162 CERTIFIED MILK. 



Calves, dry cows, horses, or other animals, or chickens, shall not be 

 allowed in the stable with milking cows, nor in any adjoining apartment. 



No dusty or moldy ha}' or straw, bedding from horse stalls, or other 

 unclean material shall be used for bedding cows. 



Preparation of the Milkers ; Their Cleaning ; Their Dres.s. 



A special room, conveniently located, shall be provided for the milkers 

 to wash in before and during milking. 



Employees shall be clean in habits and appearance. 



Contagions diseases. No person having an inflamed throat, or other- 

 wise out of health, shall be admitted to stable or dairy room. 



The existence of smallpox, typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, 

 measles, or other contagious disease on or in the vicinity of the dairy 

 shall be immediately reported to the Commission bj' telephone or tele- 

 graph, and the sale of milk shall be subject to the direction of the med- 

 ical inspector. 



No person connected with the dairy shall enter a house where there is, 

 or has been, a contagious disease, until same has been disinfected, and 

 no person having entered such a house shall enter upon the dairy 

 premises. 



While engaged about the dairy or in handling the milk, employees 

 shall not use tobacco or intoxicating liquors. 



Hands of Milkers. — IVashing. Befoje milking, the milker's hands 

 shall be thoroughly cleaned by the use of soap and a brash, and then~ 

 rinsed in clean water. He shall be careful not to touch anything but 

 the clean top of a milking stool, the milking pail, and the cow's teats. 

 The hands shall be kept dr}- when milking. 



Milkers shall wear outer garments which are washed at least twice each 

 week, and, when not in use, kept, not in a dwelling, but in a clean, 

 ventilated place where dust does not have access'and provided especially 

 for this purpose. 



Shape, Preparation, and Condition of Vessei,s for Receiving 



THE Milk. 



The milk shall come in contact with no vessel or apparatus which is 

 not clean and practically sterile. 



The opening of the milking pail shall not be larger than a circle seven 

 inches in diameter. A vi.sor or hood to fvirther reduce the opening is 

 recommended. 



The Straining, Cooling, and Bottling of the Milk. 



Promptly after milk is drawn, it shall be strained through a fine wire 

 gauze and a layer of absorbent cotton, protected on each side by a piece 

 of cheese cloth, or an equally good strainer. 



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