APPENDIX G 565 



Cleanliness of Milk- Vessels. — 16. (i) Every cowkeeper shall from time to 

 time as often as may be necessary cause every milk-vessel that may be used 

 by him for containing milk for sale to be thoroughly cleansed \\\\h. steam or 

 clean boiling water, and shall otherwise take all proper precautions for the 

 maintenance of such milk-vessel in a constant state of cleanliness. 



(2) He shall, on every occasion when any such vessel shall have been used 

 to contain milk, or shall have been returned to him after having been out of his 

 Ix)ssession, cause such vessel to be forthwith so cleansed. 



For prescribing Precautions to be taken by Purveyors of Milk and Persons 

 selling Milk by retail against Infection or Cof\tamination. 



17. (i) Every pur\'eyor of milk or person selling milk by retail shall take all 

 reasonable and proper precautions, in and in connection with the storage and 

 distribution of the milk, and otherwise, to prevent the exposure of the milk to 

 any infection or contamination. 



(2) He shall not deposit or keep any milk intended for sale^ 



(a) in any room or place where it would be liable to become infected or 

 contaminated by impure air, or by any offensive, noxious, or deleterious 

 gas or substance, or by any noxious or injurious emanation, exhalation, 

 or effluvium ; or 



{b) in any room used as a kitchen or as a living room ; or 



{c) in any room or building, or part of a building communicating directly 

 by door, window, or otherwise with any room used as a sleeping room, 

 or in which there may be any person suffering from any infectious or 

 contagious disease, or which may have been used by any person 

 suffering from any such disease and may not have been properly dis- 

 infected ; or 



{d) in any room or building or part of a building in which there may be any 

 direct inlet to any drain. 



(3) He shall not keep milk for sale, or cause or suffer any such milk to be 

 placed, in any vessel, receptacle, or utensil which is not thoroughly clean. 



(4) He shall cause every vessel, receptacle, or utensil used by him for con- 

 taining milk for sale to be thoroughly cleansed with steam or clean boiling 

 water after it shall have been used, and to be maintained in a constant state of 

 cleanliness. 



Cleanliness of Cows and Milkers 



(5) He shall not cause or suffer any cow belonging to him or under his care 

 or control to be milked for the purpose of obtaining milk for sale — 



{a) unless, at the time of milking, the udder and teats of such cow are 



thoroughly clean ; and 

 {b) imless the hands of the person milking such cow, also, are thoroughly 



clean and free from all infection and contamination. 



Penalties 



18. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing Regulations 

 shall be liable for every such offence to a {penalty of five pounds, and in the 

 case of a continuing offence to a fiirther penalty of forty shillings for each day 

 after written notice of the offence from the Council. 



Provided, nevertheless, that the justices, or court before whom any com- 



