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least 160° F., and holding at such temperature for at least 15 seconds in approved
<br /> and properly operated equipment: Provided, That nothing contained in this definition
<br /> shall be construed as disbarring any other process which has been demonstrated to be
<br /> equally efficient and is approved by the State health authority.
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<br />M. Adulterated milk and milk products - Any milk or milk product which contains
<br /> any unwholesome substance, or which if defined in this chapter does not conform with
<br /> its definition, or which carries a grade label unless such grade label has been awarded
<br /> by the health officer and not revoked, shall be deemed adulterated and misbranded.
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<br />N. Milk producer - A milk producer is any person who owns or controls one or more
<br /> cows a part or all milk or milk products from which is sold or offered for sale.
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<br />O. Milk distributor - A milk distributor is any person who offers for sale or
<br /> sells to another any milk or milk products for human consumption as such.
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<br />P. Dairy or dairy farm - A dairy or dairy farm is any place or premises where one
<br /> or more cows are kept, a part or all of the milk or milk products from which is sold or
<br /> offered for sale.
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<br />Q. Milk plant - A milk plant is any place or premises or establishment where
<br /> milk or milk products are collected, handled, processed, stored, bottled, pasteurized,
<br /> or prepared for distribution.
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<br />R. Health officer - The term "health officer" shall mean the health authority
<br /> of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, or his authorized representative.
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<br />S. Average bacterial plate count, direct microscopic count, reduction time, and
<br /> cooling temperature - Average bacterial plate count and average direct microscopic
<br /> count shall be taken to mean the logarithmic average, and average reduction time and
<br /> average cooling temperature shall be taken to mean the arithmetic average, of the
<br /> respective results of the last four consecutive samples taken upon separate days,
<br /> irrespective of the date of grading or regrading.
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<br />T. Grading period - The grading period shall be such period of time as the
<br /> health officer may designate within which grades shall be determined for all milk and
<br /> milk products, provided that the grading period shall in no case exceed 6 months.
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<br />U. Person - The word "person" as used in this chapter, shall mean "person, firm,
<br /> or corporation, or association".
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<br />V. And/or - Where the term "and/or" is used "and" shall apply where possible,
<br /> otherwise "or" shall apply.
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<br />Section 2. The sale of adulterated, misbranded, or ungraded milk or milk
<br /> products prohibited - No person shall within the City of Charlottesville or its police
<br /> jurisdiction, produce, sell, offer, or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent
<br /> to sell, any milk or milk product which is adulterated, misbranded, or ungraded. It
<br /> shall be unlawful for any person, elsewhere than in a private home, to have in possession
<br /> any adulterated, misbranded, or ungraded milk or milk product.
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<br />Section 3. Permits - It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into or receive
<br /> into the City of Charlottesville or its police jurisdiction, for sale, or to sell, offer
<br /> for sale therein, or to have in storage where milk or milk products are sold or served,
<br /> any milk or milk product defined in this chapter, who does not possess a permit from
<br /> the health officer of the City of Charlottesville.
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<br />Only a person who complies with the requirements of this ordinance shall be en-
<br /> titled to receive and retain such a permit.
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<br />Such a permit may be suspended by the health officer, or revoked after an opportunity
<br /> for a hearing by the health officer, upon the violation by the holder of any of the terms
<br /> of this ordinance.
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<br />Section 4. Labeling and placarding - All bottles, cans, packages, and other
<br /> containers enclosing milk or any milk product defined in this chapter shall be plainly
<br /> labeled or marked with (1) the name of the contents as given in the definitions of this
<br /> chapter; (2) the grade of the contents; (3) the word "pasteurized" only if the contents
<br /> have been pasteurized; (4) the word "raw" only if the contents are "raw"; (5) the phrase
<br /> "for pasteurization" if the contents are to be pasteurized; (6) the name of the producer
<br /> if the contents are raw, and the name of the plant at which the contents were pasteurized,
<br /> if the contents are pasteurized; and (7) in the case of vitamin D milk, the designation
<br /> "Vitamin D Milk" and the source of the vitamin D. The label or mark shall be in letters
<br /> of a size, kind, and color approved by the health officer and shall contain no marks or
<br /> words which are misleading.
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<br />Every restaurant, cafe, soda fountain, or other establishment serving milk or milk
<br /> products shall display at all times, in a place designated by the health officer, a
<br /> notice approved by the health officer, stating the lowest grade of milk and/or milk
<br /> products served.
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<br />Section 5. Inspection of dairy farms and milk plants for the purpose of grading
<br /> or regrading - At least once during each grading period the health officer shall inspect
<br /> all dairy farms and all milk plants whose milk or milk products are intended for con-
<br /> sumption within the City of Charlottesville, or its police jurisdiction. In case the
<br /> health officer discovers the violation of any item of sanitation, he shall make a second
<br /> inspection after a lapse of such time as he deems necessary for the defect to be remedied,
<br /> but not before the lapse of 3 days; and the second inspection shall be used in determining
<br /> the grade of milk and/or milk products. Any violation of the same item of this chapter
<br /> on two consecutive inspections shall call for immediate degrading.
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<br />One copy of the inspection report shall be posted by the health officer in a
<br /> conspicuous place upon an inside wall of one of the dairy farm or milk plant buildings,
<br /> and said inspection report shall not be defaced or removed by any person except the health
<br /> officer. Another copy of the inspection report shall be filed with the records of the
<br /> health department.
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<br />Section 6. The examination of milk and milk products - During each grading period
<br /> at least four samples of milk and cream from each dairy farm and each milk plant shall
<br /> be taken on separate days and examined by the health officer. Samples of other milk
<br /> products may be taken and examined by the health officer as often as he deems necessary.
<br /> Samples of milk and milk products from stores, cafes, soda fountains, restaurants, and
<br /> other places where milk or milk products are sold shall be examined as often as the
<br /> health officer may require. Bacterial plate counts and direct microscopic counts shall
<br /> be made in conformity with the latest standard methods recommended by the American Public
<br /> Health Association. Examinations may include such other chemical and physical determina-
<br /> tions as the health officer may deem necessary for the detection of adulteration, these
<br /> examinations to be made in accordance with the latest standard methods of the American
<br /> Public Health Association and the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists.
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<br />Samples may be taken by the health officer at any time prior to the final delivery of
<br /> the milk or milk products. All proprietors of stores, cafes, restaurants, soda fountains,
<br /> and other similar places shall furnish the health officer, upon his request, with the
<br /> names of all distributors from whom their milk and milk products are obtained. Bio-assays
<br /> of the vitamin D content of vitamin D milk shall be made when required by the health officer
<br /> in a laboratory approved by him for such examinations.
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