk products shall be sold in the City of South Bend, which do not comply with the minimum requirements as set out in ordinance No. 2662 of the City of South Bend. SECTION 9. Supplementary grading prescribed and regrading authorized. - If at any time between the regular announcements of the grades of milk or milk products, a lower grade shall become justified, in accordance with sections 5, 6,: and 7 of this ordinance, the health officer shall immediately lower the grade of such milk or milk products, and shall enforce proper labeling and placarding thereof. Any producer or distributor of milk or milk products the grade of which has been lowered by the health officer, and who is properly labeling his milk and milk products, may at any time make application for the regrading of his product. Upon receipt of a satisfactory application, in .case the lowered grade is the result of an excessive average bacterial plate count, - 15 - 1�•