Milk Ordinance for the City of South Bend

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the premises,,,`v;hich may be served from the original bottle or from. a dispenser approved for such service. It shall be unlawful for any hotel, soda fountain, restaurant, grocery, or similar establishment to sell or serve any milk or milk products which have not been maintained, while in its possession, at a temperature of 50 degrees F. or less. No milk or milk products shall be permitted to,come in contact with equipment with which a lower grade of milk or milk products has been in contact unless such equipment hap., - first. been thoroughly cleaned and subjected to bactericidal treatment. Bottled milk or milk products, if stored in plater, shall be so stored that the tope of the bottles will not be submerged. It shall be the duty of all persons to whom milk.or milk pro- ducts are delivered to clean thoroughly the containers in which such milk or milk products are delivered before returning such containers. Apparatus, containers, equipment, and utensils used in the handling, storage, processing, or transporting of milk or milk products shall not be used for any other purpose without the permission of the health officer; The delivery of milk or milk products to and the collection of milk or milk products containers from residences in which cases of communicable disease transmissible through milk supplies exist shall be subject to the special requirements of the health officer. SECTION 110 Milk and milk products from points beyod the limits of routine inspection. - Milk and milk products from points beyond the limits of routine inspection of the City of South Bend may not be sold in the City of South Bend, or its police jurisdiction, unless produced and /or pasteurized under provisions equivalent to the re- quirements of this ordinance; provided that the health officer shall require evidence that the health officer having jurisdiction over the production and processing is properly enforcing such provisions. SECTION 12. Future dairies and milk plants. - All dairies and milk plants from which milk or milk products are supplied to the City of South Bend w'nich are hereafter constructed, reconstructed, or extensively altered shall conform in their construction to the requirements of this ordinance for grade A dairy farms producing milk for grade A pasteurization plants. Properly prepared plans for all dairies and milk plants which are hereafter constructed, - 17 -