HomeMy WebLinkAbout0497 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 497
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AN ORDINANCE defining "milk"; certain "milk products"; "milk
2 producer"; "pasteurization"; prohibiting the sale of adulterated and
misbranded milk and milk products; requiring permits and licenses for
3 sale of milk and milk products; regulating the inspection of'dairy farms
and milk plants, the testing, grading, labeling,-placarding, pasteuri-
4 zation, regrading, distribution, sale and denaturing of milk and milk
products; providing for the publishing of milk grades; regulating the
5 construction of future dairies and milk plants and providing a penalty
for violation hereof and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith.
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7 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO:
8 Section 1: ENFORCEM0T INTERPRETATION:
9 This ordinance shall be interpreted according to the Model Milk
10 ordinance and Code now recommended by the United States Public Health
11 Service as now constituted or as hereafter amended. Two copies thereof
12 shall be kept on file for public inspection in the office of the City
13 Clerk and one copy in the office of the City Health Officer.
14 Section 2: DEFINITIONS:
15 The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the
16 enforcement of this ordinance. ,
17 MILK CODE: This ordinance may be referred to as the Milk Code
18 of the City of Pasco, Washington.
19 (A) MILK: Milk is hereby defined to be the lacteral secretion
20 obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows properly
21 fed and kept, excluding that obtained within fifteen days before and
22 five days after calving, or such longer period as may be necessary to
43 render the milk practically colostrum free; which contains not less than
eight and one-half per cent (81) of solids not fat, and not less than
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three and one half per cent (32, f ) of milk fat.
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46 (B) MILK OR BUTTER FAT: Milk fat or butter fat is the fat of milk.
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0 (C) CREAM: Cream is a portion of milk, contains not less than
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(D) SKIMMED MILK: Skimmed milk is milk from which substantially
all the milk fat has been removed.
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34 (E), CHOCOLATE MILK: Chocolate milk is grade A milk to which has
been added in a sanitary manner a chocolate syrup, composed of wholesome
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2 (F) BUTTEUULK: Butter milk is the product which remains when
3 fat is removed from milk or cream in the process of churning. It contains
4 not less than eight and five -tenths per cent (8.5%) of milk solids, not
5 fat.
6 (G) CULTURED BUTTERIalILK: Cultured buttermilk is the product re -
7 sulting from the souring or treatment by a lactic acid culture of milk
8 or milk products. It contains not less than 8.5% of milk solids not
9 fat, and may contain not over 0.25% edible gelatin.
10 (H) MILK PRODUCTS: Milk products shall be taken to mean and in -
11 clude cream, skimmed milk, chocolate milk, buttermilk, and cultured
12 buttermilk.
13 (I) PASTEURIZATION: The term "pasteurization", and "pasteurized"
14 and similar terms shall be taken to refer to the process of heating
15 every particle of milk or milk products to a temperature of not less
16 than 142 degrees F., and holding such temperature for not less than 30
17 minutes in pasteurization apparatus approved by the health officer, pro -
18 vided that approval shall be limited to such apparatus which requires a
19 combined holder and indicating thermometer temperature tolerance of not
20 more than 12 degrees F., as shown by official tests with suitable testing
21 equipment, and provided that such apparatus shall be operated as directed
22 by the health officer and so that the indicating thermometers and the
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recording thermometer charts both indicate a temperature of not less than
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1432 degrees F., continuously throughout the holding period,
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that nothing contained in this definition shall be construed
as disbarring
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any other process which has been demonstrated as of at least
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(J) ADULTERATED MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS: .Any substance
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conforming with the definition as given in this ordinance shall be deemed
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adulterated and misbranded.
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(K) MILK PRODUCER: A milk producer is any person who
owns or
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1 controls one.or more cows, a part or all of the milk or milk products
2 from which is sold and delivered to another person.
3 (L) MILK DISTRIBUTOR: A milia distributor is any person who has
4 in possession, offers for sale, sells or delivers to another any milk
5 or milk products for consumption or\manufacturing purposes.
6 (M) DAIRY OR DAIRY FARM: A dairy or dairy farm is any place or
7 premises where one or more cows are kept, a part of all of the milk or
8 milk products from which is sold or delivered to any person.
9 (N) MILK PLANT: A milk plant is any place, or premises, or estab-
10 lishment where milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed,
11 stored, bottled, pasteurized, or prepared for distribution.
12 ( 0 ) HEALTH OFFICER: The term "Health officer" shall mean the health
13 officer of the City of Pa4co or his authorized representative.
14 (P) AVERAGE BACTERIAL COUNT: Average bacterial count shall be
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15 taken to mean the logarithmic average of the bacterial counts of all samples
16 taken during the grading period, including at least four samples taken
17 upon separate days.
18 (Q) GRADING PERIOD: The grading period shall be such period of
19 time as the health officer may designate, within which grades shall be
20 determined for all milk and cream supplies, provided that the grading
21 period in no case shall exceed six (6) months.
22 (R) DISINFECTANT: A disinfectant shall be taken to mean any ger-
23 micidal substance approved by the health officer.
24 (S) PERSON: The word "person" as used in this ordinance shall
25 mean "person, firm, corporation or association".
Section 3: THE SALE OF ADULTERATED OR MIISBRANDED MILK OR MILK
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an milk or milk product which is adulterated or ungraded.
30 It shall be unlawful for any person, elsewhere than in a private home, to
31 have in possession any adulterated, misbranded or ungraded milk.
32 SECTION 4:. PERYiIT--LICENSE--APPLICATION FOR LICENSE:
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1 No person shall engage in business as a milk producer in the City
2 of Pasco without first securing a license therefor, and no person shall
3 sell, dispose of or offer, or keep for sale as human food any milk or
4 milk products within the City of Pasco without first having obtained
5 a permit therefor from the health officer. The requirement for permits
6 applies to stores, fountains, restaurants and hotels. A license shall
7 be deemed a permit for producers and distributors.
8 It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into or receive into
9 the City of Pasco, or its police jurisdiction, for sale, or to sell, or
10 offer for sale therein, or to have in storage where milk is sold or served,
11 any milk or milk product defined in this ordinance, who does not possess
12 a permit from the health officer of the City of Pasco, andon whose vehicle
13 there does not appear in a conspicuous place the permit number in figures
14 at least three inches high and one and one-half inches wide.
15 Such a permit may be revoked by the health officer upon violation
16 by the holder of any of the terms of this ordinance, or in any emergency
17 when in the judgment of the health officer the milk supply in question
18 has become a public menace, provided that the holder of said permit shall,
19 after complying with such revocation, have the right to appeal to the
20 City Council of the City of Pasco. Each Pasteurizing operator must have
21 a permit from the City Health department of this city before he may operat(
22 a pasteurizing plant.
23 Subdivision 1: Permits shall be issued without charge and shall
24 be revocable by the health officer upon the violation, by the holder of
25 such permit, of any of the terms of this ordinance, or any reasonable
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27 holder of any permit after complying with such terms of the ordinance
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<aU option, reinstate such person, or require the issuance of a new pdrmit.
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IL Subdivision 2: APPLICATION FOR LICENSE: Any person requiring
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31 a milk license shall make application therefor to the health officer
stating the following facts:
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(1) The name and place of residence of the applicant ..,,4
(2) Whether applicant is a producer of milk.
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(3) The location of dairy and -herd producing milk.
(4) The number of cows in each dairy herd and such other
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information as the health officer may require; provided
that the City Council shall not authorize the issuance
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of any milk or milk vehicle license unless there by_ filed
with the City Clerk a copy of the health officer's permit.
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Upon the issuance of a license the licensee shall be given
a numbered tag, which must be attached to the vehicle, in
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plain view, and to remaio dur.ng the year for which i ssued.
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Subdivision 3:. t`.EVOCABIE: Licenses issued under this ordinance
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may be revoked by the City Council for any failure or refusal of the
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licensee or person from whom he obtains milk, to comply with this or -
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dinance or the laws of the United States or the State of Washington,
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or the State wherein the milk is produced.
Subdivision 4: FEES: The license fee for the sale or disposal
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of milk or cream in the City of Pasco shall be as follows: For selling
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or delivering milk or cream from one cow only ��2.50 per year; For sell -
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ing or delive i milk or cream from more than one cow, $10.00 per year;
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Subdivision 5: EXPIRATION OF LICENSE: All such licenses shall
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expire on the 31st day of December next ensuing the issuance thereof
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and no license shall be issued for less than the full annual rate.
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Section 5: TABELING ATID PIACARDING:
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All bottles, cans, packages, and other containers enclosing milk
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or milk products, defined in this ordinance, shall be plainly labeled
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or marked with (1) the name of the contents as liven in the definitions
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in this ordinance; (2) the grade of the contents if said contents are
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graded under the provisions of this ordinance; (3) the word "pasteurized"
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if the contents are to be -or have been pasteurized; (4) the word "raw"
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and kind approved by the health officer and shall contain no marks or
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words not approved by the health officer. The first five items in section
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4 above shall appear on all delivery vehicles as well as the permit number
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in a conspicuous place in figures at least three inches high and one and
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1 one-half inches wide.
2 Every restaurant, cafe, soda fountain or other establishment serving
3 milk shall display at all times, in a place designated by the health
4 officer, a card furnished by the health officer stating the grade of the
5 milk at the time when delivered and whether same is raw or pasteurized.
6 Section 6: INSPECTION OF DAIRY FARMS AND MILK PLANTS FOR ThT, PURPOS]
OF GRADING OR REGRADING:
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At least once during each grading period the health officer shall
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inspect every dairy farm producing milk or cream for consumption within
9 the city of Pasco, and all milk plants whose milk or cream is intended
10 for consumption within.the city of Paseo. In case the health officer
11 discovers the violation of any item of sanitation, he shall make a second
12 inspection after a lapse of time such as he deems necessary for the defect
13 to be remedied but not before the lapse of three days, and the second
14 inspection shall be used in determining the grade of milk or cream.
15 Two violations of this Ordinance on separate inspections within any one
16 grading period shall call for immediate degrading.
17 One copy of the inspection report shall be po=sted by the health
18 officer in a conspicuous place upon an inside wall of one of the dairy
19 farm or milk plant buildings, and said inspection report shall not be
20 removed by any person except the health officer. Another copy of the
21 inspection report shall be filed within the records of the health depart -
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Section 7: TESTING OF LILK ARM IJILK PRODUCTS:
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During each grading period at least four samples of milk or cream
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from each dairy farm and each milk plant shall be taken on separate days
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and tested by the health officer. Samples of milk and cream from stores,
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cafes, soda fountains, restaurants, and other places where milk products
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are sold shall be tested as often as the health officer may require.
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Bacterial counts shall,be made in conformity with the standard methods
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recommended by the American Public Health Association, and which are
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hereby adopted. Tests may include such other chemical and physical
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determinations as the health officer may deem necessary for the detection
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1 of adulteration, these tests to be made in accordance with the lastest
2 standard methods of the American Public Health Association and the Asso-
3 ciation of Official Agricultural Chemists, adopted hereby, and which are
4 made a part of .this ordinance. Notices of bacterial count shall be given
5 to the producer or distributor concerned as soon. as made. Samples may
6 be taken by the health officer at any time prior to t he final delivery
7 of the milk or milk products. All stores, cafes, restaurants, soda foun-
8 tains, and other similar places shall (1) furnish the health.officer
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upon his request, with the name of the milk plant or dairy from which
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their milk is obtained; (2) maintain separate storage for milk and milk
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products at a temperature not to exceed 50 degrees F., and (3) wash
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all bottles and cans before returning to the milk plant.
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Section S: TTS GRAD�:NG OF MIS AND CRE,4M:
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At least once every six (6) months the health officer shall announce
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the grade of all cream and milk supplies delivered by all producers or
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distributors and ultimately consumed within the City of Pasco. Said grade:
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shall be based upon the following standards, the grading of cream being
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identical with the grading of milk_, except that the bacterial standard
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shall be doubled.
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CERTIFIED MILK:
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Certified milk is milk which conforms with the current requirements
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of the American Association of hIedical Milk Commission which aforesaid
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requirements are adopted and made a part of this ordinance.
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RAvv T:-sILK:
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Grade "A" raw milk is milk the average bacterial count of which
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as determined under Section. 6 of this ordinance does not exceed 25,000
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per cubic centimeter, and which. is produced upon dairy farms conforming
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with all of the following items of sanitation:
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Item 1: C0v'JS--TUBERCULOSIS--COLUAGIOUS ABORTION AND OTHER DISEASES:
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(a) A physical examination and tuberculin test of all cows shall
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be made before any milk therefrom is sold and as often thereafter as is
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consistent with the current requirements approved by the United States
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1 Bureau of .Animal Industry and the Washington State Department. of AgriculturE
2 A certificate signed by the veterinarian and filed with the health officer
3 shall.be the only VALID evidence of the above test. Every diseased animal
4 shall be removed from the herd at once and no milk from diseased cows
5 shall be offered for sale. All reacting animals shall be isolated at
6 once and immediately excluded from the premises. All animals rail ng
7 to pass the T.B. test shall be branded with the letters t1T" or "B" on
8 the shoulder, hip or jaw and removed at once and slaughtered under the
9 direction of the health officer.. Each letter in the brand shall be not
10 less than two inches high and one and one-half inches wide.
11 ( b ) CON-TAGIOUS ABORTION: An agglutination test of all cows shall
12 be made by a laboratory approved by the state livestock sanitary authority
13 before any milk therefrom is*sold, and at least once every twelve months
14 thereafter, by a licensed veterinarian approved by the state livestock
15 sanitary authority. Said tests shall be made and cows identified by a
16 metal ear -tag or tatoo mark. All reactors shall be branded .frith the
17 letter "All on the right jaw and no milk from said reactors shall be offeree
18 for sale; provided, however, that when reactors are found retest shall
19 be made as often as the health officer may require.
20 A certificate signed by the veterinarian, filed with the health
21 officer shall be the only valid evidence of the above test, said certi-
22 ficate to bear the identification number of each animal.
23 Provided, however, that the markings on the grade sheet shall be
24 suspended for a period of 3 years except as hereinafter provided.
That all raw milk dairies shall as soon as reasonably possible proceed
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with this test so that by October 1, 1.943 at least 50 per cent of the
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3:x January 1, 1944, all reactors and suspects shall have been eliminated
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from the herd.
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Nothing in this proviso shall prevent marking on the grade sheet,
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however, where a producer or distributor refuses to make a start in this
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work within 6 months from the date of the adoption of this ordinance.
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1 Item 2: DAIRY BARN --LIGHTING: Such sections of all dairy barns
2 where. cows are kept or milked shall have at least three square feet of
3 window area for each stanchion, or shall be provided with adequate. supple -
4 mentary artificial lighting. All milking shall be done inside dairy barns,
5 Item 3: DAIRY BARNS --AIR SPACE AND VMITILATION: Such sections
6 of all dairy barns where cows are kept or milked shall have at least
7 four hundred (400) cubic feet of air space Der stanchion, and shall.be
8 well ventilated.
9 Item 4: DAIRY BARN FLOORS: The floors and gutters of such parts
10 of all dairy barns in which cows are milked shall be constructed of
11 concrete, tongue and grooved wood floor not less than two (2) inches
12 thick, or other equally impervious and easily cleaned material approved
13 by the health officer and shall be graded to drain properly and shall
14 be kept clean and in good repair. No horses, pigs, fowls, calves, etc.,
15 shall be permitted in parts of the barn used for dairy purposes.
16 Item 5: DAIRY BA2N--V!ALLS AND CEILINGS: The walls and ceilings
17 of all dairy barns shall be white -washed at least once each year or paint -
18 ed at least once every two years, or finished in a manner approved by
19 the health officer and shall be kept clean and in good repair. In case
20 there is a second story above that part of the barn in which cows are
21 milked, the ceiling shall be tight.
22 Item 6': DAIRY BARN--COWYARD: All covet yards shall be graded and
23 drained as weal as practicable and kept reasonably clean.
Item 7: MANURE DISPOSAL: All manure shall be removed and stored
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2oa vided a separate milk house or milk room for the handling and storage
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n. provided with a tight floor constructed of concrete or other impervious
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material and graded to provide proper drainage. The walls and ceilings
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of the milli house or room shall be celled and of such construction as
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to permit easy cleaning, and shall be painted at least once each year or
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1 finished in a manner approved by the health officer. The milk house
2 or room shall be well lighted and ventilated and all openings effectively
3 screened to prevent the entrance of flies, and shall be used for no
4 other purpose than the handling and storage of milk and milk products,
5 and other operations.incident thereto. The clearing and other operations
6 shall be so located and conducted as to prevent any contamination to
7 the milk or to disinfected equipment. The milk room shall not open
8 directly into a stable or into any room used for domestic or other pur-
9 poses.
10 Item 9: MILK HOUSE OR ROOK --CLEANLINESS ATD FLIES: The floors,
11 ceilings and equipment of the milk house or room shall be kept clean at
12 all times. All means necessary for the elimination of flies shall be
13 used.
14 Item 10: TOILET: Every dairy farm shall be provided with a sani-
15 tary toilet.
16 Item 11: `MATER SUPPLY: The water supply shall be easily accessible,
17 adequate, and of a safe, sanitary quality.
18 Item 12: UTENSILS --CONSTRUCTION: All containers or utensils used
19 in the handling or storage of milk or milk products must be made of
20 non-absorbent material and of such construction as to be easily cleaned
21 and must be kept in good repair. Joints and seams shall be soldered
22 flush. All milk pails shall be of narrow -mouth design approved by the
health officer.
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Item 13: UTENSILS --CLEANING: All containers and other utensils
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used in the.handling, storage, or transportation of milk and milk pro -
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ducts must be thoroughly cleaned after each usage and no person shall
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LL0a Item 14: UTEYSZLS--DISINFECTION: All containers and other utensils
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awo used in the handling, storage, or transportation of milk and milk products
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CL shall between each usage be disinfected with steam, hot water, or chlorine
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or in a manner approved by the state health authority.
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Item 15: UTENSILS --STORAGE: All containers and other utensils
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used in the handling, storage, or transportation of milk or milk products
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1 shall be stored in the milk room, so as not to become contaminated before
2 again being used.
3 Item 16: UTENSILS --HANDLING: After disinfection no container or
4 other milk or milk products utensil shall be handled in such manner as
5 to permit any part of the person or clothing to come in contact with
6 the surface with which milk or milk products come in contact.
7 Item 17: MILKING --UDDERS AND TEATS: The udders and teats of all
8 milking cows shall be clean at the time of milking.
9 Item 18: MILKING--FLAIgKS: The flanks, bellies and tails of all
10 milking cows shall be free from all visible dirt at the time of milking.
11 Item 19: MILKERS' HANDS: Milkers' hands shall be clean, rinsed
12 with disinfectant, and dried with a clean towel immediately before milking,
13 Should the milking operation be interrupted, the milkers' hands must be
14 redisinfected. Met hand milking is prohibited. Convenient facilities
15 shall be provided for the washing of milkers' hands.
16 Item 20: CLEAN CLOTHING: Milkers and milk handlers shall wear
17 clean outer clothing while working.
18 Item 21: MILK STOOLS: Milk stools shall be kept clean.
19 Item 22: REMOVAL OF MILD: Each pail of milk shall be removed
20 immediately to the milk house or straining room. No milk shall be strain -
21 ed or poured in the dairy barn.
22 Item 23: COOLING MILK: Milk must be cooled immediately after
23 milking to 50 degrees F., or less, and maintained at or below that tem -
24 perature until delivery, unless it is delivered to a milk plant for
25 pasteurization or separation, in which case it must be cooled or pasteuri-
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30 Item 25: PERSONNEL --HEALTH CERTIFICATES: Every person connected
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with a dairy or milk plant, whose work brings him or her in contact with
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products, shall have, within twelve months, passed'a medical examination
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1 made by the health officer or by a licensed physician approved by the
2 health officer, and shall submit such specimens of bodily discharge as
3 the health officer shall require.
4 Item 26:' NOTIFICA.TION OF DISEASE: Notice shall be sent to the
5 health officer immediately by any milk producer or distributor upon whose
6 dairy farm, or in whose milk plant any case of sickness or any infectious,
7 contagious or communicable disease occurs.
8 GRADE "B" RAj J,,�ILK: Grade "B" raw milk is milk the average bacteria]
q count of which at no time prior to delivery exceeds 75,000 per cubic
10 centimeter and which is produced upon dairy farms conforming with all the
11 items of sanitation required for grade "A" raw milk except (1B),(4) or
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(6) provided that cleanliness of the barn and cow yard shall in no case
13 be omitted. Item (23) shall apply except that the cooling temperature
14 shall be changed to seventy (70) degrees "Jahrenheit.
15 GRADE "C" RAV7 MILK: Grade "C" Raw Milk is milk the average bacteria:
16 count of which at no time prior to delivery exceeds 100,000 per cubic
17 centimeter and which is produced or, dairy farms conforming with all the
18 items of sanitation required for Grade "B" Raw Milk, except (12), (23),
19 (24), or (25), provided that cleanliness shall be in no case omitted.
GRADE "D" RAMI MlILK: Grade "D" Raw -66ilk is raw milk which does not
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The standard methods of milk analysis of the American Public Health
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Association are hereby adopted and made a part of this ordinance.
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PASTEURIZED MTI%K:
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GRADE "A" PASTEURIZED itiilLK: Grade "A." pasteurized milk is Grade
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"A" or Grade "B" Raw Milk which has been pasteurized, cooled, and bottled
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4o< and the average bacterial count of which at no time after pasteurization
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Sao and until delivery exceeds 25,000 per cubic centimeter.
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�- Item 1: FLOORS: The floors of all rooms in which milk is handled
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shall 4onstructed of concrete or other equally impervious and easily
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cleaned material and shall be smooth, properly drained and provided with
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trapped drains, and kept clean.
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1 Item 2: WALLS AS7r CEILI1"C-9: Walls and ceilings of rooms in which
2 milk is handled or stored shall have a washable, light colored surface
3 and be kept clean.
4 Item 3: DOORS AND WINDOWS: All openings into the outer air shall
S be effectively screened to prevent the access of flies. Doors shall be
6 self-closing.
7 Item 4: LIGHTING AND VEI\72ILATION: All rooms shall be well lighted
8 and ventilated.
9 Item 5: PROTECTION FROM C01TAMINATION AND FLIES: The various
10 milk -plant operations shall be so located and conducted as to prevent any
11 contamination to the milk or to the disinfected equipment. All means
12 necessary for the elimination of flies shall be used. This requirement
13 shall be interpreted to include separate rooms for (a) the pasteurizing,
14 cooling and bottling operations; (b) the container -washing and disinfect -
15 ing operation. Cans of raw milk shall not be unloaded directly into
16 the pasteurizing room. Pasteurized milk shall not be permitted to come
17 in contact with equipment with which unpasteurized milk has been in con -
18 tact subsequent to disinfection. Rooms in which milk or cream or dis-
19 infected utensils or containers are stored or handled shall not open
20 directly into any stable or living quarters.
21 Item 6: TOILET FACILITIES: Every milk plant shall be provided
22 with toilet facilities. There shall be at least one room or vestibule
23 not used for milk purposes between the toilet room and any room in which
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Item 8: WASHING FACILITIES: Washing facilities shall be provided,
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by the health officer. The use of a common towel is prohibited.
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Item 9: MILK PIPING: Only "sanitary milk piping" of a type which
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Item 10: CONSTRUCTION OF EQUIPPI1ENT: All equipment with -which
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milk comes in contact sha 11 be constructed in such a manner as to be
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easily cleaned.
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Item 11: DISPOSAL. OF WASTES: All wastes shall be disposed of in
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conformity with the requirements of the health officer.
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Item 12: CLEANING AND DISINITFECTION OF CONTAINERS AND APPARATUS:
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All milk containers and milk apparatus shall be thoroughly cleaned after
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each usage. No person shall offer or accept a milk bottle or container
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which has not been washed.
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Item 13: STORAGE OF CONTAINER: After disinfection, all bottles,
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cans, and other containers shall be.stored in such manner as to be
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protected from contamination.
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Item 14: HANDLING OF CONTAINERS AND APPARATUS: Between disinfectiol
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and usage all containers and apparatus shall be handled in such manner
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as to prevent any part of the person or clothing from coming in contact
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with any surface with which milk or milk products come in contact.
Item 15: STORAGE OF CAPS: Milk bottle caps shall be purchased
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and stored only in sanitary tubes and shall be kept therein until used.
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Item 16: PASTEURIZATION: Pasteurization shall be performed as
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described -in the definition section of this ordinance. The time and
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temperature record charts shall be dated and preserved for a period of
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one year for the information of the health officer.
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Item 17: All milk not pasteurized within two hours after it is
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received at the plant shall then be immediately cooled to a temperature
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manner as to prevent any part of the person or clothing from coming in
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contact with any surface with wlsich milk or milk products come in contact.
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Item 20: CAPPING: Capping of raw milk shall be done by machinery
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approved by the health officer. Hand capping is prohibited. Pasteurized
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milk and cream shall be.capped by a hooded capper with skirted caps ex -
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tending below the pouring lip of the bottle.
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Item 21: TIME OF DELIVERY: Milk to be consumed in the form of
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whole milk shall be delivered to the final consumer within 36 hours of
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the time of pasteurization.
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Item 22: HEALTH CERTIFICATES: Every person connected with a milk
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plant whose work brings him or her in contact with the handling, storage
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or transportation of milk or milk products shall have within twelve
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months passed a medical examination made by the health officer or by a
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licensed physician approved by the health officer, and shall submit such
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specimens of bodily discharges as the health officer may require.
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Item 23: NOTIFICATION OF DISEASE: Notice shall be sent to the
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health officer immediately by any milk producer'or distributor upon whose
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dairy farms or in whose milk plant any case of sickness or any infectious,
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contagious, or communicable disease occurs.
Item 24: PERSONNEL --CLEANLINESS: All persons coming in contact
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with milk or milk products, containers or equipment shall wear clean outer
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garments and shall keep their hands clean at all times awhile thus engaged.
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GRADE "B" PASTEURIZED TvIILK: Grade "B" Pasteurized Milk is Grade
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"C" Raw Milk which has been pasteurized, cooled, and bottled in a milk
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plant conforming with all the requirements for Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk.
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GRADE "C" PASTEURIZED MILK: Grade "C" Pasteurized 1.7ilk is pasteuri-
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Section 10: SUPPLEMENTARY REGRADING:
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At any time between regular announcements of milk grades any producer
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1 or distributor may make application for regrading his product.
2 In case the applicant's existing low grade is due to failure to
3 meet the bacteriological or temperature requirements, said application
4 must be supported by at least two examinations made subsequent to the
5 end of the previous grading period and indicating that the quality of the
6 applicant's output has improved since the last grading announcement and
7 conforms with the requirements of a higher grade. The samples upon which
8 the said two analysis are made may be brought to the health department
9 laboratory by the applicant.
10 Upon the receipt of a satisfactory application the health officer
11 shall make at least four examinations upon samples collected by the health
12 officer of the applicant's output within a period of not less than two
13 weeks and not more than three weeks of the date of the application.
14 The health officer shall award a higher grade immediately in case the
15 said four analysis indicate the.necessary quality.
16 In case the applicant's exist' -ng low grade is due to the violation
17 of an item of sanitation other than bacterial count, said application
18 must be accompanied by a statement to the effect that the violated item.
19 of sanitation has been conformed with. Within two weeks_of the receipt
20 of such an application the health officer shall make a reinspection
21 of the applicant's establishment and, in case the findings justify, shall
22 award a regrade.
23 At any time between regular announcements of milk grades the health
24 officer shall lower the grade of any milk producer of distributor if, as
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2 establishments to sell or serve any milk except in the original container
3 in which it was received from the producer or distributor. .All mixed
4 milk drinks shall be made from milk which is stored in the original con-
s tainer, and it shall be unlawful for dip, pump or faucet milk to be used
6 in the preparation of such mixed milk drinks.
7 All bottled pasteurized milk shall be bottled in the plant in which
8 it is pasteurized. The delivery of milk to and the collection of milk
9 containers from quarantined residences shall be subject to special re -
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11 Section 12: IIILK AND CREAM FROL11 POI1."TS BEYOND THE Lrt,ITS OF INSPEC
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Milk and cream from points beyond the limits of inspection of the
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City of Pasco may not be solJ in the City of Pasco unless produced or
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pasteurized under grading provisions identical with those of this ordin-
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ance, except as may be authorized by the Health Officer.
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Section 13: SPITTING AND SI'IOXING:
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No person shall spit or smoke in any part of any room, vehicle,
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or other place used for the -sale, storage, handling, or transportation
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of milk.
20 Section 14: VEHICLES: All vehicles used for delivery of milk
21 to or in the Cit of Pasco shall be so - constructed as to
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23 while used in transporting milk or milk products. No substance capable of
24 contaminating milk or milk products shall be transported with milk or
25 milk products in such manner as to permit contamin--tion.
26 Section 15: DENATURING MISBRANDED PRODUCTS:
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28 ing matter any milk or milk products found misbranded with respect to
29 grading or sold without a permit, provided that if the conditions warrant
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31 Section 16: REPASTEURIZATION PROHIBITED:
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FUTURE DAIRIES AND
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3 All dairies and milk plants from which milk is supplied to the
4 City of Pasco, which are hereafter constructed shall conform in their
5 construction to the requirements of the health officer, which shall not
6 be less than the Grade "A" requirements of this ordinance.
7 Section 18: REPEALING CERTAIN ORDINANCES:
8 Ordinance No. 306 and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
9 conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
10 From and after the date on which this ordinance takes effect no
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12 rants, soda fountains, grocery stores, or similar establishments, except
13 Grade A Pasteurized, Certified and Raw. This section shall not be constru-
14 ed as forbidding the sale of lower grades of milk, and milk products
15 during temporary periods of degrading not exceeding thirty consecutive
16 days, or, in emergencies, such longer period as the Health officer may
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Section 19: PENALTY:
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Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the
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provisions of this ordinance or who shall counsel, aid or abet any
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such violation or failure to comply shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
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meanor and shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding $100,00,
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or by imprisonment in the City Jai11br a term not exceeding 30 days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, and the costs of prosecution.
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