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a proposed ordinance. We assume that it has met with consid- 

 erable favor, as we have reason to beHeve that it has been en- 

 acted in one hundred or more places. Quite a number of places 

 have made only slight changes, but this was expected. 



PROPOSED MILK ORDINANCE 



Issued 3Iay 18, 1921, by VV. B. BARNEY, Dairy and Food Commissioner of tlie 

 State of Iowa and approved by Animal Health Commission, State Board of Health, 

 L.eague of Iowa Municipalities, State Dairy Council. 



Subject to such changes as may be deemed necessary to suit con- 

 ditions in cities and towns where adopted. 



AN ORDINANCE providing for the inspection of milk, skim-milk, 

 buttermilk and cream; to establish and enforce sanitary requirements 

 for the production, distribution and handling thereof, and to require 

 pasteurization, and for tuberculin tests of herds supplying same, and 

 prescribing penalities for violation. 



Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Iowa: 



Section 1. For the purpose of this ordinance, milk is the fresh, 

 clean, lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking of one or 

 more healthy cows, properly fed and kept; cream is the portion of milk, 

 rich in milk fat, which rises to the surface of milk on standing, or is 

 separated from it by centrifugal force, is fresh and clean, and skim- 

 milk is the portion of milk, poor in fat, from which the cream has been 

 removed. The term "skim-milk" shall also include the fresh, clean, 

 lacteal secretion of one or more healthy cows and containing less than 

 three per cent of milk fat or less than eleven and one-half per cent of 

 milk solids. 



Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to distribute or intend to distribute any 

 milk, skim-milk or cream which is adulterated. 



For the purpose of this ordinance, milk, cream and skim-milk shall 

 be considered adulterated: 



In case of milk, cream, and skim-milk: 



First. If any w^ater or any other substance has been added. 



Second. If it contains any visible dirt or be contained in any con- 

 tainer which is not clean. 



Third. If it be obtained from any animal having disease, sickness, 

 ulcer, abscess or running sore or which has been obtained from a cow 

 within fifteen days before or five days after calving. 



Fourth. If it be obtained from a cow stabled in an unhealthful 

 place or fed upon any substance in a state of putrification or of an un- 

 healthful nature. 



In the case of milk: 



If it contains less than three per cent (3%) of milk fat or less 

 than eleven and one-half per cent (11^%) of milk solids. 



