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or clean boiling water, and shall otherwise take all proper pre- 

 cautions 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 possession, cause such vessel to be 

 forthwith so cleansed. 



For presgeibing Precautions to be taken by Purveyors of 

 Milk and Persons selling Milk by Retail against 

 Infection or Contamination. 



17. — (1) Every purveyor 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 — 

 («) 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 communi- 



cating dii'ectly 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 disinfected ; 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 containing 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. 



(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 



