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sumer. Milk-Raw shall show a bacterial count of not more than four hundred 

 thousand colonies per cubic centimeter. When Milk — Raw is sold, or offered, or 

 exposed for sale, each container thereof shall bear a label or be covered with 

 a cap bearing the words Milk — Raw. 



(b) Milk — Pasteurized shall be Milk — Raw, pasteurized in compliance 

 with section 1 of chapter 94 of the General Laws, (Ter. Ed.), in establish- 

 ments operated in accordance with the regulations made by the Department 

 of Public Health under authority of section 48A of said chapter 94, and such 

 milk shall show a bacterial count of not more than four hundred thousand col- 

 onies per cubic centimeter before pasteurization and of not more than forty 

 thousand colonies per cubic centimeter when delivered to the consumer. When 

 Milk — Pasteurized is sold, or offered or exposed for sale, each container 

 thei-eof shall bear a label or be covered with a cap bearing the words Milk — 

 Pasteurized, and, if in bottles, such caps ^hall have been affixed only by 

 means of a machine capper. 



(c) Grade A Milk — Raw shall be only milk produced on a dairy farm 

 which has in possession, or is entitled to receive, in addition to a certificate of 

 registration issued by the Director, if so required by law, a printed, written or 

 stamped statement, in full force and effect, signed personally or in facsimile 

 form by the Director, based upon inspections of such dairy farm made by the 

 Milk Regulation Board, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of 

 Public Health, or local board of health at least twice a year at intervals of 

 not less than five nor more than seven months, and to be physically attached 

 to such certificate, if any, stating that such dairy farm has upon inspection 

 been found to conform, in addition to the requirements for the production, 

 processing, labeling and sale of Milk— Raw issued by the Milk Regulation 

 Board or by the local board of health, to the following requirements for the 

 production, processing, labeling and sale of Grade A Milk — Raiv. 



All cows on such dairy farm shall have been tested within twelve calendar 

 months prior to the original inspection, and thereafter at intei'vals of not 

 exceeding twelve months, by the tuberculin test under state and federal super- 

 vision and found not to react thereto, or shall be part of an accredited tuber- 

 culosis-free herd under state and federal supervision, or shall be part of a 

 herd located in a modified accredited area under state and federal supervision. 



The hair on or near the udder and flanks of every such cow shall be kept 

 properly clipped. Such cows shall be milked only into hooded metal milk 

 pails or with clean milking machines. 



Grade A Milk — Raw shall be delivered to the consumer within forty-eight 

 hours after the earliest time of drawing from the cow any portion there- 

 of, shall show a bactei'ial count of not more than one hundred thousand colonies 

 per cubic centimeter when delivered to the cons.umer, shall be milk containing 

 not less than four per cent of milk fat and not less than twelve and two-tenths 

 per cent of total milk solids, and at retail, shall be sold, or offered or exposed 

 for sale only in bottles covered with a cap that will protect from contamination 

 the pouring lip of the bottle. Every such cap coming in contact with such milk 

 shall be aifixed only by means of a machine capper. Every exposed cap shall 

 bear the words Grade A Milk — Raw and the day of the week on which 

 such milk was produced. No such milk shall be bottled later than twenty hours 

 after the earliest time of drawing from the cow any portion thereof. 



(d) Grade A. Milk shall be only Grade A Milk — Raiv which has been 

 pasteurized within the commonwealth, in compliance with section 1 of 

 chapter 94 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.), in establishments operated in 

 accordance with the regulations made by the Department of Public Health 

 under authority of section 48A of said chapter 94 of the General Laws (Ter. 

 Ed.) and in accordance with said section, provided that immediately prior to 

 such pasteurization all apparatus used therefor or therein shall have been 

 thoroughly cleaned and sterilized. No such milk shall be pasteurized later than 

 forty-eight hours after the earliest time of drawing from the cow any portion 

 thereof, and when delivered to the consumer such milk shall show a bacterial 

 count of not more than ten thousand colonies per cubic centimeter. Grade A 

 Milk, when bottled, shall be bottled immediately after pasteurization and only 



