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centimeter at the time of delivery to the ultimate consumer. 

 Dairies from whkfe- this milk is derived must score at least 

 sixty on the score card hereinafter set forth. 



SEC. 7. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or Requirements 

 exchange, or offer or expose for sale or exchange, as and for &. ' 

 grade B milk, any milk that does not conform to the following 

 requirements as a minimum: it must be obtained from cows in 

 no way unfit for the production of milk for use by man, as 

 determined by physical examination at least once in six months 

 by a qualified veterinarian under the supervision of the inspect- 

 ing department. Before pasteurization such milk shall contain 

 less than one million bacteria per cubic centimeter. After 

 pasteurization it shall contain less than fifty thousand bacteria 

 per cubic centimeter. 



Milk for pasteurization must be kept at a temperature estab- pasteuriza- 

 lished by the inspecting department up to the time of delivery tion - 

 to the pasteurization plant and rapidly cooled after pasteuriza- 

 tion to a temperature of fifty degrees Fahrenheit or below and 

 so maintained to the time of delivery of the same. Pasteuriza- 

 tion shall be by the holding method at a temperature not less 

 than one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit; provided, that 

 milk for drinking purposes shall not be heated above one hun- 

 dred forty-five degrees Fahrenheit. 



Such pasteurization plant shall be equipped with a- self-regis- Records. 

 tering device for record of the time and temperature of 

 pasteurization. Such records shall be kept for two months 

 and be available for inspection by any health department, the 

 state veterinarian or any of his agents, or the state dairy 

 bureau. Pasteurized milk shall be marked with the day of the 

 week of pasteurization and must be delivered to the consumer 

 within forty-eight hours thereafter. If milk is repasteurized, 

 it must not be sold except as not suitable for human consump- 

 tion; provided, however, if graded, cream of any grade shall 

 conform to all the standards set for milk of the same grade, 

 except that the maximum bacterial count for cream shall be 

 not more than three times as great as that of the corresponding 

 grade of milk. (As amended, Stats. 1919, p. 326.) 



SEC. 8. Milk not suitable for human consumption may be Milk not 

 sold for industrial purposes, provided it be heated to a higher jjjjjjjj 6 for 

 temperature than necessary for pasteurization, and delivered consumption. 

 in a distinctive container, plainly marked with the words 

 "Not suitable for human consumption," in letters not less 

 than one-quarter inch in length and one-twelfth inch stroke. 



SEC. 9. Counties, or groups of counties, cities or groups inspection 

 of cities, or cities and counties, are hereby authorized to service - 

 'maintain a milk inspection service and laboratory conformable 

 to requirements as set forth by the state dairy bureau* and to 

 establish pasteurizing plants. 



SEC. 10. Any person who shall violate any provision of penalty, 

 this act or the rules made in accordance with section eleven of 

 this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction 



*See note, page 32 hereof. 



