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5. All utensils, piping, and tanks shall be kept clean and shall be sterilized 

 daily. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. Containers and utensils shall not be washed in the same room in which milk is 

 handled. 



STORES 

 REQUIREMENTS 



1. All stores in which milk is handled shall be provided with a suitable room 

 or compartment in which the milk shall be kept. Said compartment shall be 

 clean and shall be so arranged that the milk will not be liable to contamination 

 of any kind. 



2. Milk shall be kept at a temperature not exceeding 50F. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. Milk to be consumed off the premises may be sold from stores only in the original 

 unopened package. 



GENERAL REGULATIONS 

 REQUIREMENTS 



1. The United States Bureau of Animal Industry score card shall be used, 

 and it is recommended that dairies from which milk is to be sold in a raw state 

 shall score at least 80 points. 



2. Every place where milk is produced or handled and every conveyance 

 used for the transportation of milk shall be clean. 



3. All water supplies shall be from uncontaminated sources and from sources 

 not liable to become contaminated. 



4. The license or permit shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in every 

 establishment for the operation of which a milk license or permit is required. 



5. No milk license or permit shall at any time be used by any person other 

 than the one to whom it was granted. 



6. No place for the operation of which a license or permit is granted shall 

 be located within 100 ft. of a privy or other possible source of contamination, 

 nor shall it contain or open into a room which contains a water-closet. 



7. No skim-milk or buttermilk shall be stored in or sold from cans or other 

 containers unless such containers are of a distinctive color and permanently and 

 conspicuously labeled " skim-milk" or "buttermilk," as the case may be. 



8. No container shall be used for any other purpose than that for which it is 

 labeled. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. Ice used for cooling purposes shall be clean and uncontaminated. 



2. 'No person whose presence is not required shall be permitted to remain in any 

 cow stable, milk house, or bottling room. 



