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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1495 ORDINANCE NO. 1495 AN ORDII'~A~fCE amending Section 7 of Ordinance No. 1485, passed by the City Cormm- ission on July 29, 1942, and entitled, "An or.]inance defining 'milk' and certain 'milk products,' 'milk producer,' 'past~urlzation,' ~tc., prohibiting the sal~ of adulterated and misbr~nded mil~ and milk products, requiring pe~its for the sale of milk and milk products, regulating th~ inspection of dairy farms and milk plants, th~ exsmination, grading, labeling, placarding, pasteurization, re-grading, dis- tribution, and sal~ of milk and milk products, provlding for the publishing of milk grades, the constr~ction of future dairies an~ milk plants, the enforcement of ~hi~ ordinance, and fixing of penalties." THE CI[PY COi.f[~ISSION OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Section 7 of Ordinanc~ No. 1485, passed by the City Commission of the City of Brem~rton on July ~9, 1942, an~ entitl~] as fully s~t forth ~n tke title to this ordinance, b~ and th~ said S~ction 7 is h~reby amended to r~ad as follows: 'S~ction 7. Th~ Gradin~ of milk ~nd milk products. At least once every six months the h~alth officer shall announce the grades of all milk and milk products d~liver~d by ali producers or distributors and ultimately cons~ned within th~ City of Br~merton, or its polic~ jurisdiction. Said grades shall be based upon the following standards, the grading of milk products being identical with the grading of milk ~xcept that the bacterial standards shall be doubled in the case of cr~, and omitted in the cas~ of sour cream and butt~rmilk. Vit~in D milk shall be only of grade A or grade B pasteurized, certified, or gra~e A raw quality. C~rtified milk--raw. Certified milk-raw is raw milk which conforms with th~ r~quir~m~nts of the American Association of M~dical Milk Co~issions in forc~ ~t ~ tim~ of production and is produced under the supervision of ~ medical milk co~isslon and of the Stat~ Board of Health or h~alth offlc~r of th~ County of Kitsap. Grad~ A raw milk. Grad~ A raw milk ts raw milk the averag~ bacterial plate co,mt of which as dcte~ined ~dcr section 1 (S) and 6 of this ordinance does not exceed ~5,000 per cubic centimeter, or the average direct micro- scopic count of which does not exceed 25,000 per cubic centimeter if cl~ps are co,ted or lO0,O00 per cubic centimeter if individual orgarisms are co~t- ed, or the average reduction time of which is not less than 8 hours: Provided, That If it is to be pasteurized the corresponding limits shall.be 50,000 per cubic centimeter, 50,000 per cubic centimeter, 400,000 per cubic centimeter, an~ 6 hours, respectively; and which is produced upon dairy farms conforming with all the following items of sanitation. Cra~e B raw milk. Grade B raw milk is raw milk which violates the bac- terial standard and/or the abortion testing requirement for Grade A raw milk, but which conforms with all other requirements for Grade A raw milk and has an average bacterial plate count not exceeding 50,000 per cubic centimeter, or an average direct microscopic co~t not exceeding 50,000 per cubic centi- meter if cl~ps are counte~, or 200,000 per cubic centimeter if individual organisms are c o~mted, or an averag~ reduction time of not less than 3~- hours as ~etermfned ~nder Sections i (S) and 6, provided that if it is to be pasteurized the corresponding limits shall be lO0,O00 per cubic centimeter, lO0,O00 per cubic centimeter, 400,000 per cubic centimeter. Grade C raw milk. Grade C raw mil~ is raw milk which violates ~y of the re:~uirements ~r Grade B milk. Grade B pasteurized milk. Grade B pasteurized milk is pasteurized milk which violates the bacterial standar~ for gradeo ArPaSteurized milk and/or t~e provision of lip-cover caps of item 20p and/ the requirement that Grade A raw milk be used, but which conforms with all other requirements for Grade A pasteurized milk, and has been made from raw milk of not less than Grade B quality with such exceptions as are indicated if the milk is to be pasteurized and has an average bacterial plate co~t after pasteurization sn~ before delivery not exceeding 50,000 per cubic centimeter, as determined under sections I (S) and 6. Grade C pasteurized milk. Grade C pasteurized milk is pasteurize~ milk which violates any of the requirements for Grade B pasteurized milk. ITEM lt. Cows~ tuberculosis and other diseas,s. Except as provided here- inafter, astuberculin test of all herds an~ additions thereto shall be marie before any milk therefrom is s61d, an8 st least once every l~ months ORDINANCE N0. 1495 (cont) thereafter, by a licensed veterinarian approved by the State livestock sanitary authority. Said tests shall be made and reactors disposed of in accordance with the requirements approved by the United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, for accredited herds. A certi- ficate signed by the veterinarian or attested to by the health officer and filed with th~ health officer shall b~ ~vid~nce of th~ abov~ t~st: Provided, That in modified accreSit~d counties in which th~ modified accr~dft~d are~ plan is applied to the dairy h~rds the modified accredited ar~a system approved by th~ United Stat~s Bureau of Animal Industry shall b~ accepted in lieu of annual t~sting. Within one year of the adoption of this ordlnanc~ all milk an5 ~:ilk pro- ~uct~ cons~d raw ~lmll be from her~s or ad~]ltions thereto which have been found free from Bang's ~tisease, as shown by blood ser~ tests for agglutinins against Brucella abortus made in a laboratory approved by the health officer. Ail such herds shall be retested at 1,~st every 12 months and alt reactors removed from the herd. A certificate identifying each animal by n~ber, and signed by the laOoratory making the test, shall be evidence of the above test. Cows which show an ext~nsiv~ or ~ntire induration of one or more q~arters of the udder upon physical ex~Ination, whether secreting abnormal milk or not, sh~ll be permanently excluded from the milking herd. Cows giving bloody, stringy, or oth,rwise abnormal milk, but with only slight induration of th~ udder, shall be excluded from the her~ until re-examination shows that the milk has become normal. For other diseases such tests ~nd ~xamin~tions as t he hsalth officer may require shall b~ made at intervals and by methods pr~scribed by him, and any diseased animals or reactors shall b~ disposed of as he may require. ITEM ~r. D~iry. barn, lighting. A dairy or milking barn sh~ll be required and in such sections thereof where cows are milked windows shall be provided and M~pt clean and so arranged as to ins~re adequate light properly dis- tributed, ~nd when necessary shall be provided with adequate supplementary artificial light. ITE~g 3r. Dairy. barn~ ai~..~pace and ventilation. Such s~ctions of all dairy barns wh~r~ cows ar~ kept or mi'lk~d shall be well v~ntilated and shall b~ so arranged as to avoid overcrowding. ITEM 4r. D~iry ba?ns~ floors. Th~ floors and gutters of such p~rts of all dairy barns In which cows are milked shall be constructed of'concret~ or other approved impervious and easily cleaned material, provided that if th~ milk ts to be pasteuriz~d tight wood may be used, shall be grafted to drain properly, ~nd shall be kept clean and in good r~pair. No horses, pigs, fo~l, calves, etc., sh~ll be permitted in parts of the barn used for milking. ITEM 5r. Dair~ .~arn~ w~lls and....cei!in~s. The walls s.n~ ceilings of all dairy bar~s shall b~ whitewashed onc~ ~ach year or painted onc~ every 2 years, or oftener, if necessary, or finish~d in ~n ~pprov~d manner, an~ shall be ker~t clean and in ~ood repair In c~se there is a second story above that part of the barn in which cows are milked~ the ceiling sh~ll b~ tight. If Uhe feed room adjoins the milking space, it shall be separated ther~- from by a dust-ti?~t partition and door. No f~ed shall be stored in the milking portion of the barn. ITE~,f 6r. D~iry barn, cowyar~. Ail cowyards shall be graded and drained as well as practicable an~] k~pt clean. ITEM Tr. ~snure Dispg~al. A!] manure shall be removed and s tore~ or ~Js- posed of in such a m~ner as b~st to prevent the breeding of flies therein or ~e access of cows to piles thereof. ~TEM 8r, Milk hous~ or room~ cgnstruction. The~'~ shall be provided a milk house ~r~milk room In which th~ cooling, handling, and storing of milk and milk products and ~e washing, bactericidal treatment, ~ld storing of mil~ containers and utensils shall b~ don~, (~) The milk house or room shall b~ provided with a tight fi. ocr constructed of comcrete or other impervious mat~ri~l, in good repair, and graded to provid~ proper drainage. (b) It shall havre walls ~d c~ilings of such construction as to permit easy cleaning, and shall Oe w~ll-painted or finished in an approved manner. (c) It shall b~ well lighted and ventilat~d. (d) It shall h~v~ all open- ings ~ff~ctively screened including outward-opening, self-closing doors, ~less other effective means ar~ provided to prevent the entrace of fli~s. (~) It sha]~l b~ used for no other purposes than those specified ~bove ex- cept as may be ~pprov~d by the health officer; shall not open directly into a stable or into ~ny room used for domestic purposes; shall have water piped into it; shs!l be provid~d with adequate facilities for the he,ting of ORDINANCE NO. 1495 water for the cleansing of ~tensils; shall be equipped with two-compartment station@ry was~'~ and rinse vats, except that in the case of retail raw mi]k, if chlorine is employed as the principal bactericidal treatment the three- compartment type must 'oe used; and shall unless the m'i. lk is to be pasteur- ized, be partitioned to separate the handling of milk and the storage of cleansed untensils from the c!e~ning and other operations, which shall be so located and conducted as t o prevent sn'y contamination of the milk or of cleaned equipment. ITE~ 9r. Milk house or ro.o.m, cleanliness and flies. The floors, w~lls, ceilings, and eq~.~ipment of the milk house or room shall be kept clean at all times. All means necessary for the elimination of flies shall be used· ITE~ lOr. Toilet. Every dairy farm shall be provided with one or more sonic- tory toilets conveniently located and properly constructed, operated, and maintained, so that the waste is inaccessible to flies and does not pollute the surface soil or contaminate any water supply. ITE~' llr. Water supply~. The water suppler for the milk room m~t dairy barn shall be properly located, constructed, an~ operated, and shall be easily accessible, adequate, and of a safe sanitary quality. IT~I'~, 12r. Utensils; construction All roulti-use containers or other utensils used in the handling, storage, or transportation of milk or milk products must be made of smooth nonabsorbent material and of such constr~ction as to be easily cleaned, an~ must be in good repair. Joints and seams shall be soldered flush· Woven wire cloth shall not be used for straining milk. All milk pails shall be of a small-mouth design approved by the health officer. The manufact~]re, packing, transportation, and handling of single- service containers and container caps and covers shall be conducted in a sanitary m~nner. ITE~ 13r. Utensils~ c~eaning. All multi-use containers, equipments, and other utensils used in the handling, storage, or transportation of milk and milk products must be thoroughly cleaned after each usage. ITE~ 14r. Utensils~ bactericidal treatment. Ali multi-use containers, equipment and other utensils used in t he handling, storage, or transportation of milk or ~ilk products shall between each usage be subjected to an approved bactericidal process with steam, hot water,chlorine, or hot 'air. Item 15r. Utensils, stora~,~e. All containers and other utensils used in the hanSling, storage, or t ransportation of milk or m~lk products shall be stored so as not to become contaminated before being used. ITEk~ 16r. Ute.n. sils, handlin~g. After bactericidal treatment no container or other milk or milk product utensil shall be handled in such manner as to permit any part of any person or his clothing to come in contact with any surface with which milk or milk products come in contact. ITE~,~ l~r. Milking udders an~ teats, abnormal milk. The udders and teats of all milking cows shall be clean and rinsed with a bactericidal solution at the time of milking. Abnormal milk shal 1 be kept out of the m~lk supply and shall be so handled and ~isposed of as t o preclude the infection of the cows and the contamination of milk utensils. ITE~f~ 18 r. Milking flanks. The flanks, bellies an~t°tails of al! m1.1king cows shall be free from visible dirt at the time of milking. TTE~ 19r. Milkers, hands· r,~tlkers' hands shall be clean, rinsed with a bactericidal solution, an~ dried with a clean towel immediately before milking and following any interruption in the milking operation. Wet-hand milking is prohibited. Convenient facilities shall be provided for the washing of milkers' hands. ITE~. POt. Clean Clothing. ~.ilkers and milk handlers shall wear clean outer garments while milking or handling ~llk, milk products, containers, utensils or equipment. ITEb~ 2lt. ~.~ilk stools. ~ilk stools sba ll be kept clean· I~E~ 22r. Removal of milk. Each pail of milk sha~.l be removed i.~me~iately to the milk house or straining room. No milk shall he strained or poured in the dairy barn· 0RDINA~CE N0.. 1495 (cont) ITEI.4 23r. Cooling. I~ilk must be cooled immediately after completion of milking to ~"0° F. or less, and maintained at that averaee temperature, as defined in section 1 (s), until delivery. If milk is delivered to a milk plant or receiving station for pasteurization or separation. It must be I~ cooled to 60- F. or less and maintained at that average temperature until delivered. ITEI4 24r. Bottling and cap?lng, ~Iilk and mil~ products shall be bottled from a container with a readily cleanable valve, or by means of an appro'~ed bottling machine. Bottles shall be capped by machine. Caps or cap stock shall be purchased in sanitary conta.~ners anr] kept therein ~n a clean dry place until used. !TE.¥. ~5r. Personnel,. hea_!_th. The healt?~ officer or a 'physician authorized by him shall examine and take a careful morbidity history of every person connected with a retail raw dairy, or about to be employed, whose work brings him in contact with the production, handling, storage, or transpor- tation of milk , milk products, containers, or equipment. If such e×amin~- ti'~n or history suggests that such person may be a carrier of or infected with the organisms of typhoi~ or paratyphoid fever or any other communicable diseases likely to be traasmit~ed through 'milk, he shall secure appropriate specimens of body discharges and cause them to be examine~ in a laboratory approved by him or by the State healt!~ authorities for such examinations and if the results justify such person shall be barre(1 from such employment. Such persons shall furnish such information, submit to such physical ex- aminations, and s~bmit such laboratory specimens as C he health officer may require for the purpose of determin_~ng freedo~ from infection. !TE~! 26r. ~,fiscel!aneous. Ail vehicles used for the transportation of milk or milk products shall be so constructed and operated as to protect their contents from the sun and from contamina~tion. All vehicles used for the transportation of milk or milk products in their final delivery containers shall be constructed with permanent tops and with permanent or roll-down sides an~ back, provided th~'-.t openings of the size necessary to pass the delivery man may be permitted in the sides or back for loading and unlOad- ing purposes. Ail vehicles shall be kept clean, and no substance capable of :cbntaminating milk or milk products shall be transported with milk or .milk products in such manner as to permit contamination. All vehicles used for the distribution of milk or milk products shall have ~he name of the distributor prominently displayed. The immediate surroundings of the dairy shall be kept in a neat, clean condition. Certifie~ milk-pasteurized. Certified milk-paste'uri zed is certified milk-raw which has been pasteuri?e~, cooled, and bottle~t in a milk plant conforming w~th the requirements fo~ grade A pasteurized milk. Grade A ~asteurized milk. Gra¢]e a pasteurized milk is gra~te A raw milk, with such e;~ceptions as are indicated if the milk is to be oasteurized, which has been paste),.~rize cooled, and bottled in a milk plant conforming with all of the following items of sanitation anal the averai2;e bacterial plate count of which st no ti~e after pasDe~zr- ization and until delivery exceeds 25,000 per cubic centimeter, as determined under sections 1 (s) and 6. The grading of a pasteurized milk supply shall Include the inspection of receiving and collecting stations w_~th respect to items lp to !Sp, inclusitre, and 17p, 19p, 22p, and 23p, except that the partiticnin requirement of item 5o shall not apply. ITE~.~ lp. Floors. The floors of all rooms in which milk or milk products are handled or stored or in which milk utensils are washed s'hall be construte of concrete or other equally impervious and easily cleaned material and shall be smooth, properly drained, provided with trapped drains ~nd kept clean. ' ' ITE~ ~p. Walls and ceilings. Walls an~ ceilings of rooms in which milk or m~lk products are handled or store8 or in which milk utensils are washed shall have a smooth, washable, light-colored surface and shall be kept clean. ITE~.~! 3p. roors and windows. Un~ess other effective means are provided to prevent the access of flies, all openings into the outer a~~ shall, be effectively screened an~ doors shall be self-closing. I'?E~! ~p. Lighting and ventilation. All rooms shall be well lighted an~ vehtilate~, ~TE~ ~p. Miscellaneous protection from contamination. The various milk- plant operations shall be so located an~ conducted as t o prevent any con- ORDINANCE NO. 1495 (cont) tamination of the milk or of the cleaned equipment. Ail means necessary for the elimination of flies shall be used. There shall be separate rooms for (a) the pasteurizing, processing, cooling, and bottling operations, and (b) the washing and bactericidal treatment of containers. Cans of raw milk shall not be unloaded directly into the pasteuvlzing room. Pasteur- ized milk or r~ilk products shall not be permitted to c omc in contact with equipment with which unpasteurized milk or milk products have been in con- tact, unles such equipment has first been thoroughly cleaned and subjected to bactericidal treatment. Rooms in which milk, milk products, cleaned utensils, or containers are handled or s toted shall not open directly into any stable or living quarters. The pasteurization plant shall be used for no other purposes than the orocessing of milk and mil~{ products and the operation, s inc~dent thereto, exce'~.~t as may be approved by the health officer ITE~ 6p. Toilet facilities. Every milk plant shall be provided with toilet facilities conforming with the ordinaoces of the City of Bremerton. Toilet rooms shall not open directly into any room in which milk, milk products, equipment, or containers are hand, led or stored. The doors of all toilet rooms shall be self-closing. Toilet rooms shall be kept in a clean con- ditions, in good repair, and well ventilated. In case privies or earth closets are permit, te~ and used they shall be sepals'ate from the building and shall be of a sanitary type constructed ~d operated in conformity with the requirements of item lOr, Grade A raw r~i].k. ITE~ 7p. Water supply. The water supply shall be eas~.ly accessible, adequate and of a safe, sanitary quality. ITE~,~ Bp. Hand-washin~,~ facilities. Convenient hand-washing facilities shall be orovided, including warm running water, soap and approved sanitary towels The use of a common towel is prohibited. ITE~,~ 9p. $~.n~tary p~ping. Ail piping used to conduct milk or milk pro- ducts shall be "sanitary milk piping" of a type which can be easily cleaned with a brus~. Pasteurized milk and milk prod~lcts shall be conducted from one piece of equipment to an~th~r ly through sanitary milk piping. ITE~ lOp. Construction and repai, r of containers and equipment. All multi- use containers and equipment with whi ch m~lk or milk products come in contact shall be constructed _~n such manner as to be easily cleaned and shall be kept in good repair. The manufacture, pacing, transportation, and handling of single-service c?ntainers ~nd container caps an~ covers shall be conducted in a sanitary manner. ITE~I llp. Disposal of wastes. Ail wastes shall be properly disposed of. ITEM 12p. Cle~nin~j and bactericidal treatment of containers and equipment. Ail milk anal milk products containers and equipment, except single-service conta~.ners shall be thoroughly cleaned after each usage. Ail containers shall be subjected to a~ approved bactericidal process after each cleaning and all equipment i~med~ately before each usage. When empty and before being returned~ to s producer by a milk plant each container shall be effec- tively cleaned an~! subjected t'~ bactericidal treatment. ITEI~ l~p. ~t. 0ra~e of containers and equipment. After bactericidal treat- ment all bottles, cans, and othe~~ m~]lti-use milk or milk or mf!k pro~ucts containers and equipment shall be stored in such manner as to be protected from contamination. ITE~.~ 14p. Eandlin~ of containers and eg~ipment._ Between bactericidal treatment and usage, and during usable, containers and equipment shall not be handled or operated in such ma~:~er as t o permit contamination of the milk ITE~,~ 15p. ..S.~.tora~e Qf. caps, parchment pa?er~ and, single-service containers. ~ilk bottle caos or cap stock, parchment paper for milk cans, and single- service containers sh~ll be purchased and stored only in sanitary tubes and cartons, respectively an~'] shall be kept therein in a clean dry place. TT~? 16o. Pasteurizat~ion. Pasteurization shall be performed as described in section 1 (~) of this ordinance, ITE}~.'~ l?p. Coo!in~. Ail milk and milk products received for pasteurization shall i~m_med~e cooled ~n approve~ equipment to $0© ]~. br less and maintained at that temperature until pasteurized, unless they are to be pasteurize~ within 2 hours after receipt, and all pasteurized milk and ~_ilk ORDINANCE N0. 1495 (cent) products shall be immediately cooled in approved equipment to an average temperature of 50° F. or less, as defined in section 1 (s), and maintained thereat unt'l delivery. ITEr,i 1Bp. Bottling. Bottleing of mill{ and milk products shall bed one at · the place of pasteurization in approved mechanical equipment. ITE~ 19p. Overflow mil~. Overflow milk or milk productsahall not be sold for hl~an cons~mption. ITE~.,~. 2Op. Capp. i~g~_ Capping of milk and milk products shall be done by approve{~ mechanical equipment. Rai~d capping is prohibited. The cap or cover shall cover the pouring lip to ~.t least its largest diameter. !TE?. 21p. Personnel~ health. The health officer or a physician authorized by him shall examine an{] take a careful morbidity history of e~ery pe~.son connecte~] with a pasteurization plant, or about to be employed, whose work brings him in contact with the production, handling, storage, or transportation of milk, milk products, containers, or equipment. If such examination or history suggests that such oerson may be a carrier of or infected with the organisms of typhoid or paratyphoid fever or any other comm~micable ~isease likely to be transmitted through milk, he shall secure appropriate specimens of body ~ischarges and cause them to be examined in a laboratory approved by him or by the State health authorities for such ~xaminatlons, and if the results justify such person shall be barre~ from such employment. Such persons shall furnish such information submit to such physical examinations, and submit such laboratorz~ specimens as the health officer may require for the purpose of ~etermining free~om from infection. ZTE~ ~2p. Personnel~ cleanliness. ~].1 persons coming in contact with ~ilk, milk products, containers, or ~quipment shall wear clean outer garments and shall keep their bands clean at all times while thus engaged. ITE~! 23p. ~iscellaneous. Ail vehicles us~ for the transportation of milk or milk products shall be so constructed and operated as to protect their contents from the sun an~ from contamination. Ail vehicles used for the transport~tion of milk or milk products in their final ~elfvery con- tainers shall be constructed with permanent tops and with permanent or roll-down sides an~ back, provided that openings of the size necessary to pass the delivery man may be permitted in the sides or back for loading and unloading purposes. Ail vehicles shall be kept clean, and no substance capable of contamination milk or ~.~ilk products shall be tra~sported with milk or milk products ins~ch manner as to permit contamin~tion. Ail vehicl~s used for the ~istribution of milk or milk products shall have the name of the distributor prominently displayed. The im~nediate surroun~ings of the milk plant shall b~, kept in a neat, clean condition. Section ~. Effectiv~ date. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from an~ after passage and ~lication. PASSED by the City Commission of the ~ity of Bremerton, signe~ by the r~.~ayor, atteste~] by the Oity Clerk in autt:entlcation of such passage, this 30th day of ~tember, 194~°. ;est: /City Clerk ~mte mf Wms#In~l I I~$ undersigned do ce~i~ that ~ ordi~nCe passed by the ci~ ~mmiss~n et Ibc ci[~ ot aremerton, Wa~in~on