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<br />The immediate surroundings of the milk plant shall be kept in a neat, clean condition.
<br />Grade B pasteurized mile. - Grade B pasteurized milk is pasteurized milk which violates
<br />the bacterial standard for grade A pasteurized milk and/or the provision of lip -cover caps of
<br />item 20p and/or the requirement that grade A raw milk be used, but which conforms with all
<br />other requirements for grade A pasteurized milk, has been made from raw milk of not less than
<br />grade B quality, and has an average bacterial plate count after pasteurization and before
<br />delivery not exceeding 50,000 per cubic centimeter, as determined under sections 1 'S) and 6.
<br />Grade C pasteurized milk. - Grade C pasteurized milk is pasteurized milk which violates
<br />any of the requirements for grade B pasteurized milk.
<br />Sec. S. Grades of milk and milk products which may be sold. - From and after 6 months
<br />from the date on which this ordinance takes effect no milk or milk _products shall be sold to
<br />the final consumer or to restaurants, soda fountains, grocery stores, or similar establishments
<br />except certified milk - raw or pasteurized - Grade A pasteurized - Grade A raw; provided,
<br />that when any milk distributor fails to qualify for one of the above grades the health officer
<br />is authorized to revoke his permit, or in lieu thereof to degrade his product and permit its
<br />sale during a temporary period not exceeding 30 days or in emergencies such longer period as
<br />he may deem necessary.
<br />Sec. 9. Supplementary grading prescribed and regrading authorized. - If, at any time
<br />between the regular announcements of the grades of milk or milk products, a lower grade shall
<br />become justified, in accordance with sections 5, 6, and 7 of this ordinance, the health officer
<br />shall immediately lower the grade of such milk or milk products, and shall enforce proper
<br />labeling and placarding thereof.
<br />Any producer or distributor of milk or milk products the grade of which has been lowered
<br />by the health officer, and who is properly lt;beling his milk and milk products, may at any time
<br />make application for the regrading of his product.
<br />Upon receipt of a satisfactory application, in case the lowered grade is the result of
<br />an excessive average bacterial plate count, direct microscopic count, reduction time, or
<br />cooling temperature, the health officer shall take further samples of the applicant's output,
<br />at a rate of not more than two samples per week. The health officer shall regrade the milk
<br />or milk products upward whenever the average of the last four sample results indicates the
<br />necessary quality, but now before the lapse of 2 weeks from the date of degrading.
<br />In case the lowered grade of the applicant's product is due to a violation of an item
<br />of the specifications prescribed in section 7, otherthan average bacterial Plate count, direct
<br />microscopic count, reduction time, or cooling temperature, the said apy)lication must be
<br />accompanied by a statement signed by the applicant to the effect that the violated item of
<br />the specifications has been conformed with. Within one week of the receipt of such an
<br />application and statement the health officer shall make a reinspection of the C-pplicant's
<br />establishment, and thereafter as many additional reinspections as he may deem necessary to
<br />assure himself that the applicant is again complying with the higher grade requirements, and,
<br />in case the findings justify, shall regrade the milk or milk products upward, but not before
<br />the lapse of 2 weeks from the date of degrading.
<br />Sec. 10. Transferring or dipping milk; delivery containers; handling of more than one
<br />grade; delivery of milk at quarantined residences. - Except as permitted in this section, no
<br />milk producer or distributor shall transfer milk or milk products from one container to another
<br />on the street, or in any vehicle or store, or in any place except a bottling or milk room
<br />especially used for that purpose. The sale of dip milk is hereby prohibited.
<br />All pasteurized milk and milk products shall be placed in their final delivery containers
<br />in the plant in which they are pasteurized, and all raw milk and milk products sold for
<br />consumption in the raw state shall be placed in their final delivery containers at the farm
<br />at which they are produced. Milk and milk products sold in the distributor's containers in
<br />quantities less than 1 gallon shall be delivered in standard milk bottles or in single -service
<br />containers. It shall be unlawful for hotels, soda fountains, restaurants, groceries, and
<br />sililar establishments to sell or service any milk or milk product except in the original
<br />container in which it was received from the distributor or from a bulk container equipped with
<br />an approved dispensing device: provided, that this requirement shall not apply to cream
<br />consumed on the premises, which may be served from the original bottle or from a dispenser
<br />approved for such service.
<br />It shall be unlawful for any hotel, soda fountain, restaurant, grocery, or similar
<br />establishment to sell or serve any milk or milk products which have not been maintained,
<br />while in its possession, at a temperature of 500 F. or less.
<br />No milk or milk products shall be permitted to come in contact with equipment with
<br />which a lower grade of milk or milk products has been in contact unless such equipment has
<br />first been thoroughly cleaned and subjected to bactericidal treatment.
<br />Bottled milk or milk products, if stored in water, shall be so stored that the tops of
<br />the bottles will not be submerged.
<br />It shall be the duty of all persons to whom milk or milk products are delivered to
<br />clean thoroughly the containers in which such milk or milk products are delivered before
<br />returning such containers. Apparatus, containers, equipment, and utensils used in the
<br />handling, storage, processing, or transporting of milk or milk products shall not be used
<br />for any other purpose without the permission of the health officer.
<br />The delivery of'milk or milk products to and the collection of milk or milk -products
<br />containers from residences in which cases of communicable disease transmissible through
<br />milk supplies exist shall be subject to the special requirements of the health officer.
<br />Sec. 11. Milk and milk products from points beyond the limits of routine inspection. -
<br />Milk and milk products from points beyond the limits of routine inspection of the City of
<br />Charlottesville may not be sold in the City of Charlottesville, or its police jurisdiction,
<br />unless produced and/or pasteurized under provisions equivalent to the requirements of this
<br />ordinance. Provided, that the health officer shall satisfy himself that the health officer
<br />having jurisdiction over the production and processing is properly enforcing such provisions.
<br />Sec. 12. Future dairies and milk plants. - All dairies and milk plants from which
<br />milk or milk products are supplied to the City of Charlottesville which are hereafter
<br />constructed, reconstructed, or extensively altered shall conform in their construction to
<br />the requirements of this ordinance for grade A dairy farms producing milk for consumption
<br />in the raw state, or for grade A pasteurization plants respectively; provided, that the
<br />requirement of a two -room milk house shall be waived in the case of dairies the milk from
<br />which is to be pasteurized. Properly prepared plans for all dairies and milk plants which
<br />are hereafter constructed, reconstructed, or extensively altered shall be submitted to the
<br />health officer for approval before work is begun. In the case of milk plants signed ap_.,r. oval
<br />shall be obtained from the health officer and/or the State Health Department.
<br />Sec. 13. Notification of disease. - Notice shall be sent to the health officer
<br />immediately by any producer or distributor of milk or milk products upon whose dairy farm or
<br />in whose milk plant any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease occurs.
<br />Sec. 1J., Procedure when infection suspected. - When suspicion arises as to the
<br />possibility of transmission of infection from any person concerned with the handling of
<br />milk or milk products, the health officer is authorized to require any or all of the
<br />following mea sures:
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