398 CITY MILK SUPPLY 



4. All metal containers and piping shall be in good condition at all times. 

 All piping shall be sanitary milk piping, in couples short enough to be taken 

 apart and cleaned with a brush. 



5. Small-top milking pails shall be used. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. All cans and bottles shall be cleaned as soon as possible after being emptied. 



2. Every conveyance used for the transportation or delivery of milk, public car- 

 riers excepted, shall bear the owner's name, milk-license number, and business address 

 in uncondensed gothic characters at least 2 in. in height. 



HANDLING OF MILK 

 REQUIREMENTS 



1. It shall not be strained in the cow stable, but shall be removed to the milk 

 room as soon as it is drawn from the cow. 



2. It shall be cooled to 50F. or below within two hours after it is drawn from 

 the cow and it shall be kept cold until it is delivered to the consumer. 



3. It shall not be adulterated by the addition or the subtraction of any 

 substance or compound, except for the production of the fluid derivatives allowed 

 by law. 



4. It shall not be tested by taste at any bottling plant, milk house, or other 

 place in any way that may render it liable to contamination. 



5. It shall be bottled only in a milk room or bottling plant for which a license 

 or permit has been issued. 



6. It shall be delivered in bottles, or single service containers, with the excep- 

 tion that 20 qt. or more may be delivered in bulk in the following cases: 



(a) To establishments in which milk is to be consumed or used on the premises. 

 (6) To infant-feeding stations that are under competent medical supervision. 



7 . It shall not be stored in or sold from a living room or from any other place 

 which might render it liable to contamination. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. It shall be cooled to 50F. or below immediately after milking and shall be kept 

 at or below that temperature until it is delivered to the consumer. 



2. It shall contain no visible foreign material. 



3. It shall be labeled with the date of production. ,,'j 



RECEIVING STATIONS AND BOTTLING PLANTS 

 REQUIREMENTS 



1. They shall be clean, well screened, and lighted, and shall be used for no 

 other purpose than the proper handling of milk and the operations incident 

 thereto, and shall be open to inspection by the health authorities at any time. 



2. They shall have smooth, impervious floors, properly graded and drained. 



3. They shall be equipped with hot and cold water and steam. 



4. Ample provision shall be made for steam sterilization of all utensils, and 

 no empty milk containers shall be sent out until after such sterilization. 



