THE MILK SITUATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 309 



SEC. 13. The standard of milk, cream, buttermilk, skimmed milk, pasteurized 

 milk, condensed or evaporated milk, and condensed or evaporated skimmed milk 

 in and for the city of Los Angeles, is hereby denned and prescribed as follows : 



Milk is the fresh, clean lacteal secretion obtained by the complete milking 

 of one or more healthy cows, properly fed and kept, excluding such secretion 

 obtained for a period of 20 days before calving and for a period of 8 days after 

 calving, and containing, by weight, not less than 8.5 per cent of milk solids, not 

 fat, and not less than 3.5 per cent of milk fat, and a total of milk solids of 

 not less than 12.5 per cent. 



Cream is that portion of milk, rich in milk fat, that rises to the surface of 

 milk on standing, or is separated from milk by centrifugal force, is fresh and 

 clean, and contains, by weight, not less than 20 per cent of milk fat, and in 

 the nonfatty portion thereof not less than 8.8 per cent nor more than 9.8 per 

 cent of milk solids. 



Buttermilk is the product which remains when butter is removed from milk 

 or cream in the process of churning and contains, by weight, not less than 8 

 per cent of milk solids. 



Skimmed milk is milk from which all or a portion of the milk fat has been 

 removed, and which contains, by weight, in the nonfatty portion thereof, not less 

 than 8.8 per cent of milk solids. 



Pasteurized milk is milk that has been heated above 105 F., and maintained 

 at or above such temperature for not less than 20 minutes, and immediately 

 cooled to 70 F., or lower, and maintained at or below 70 F. at all times prior 

 to delivery thereof to a consumer or consumers. 



Condensed or evaporated milk shall contain, by weight, not less than 7.7 per 

 cent of milk fat, and a total of milk solids of not less than 28 per cent. 



Condensed or evaporated skimmed milk shall contain, by weight, not less 

 than 18 per cent of milk solids. 



It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to bring or receive, 

 or to cause or permit to be brought or received, into the city of Los Angeles, for 

 sale, or to sell, exchange or deliver, or to offer for sale, exchange or delivery, 

 or to cause or permit to be sold, exchanged or delivered, or to be offered for 

 sale, exchange or delivery, or to have in possession for sale, exchange or de- 

 livery therein, any milk, cream, buttermilk, skimmed milk, pasteurized milk, 

 condensed or evaporated milk, or condensed or evaporated skimmed milk, that 

 does not conform to the standard hereinbefore defined and prescribed therefor. 



SEC. 14. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to place, or 

 to cause or permit to be placed, any water or any foreign substance of any 

 kind in any milk, cream, buttermilk, skimmed milk, pasteurized milk, condensed 

 or evaporated milk, or condensed or evaporated skimmed milk. 



It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to bring or receive, 

 to cause or permit to be brought or received, into the city of Los Angeles, for 

 sale, or to sell, exchange, or deliver, or to offer for sale, exchange, or delivery, 

 or to cause or permit to be sold, exchanged, or delivered, or to be offered for 

 sale, exchange, or delivery, or to have in possession for sale, exchange, or 

 delivery therein, any milk, cream, buttermilk, skimmed milk, pasteurized milk, 

 condensed or evaporated milk, or condensed or evaporated skimmed milk, into 

 which any water or any foreign substance of any kind shall have been placed. 



For the purposes of this section condensed or evaporated milk and condensed 

 or evaporated skimmed milk shall be deemed to be foreign substances if the 

 same or either thereof shall be placed in milk or cream. 



That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this 

 section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 

 shall be punishable as follows: 



For the first offense, by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $200, or by 

 imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not more than 50 days, or by both 

 such fine and imprisonment. 



For the second offense, by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $400, or 

 by imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not less than 5 days nor more 

 than 100 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



For the third or any subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than $100 nor 

 more than $500, or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period of not less than 

 25 days nor more than 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



SEC. 15. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, ex- 

 change, or deliver, or to offer for sale, exchange, or delivery, or to cause or 

 permit to be sold, exchanged, or delivered, or to be offered for sale, exchange, 

 or delivery, or to have in possession for sale, exchange, or delivery, any skimmed 



