266 THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



[Ord. 87, May 16, 1894.] 



61. In order to provide for the additional duties imposed by the next two 

 preceding sections of this article upon the commissioner of health, there shall 

 be appointed, pursuant to authority conferred by the city charter, a competent 

 analytical chemist and three inspectors of food, who shall be under the direction 

 of the commissioner of health, and who must be bona fide residents and regis- 

 tered voters of Baltimore city ; the chemist shall be a practical analyst and 

 skilled in the chemical and microscopical examination of milk and other food 

 products; he shall not be a member of or interested in any trust, corporation, 

 or company dealing in food products; he shall make such chemical and micro- 

 scopical examinations as will be required under the provisions of this sub- 

 division of this article, and shall report the result of all such examinations 

 to the commissioner of health ; he shall be present at the hearing and trials 

 of all cases wherein he shall have made an examination. The specific duties of 

 each food inspector shall be determined by the commissioner of health. The 

 salary of each food inspector shall be $1,000 per annum. 



[Ord. 103, May 6, 1908.] 



6lA. The commissioner of health and all other officers of the health depart- 

 ment and any inspector or police officer authorized by the commissioner of 

 health shall have the right and power to enter and have full access to any 

 building, structure, or premises where any milk and cream, or either of them, 

 is stored or kept for sale, and shall have the right of access to all wagons, 

 railroad cars, or other vehicles of any kind used for the conveyance or delivery 

 of milk and cream, or either of them, and to any building, structure, or premises 

 where he believes or has reason to believe milk and cream, or either of them, 

 is stored or kept for sale; and shall have the right to take samples of milk 

 and cream therefrom (such samples not to exceed 1 quart) for the purpose of 

 inspecting, testing, or analyzing the same. Any person or corporation refusing 

 to allow such right of entry or access or refusing to allow such samples of 

 milk and cream to be taken or hindering or obstructing any officer named 

 herein in carrying out the power conferred by this section shall be fined not 

 less than $5 nor more than $100 for each offense. 



[Ord. 103, May 6, 1908.] 



6lB. Every sample of milk delivered to any officer of the health department 

 or inspector shall have a label attached to the vessel containing such sample, 

 which shall have written thereon at the time of the delivery of such sample 

 the number of the dealer's permit, the number of the sample, the date of col- 

 lection, and the name of the inspector or officer taking the same; and a 

 memorandum shall be made by the officer or inspector collecting such sample 

 of the number of the sample and the name of the owner and driver from whom 

 collected ; and no conviction shall be had of any person for selling or having in 

 his possession adulterated milk as in these ordinances defined unless at the 

 time of taking the sample upon the evidence of which conviction is asked a 

 duplicate sample, properly sealed and marked for identification, shall have been 

 delivered to the person from whose possession such original sample was taken. 

 In taking samples the milk in the receptacle from which the same is taken 

 shall be so agitated as to insure a fair mixture of the contents. 



[Ord. 87, May 16, 1894.] 



62. The term " food product " as used in the five next preceding sections of 

 this article shall be construed to mean any natural or artificial product that, 

 with or without admixture, preparation, or cooking, is intended to be taken into 

 the human stomach by way of food and not as a medicine : Provided, That alco- 

 holic or fermented drinks shall not be classed as food products; also, that the 

 term " adulteration " shall be construed to mean any artificial addition to nor- 

 mal constituents ; and the term " sophistication " shall be construed to mean 

 the substitution of one product for another, or any abstraction of or artificial 

 change in the normal constituents : Provided, That goods canned according to the 

 rules of the Canned Goods Exchange of Baltimore shall not be considered 

 sophisticated ; and the term " unwholesome " shall be construed to mean dele- 

 terious to health, or liable to introduce, cause, or increase sickness or impair- 



