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Show Ordinance Is Studied On Milk Grading PLAN FAVORED BY HEALTH HEADS Would Provide For Monthy Grading All Milk Sources The city council of Preston on Wednesday evening began the study of a proposed milk distributor ordinance which would, over a period of time, license and grade all milk being be-ing distributed within the city limits. The proposed ordinance is one recommended by the state health department and follows the specifications speci-fications outlined by the U. S. dairy standards code. Information regarding re-garding it was submitted to the council by R. D. Bovey and C. K. Watson of the state health, department depart-ment at the meeting last evening. Since the last session of the state legislature, this particular ordinance ordin-ance has been or is being passed in a number, of Idaho communities. As outlined by Mr. Bovey the j ordinance, if adopted, would not prohibit any dairy or any person from selling milk, but it would require a city permit and would require the grade of milk (A, B or C grades) to be cr:d on eaci bottl- cap. It would require a local testing (Continued on page S) Milk Grading (Continued from page one) laboratory with qualified inspector to make a monthly laboratory test as well as an inspection of the distributors dis-tributors facilities for handling the milk) before being delivered to consumer. con-sumer. Twice yearly, or oftener, the state health department would make a complete survey of the milk conditions and of all places licensed to sell or distribute milk. Should the ordinance be adopted, adopt-ed, a reasonable length of time would be allowed for all distributors distribu-tors to comply with all the qualifications- for Grade A, B or C milk and after such time the milk would be graded and each distributor instructed in-structed to label his milk according accord-ing to grade. Periodically the grades of milk would be published. Grade "A" raw milk would be milk handled and distributed in compliance with all the regulations under the TJ. S. standards code and with not more than 50,000 bacteria count. Grade "B" milk would be that handled according to code . with slightly less stringent, regulations regula-tions and with a bacteria count not j exceeding 100,000, Grade "C" milk j would be all milk pot in ooniplh ance with the code standards. In effect the proposed ordinance does nothing more than set up a code of sanitary standards for grading milk and then requires that all milk sold be labeled according ac-cording to grade, The sanitation code to be employed em-ployed for Grade A milk would, briefly, demand tested cows, well lighted, ventilated, and clean milking milk-ing barnfind yard, a separata nillk house for handling milk, screening facilities, accessible hot water supply sup-ply and certain types of approved utensils for handling milk, and proper pro-per bottling, capping and storage facilities, It would also require periodical health certificate for person or persons, handling the milk, Any milk not meeting the requirements could be sold, but would be labeled according to the grade, 0 r. |