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sale, "inspected milk" in the City and County of San Francisco and when the premises, dairy herd, dairy appurtenances and other equipment shall comply with the additional requirements hereinafter set forth, the Department of Public Health of the City and County of San Francisco shall issue to the applicant a permit authorizing him to bring into, sell or offer for sale, the product known as "inspected milk," and said permit shall be revocable at any time by the Department of Public Health.

Any applicant receiving and holding such a permit shall make application for the renewal of the same between July 1 and July 15 of each year, and said permit shall be renewed, provided applicant complies and conforms to all of the provisions hereinafter set forth.

No applicant receiving and holding a permit to bring into, sell or offer for sale in the City and County of San Francisco "inspected milk,” shall transfer the same to any other person, firm or corporation, agent or employe, without the written consent of the Department of Public Health of San Francisco.

(c) Any person, firm or corporation, agent or employe, holding a permit to produce, bring into, sell or offer for sale, in the City and County of San Francisco, the product known as "inspected milk," shall produce upon the dairy farm for which said permit has been issued, a lower grade of milk other than that known as “inspected milk," nor shall said inspected milk be shipped from said dairy farm to any consumer except in sealed tanks covered with insulating jacket, or on ice.

(d) Said milk must be cooled on the dairy farm from 50 degrees F. and must not exceed 55 degrees F. when it reaches the consumer.

(e) All seals on said tank must show permit number and legend, "Inspected, Board of Health, San Francisco."

(f) Said milk must not contain over 100,000 non-pathogenic bacteria per cubic centimeter.

(g) That said milk shall contain not less than 3.4 per cent of milk fats, nor less than 8.5 per cent of solids not fat, nor shall said milk be otherwise altered by the removal of milk fat or addition of water or any other foreign substance whatsoever. All milk containing blood, mucus, and all milk from cows forty-five (45) days before or six (6) days after calving shall be discarded, and said milk shall in addition conform to all the provisions of the Ordinance regulating the sale of milk in the City and County of San Francisco not conflicting with these amendments.

(h) Inspected milk brought into the City and County of San Francisco for sale must be delivered to all depots or consumers in original sealed package, and said inspected milk may then be recanned, or it may be distributed into small cans or bottled at any such depot holding a permit to handle the same, as provided for in Section 14a of this Ordinance, if such recanning or bottling is done in the milk depot in which no lower grade of milk is handled, unless such lower grade of milk be handled in a milk room entirely separate from and independent of the milk room used for inspected milk.

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(i) After inspected milk is recanned or rebottled in a depot, as forth in Subdivision (h), it may be delivered in a sealed package to any other depot handling other grades of milk, and there offered for sale, provided the original sealed package is delivered to the consumer.

The Dairy Herd.

(j) The dairy herd, on any farm receiving a permit to produce or ship inspected milk into the City and County of San Francisco, shall undergo an annual physical examination which shall include the testing of said herd with tuberculin, and every bovine on the farm over six (6) months of age shall be required to submit to said physical and tuberculin test, under the direction and supervision of the Department of Public Health of San Fran cisco; and all animals reacting to said tuberculin test shall be branded T. B., and removed from said dairy farm; and all additions made to said

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dairy herd shall undergo the physical and tuberculin test under the direction or supervision of the Board of Health before said additions are admitted to the herd; further, the entire herd and every bovine on said farm over six (6) months of age, shall be annually retested prior to the reissuance of a permit. All bovines passed shall be tagged with a numbered metal tag bearing date of test and the words "Tested and Passed, Board of Health, San Francisco." Tuberculin to be furnished by dairymen.

Food for Herd.

(k) The food provided for dairy herd must be sweet and clean and of such a nature as to give no odor to the milk. Brewery grain, unless it has been kiln dried at place of production, fermented beet pulp, vegetable refuse or swill, are positively prohibited.

Care of Herd.

(1) All long hairs about udder must be clipped and tails of cows must be kept short enough to clear the ground, and all flanks, udders, tails and teats must be washed and dried before each milking.

Milkers.

(m) No person suffering from a communicable disease, or who is a contact, or who has been recently exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, shall be permitted to milk, handle milk or milk utensils, upon the dairy farm, nor shall any milk be brought into, sold or offered for sale from any dairy farm, when any contagious or infectious disease exists on said dairy farm, until such time as said premises have been inspected and declared free of contagion by an employe of the Department of Public Health of the City and County of San Francisco.

(n) All milking must be done with clean, dry hands.

(0) All milkers, and those handling milk, must wear clean outer clothing.

Utensils.

(p) All utensils must be scrubbed with clean, hot water, rinsed and scalded and kept free from dust at all times when not in use.

(q) All utensils must be smoothly soldered and of such shape as to be readily cleaned.

All pails used for milking must be covered or protected in such a manner that the top or opening is not over seven inches in diameter.

Stables.

(r) Floors must be of concrete not less than three inches in thickness, covered with a finishing layer of cement not less than one-half (1⁄2) inch in thickness, or asphaltum one (1) inch in thickness, or other material of a nature impervious to moisture. Gutter drains must be provided in the rear of the stalls of sufficient size to carry off all discharges, and said gutter drains shall connect with a common drain that will be adequate to carry off all animal discharges to a cesspool to a point to be determined by the Department of Public Health

(s) All stables having a loft must have ceiling of that portion used as milking shed ceiled with tongue and groove lumber in such a manner as to be dust-proof from loft above.

(t) Adequate light and ventilation must be provided, and in a manner satisfactory to the Department of Public Health.

(u) All stables shall be whitewashed at least twice each year, and at such other times as may be required by the Department of Public Health.

(v) All ceilings and sidewalls shall be scraped, cleaned and washed at least once each month, and all walls behind the cows to a height of five feet shall be painted not less than once each year.

(w) Enamled-iron wash basins, supplied with running water, soap and clean towels, conveniently located in each stable, shall be provided.

Corral or Barn Yard.

(x) Must be dry and kept free from accumulations of manure.

Water Supply.

(y) Must be abundant, pure, accessible, and free from the possibility of contamination of sewerage or animal refuse or discharges, and all of said water supply shall be examined by the chemist and bacteriologist of the Department of Public Health of the City and County of San Francisco before a permit shall be issued.-New Section added by Ordinance No. 956 (New Series), approved December 2, 1909.

Vendors of Milk, Whether by Wagon or Otherwise, Must Conspicuously Display the Number of Their Permit.

Section 15. No person or persons, firm or corporation shall sell or expose for sale, or exchange or deliver, or distribute within the limits of the City and County of San Francisco, milk from any wagon or vehicle, unless such wagon or vehicle shall have exposed on both sides thereof the permit number of the person or persons, firm or corporation selling or offering or exposing for sale, or distributing, or delivering or exchanging such milk. Such permit number shall be painted on said wagon or vehicle in numbers not less than three inches in height, in what are known as Arabic Numerals, and shall be placed on said wagon or vehicle under the direction and according to the requirements of the said Board of Health; and in case milk is sold from cans or vessels (carried by human beings or on horseback), then the permit number of the person or persons, firm or corporation so selling or offering for sale, delivery or distribution or exchange, such milk, shall be placed in a conspicuous place on such can or vessel immediately below the opening thereof, so as to be plainly apparent on superficial inspection; or if such milk is sold or exposed or offered for sale, delivery, distribution or exchange within a store or house, or on the sidewalk of any street in this City and County, then such permit number shall also be constantly exposed in some conspicuous manner at the place wherever such milk is sold or kept, so as to be plainly apparent.

No Person Shall Sell or Offer for Sale Any Impure, Adulterated or Unwholesome Milk.

Section 16. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, by themselves or by their agents, servants or employes in the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, to render or manufacture, sell, offer for sale, exchange, deliver, distribute or have in his, its or their possession with intent to sell, expose or offer for sale or exchange or distribute for human consumption, any impure, adulterated, unhealthy or unwholesome milk.

No Person Shall Bring Into the City Any Impure, Adulterated or Unwholesome Milk.

Section 16a. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, by themselves or by their agents, servants or employes, to bring or cause to be brought within the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, any impure, adulterated, unhealthy or unwholesome milk.As added by Ordinance No. 1340 (New Series), approved October 11, 1910. Definition of Terms: Adulterated, Impure, Unhealthy and Unwholesome.

Section 17. The terms adulterated, impure, unhealthy and unwholesome, as used in this Ordinance, mean:

First-Milk containing less than 3.4 per cent of milk fats and less than 8.5 per cent of solids not fat.

Second-Milk drawn from cows within fifteen days before or within five days after parturition.

Third-Milk drawn from cows fed on any unhealthy or unwholesome

food. Fourth-Milk drawn from cows kept in an unhealthy or unsanitary condition, or from cows affected with any form of disease, or from cows which are supplied with water which is impure or unwholesome.

Fifth-Milk from which any part of the cream has been removed.

Sixth-Milk which has been diluted with water or with any other fluid, or to which has been added or into which has been introduced any foreign substance whatever.

Seventh-Milk drawn from cows or by milkers that are themselves in a condition of filth or uncleanliness.

Eighth-Any milk which is shown by analysis to contain any substance or substances of any character whatsoever not natural or normal constituents of milk, or to have been deprived either wholly or in part of any constituent naturally or normally contained in milk.-As amended by Ordinance No. 697 (New Series), approved March 17, 1909.

Carrying Upon Any Milk Wagon Swill, Refuse, Garbage, etc., Forbidden.

Section 18. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to have or carry on any wagon or vehicle, upon or from which milk or cream is being or is brought, carried, stored, deposited, sold, exchanged, delivered or distributed or offered or exposed for sale or distribution as food for any human being, any swill, garbage, refuse or any decaying or fermenting, putrefying, foul, unwholesome, noxious or filthy matter, or any cans or receptacles containing any material or substance with which cream or milk might be diluted, adulterated or rendered impure, unwholesome or unhealthy.

Officers, Agents and Employes of Board of Health-Powers of With Regard to Inspection of Premises of Any Vendor of Milk.

Section 19. In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Order, the said Board of Health and all its officers, agents and employes shall have the right at any and all times to enter upon or into the premises of any producer or vendor or distributor of milk authorized under the provisions of this Order and any refusal upon the part of such producer, vendor or distributor to allow such entry and such inspection as may be required and directed by the said Board of Health may be punished by the revocation of the permit of such producer, distributor or vendor by the said Board of Health.

Inspection of Dairies the Duty of Board of Health.

Section 20. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Health to cause the dairies, dairy farms and other establishments from which milk brought into the City and County of San Francisco is obtained, to be inspected from time to time to satisfy such Board that the provisions and requirements of this Order and of the Board of Health are constantly complied with.

Rights and Duties of Board of Health and Their Employes to Enter All Premises for the Purpose of Inspecting Milk.

Section 21. The said Board and all its officers, agents and employes shall have the right and it shall be their duty to enter and have full access, egress and ingress to all places where milk is stored or kept for sale, and to all wagons, carriages or other vehicles, railroad cars, steamboats or conveyances of every kind used for the conveyance or transportation or delivery of milk, for the purpose of consumption in the City and County of San Francisco.

Board of Health and Employes May Take Samples of Milk-Mode of Disposition of the Same.

Section 22. The Board of Health and all its officers, agents and employes shall have the right at any time to take samples of milk from any person, persons or concern selling or exposing for sale or exchanging or delivering or distributing milk in the City and County of San Francisco, not exceeding, however, one quart thereof, such sample to be taken and sealed in full view and in the presence of the person from whom said sample is taken, and shall then and there furnish to the person from whom such milk is taken one-half of such sample hermetically sealed, and shall deliver to the said Board of Health immediately the sample so taken hermetically sealed. Such sample shall have written thereon at the time of the delivery thereof to said Board of Health, the number of the dealer's permit, and the date of the obtainment of the sample, and the name of the person by whom it was taken, and a memorandum thereof shall be made by the person obtaining such sample in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the Board of Health showing the name of the owner or driver from whom, and the date when the same was taken, and the number of the dealer's permit.

Owners of Dairies to Report to Board of Health Any Knowledge They May Have as to Impurity of Milk.

Section 23. It shall be the duty of the owner, agent or manager of any dairy or dairy farm in the City and County of San Francisco, or of any dairy or dairy farm from which milk is brought into this City and County, to forthwith report to the Board of Health of said City and County in writing, anything of which he has knowledge or notice tending to render milk obtained from such dairy unwholesome, impure or unhealthy.

Interference With Officers of Board of Health in Performance of Their Duty Prohibited.

Section 24. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to obstruct or interfere with the said Board of Health or any officer, agent or employe of said Board in the performance of any of the duties required by this Ordinance.

Condensed Milk, Buttermilk and Sour Milk May be Sold if Found to be Wholesome.

Section 25. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent or prohibit the use, sale or manufacture of what is known as condensed milk, or what is known as buttermilk, or what is known as sour milk, provided the same are made, compounded or prepared from pure, clean, fresh, wholesome and unadulterated milk within the meaning of this Ordinance, and are in sound and wholesome condition; and provided, also, that in the case of condensed milk, it shall conform to the requirements and standards prescribed by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture. Milk Coming from Outside the City and County to be Exposed for

Inspection.

Section 26. It shall be the duty of all owners or consignees of milk brought into the City and County of San Francisco by any water craft, to have the same tendered and exposed for inspection by the said Board of Health, its officers, agents or employes according to the requirements of said Board of Health; provided, that said milk shall not be detained for inspection for a longer period than one hour. It shall be the duty of the owner or consignee of milk brought into the City and County of San Francisco by land over any road or railroad leading into the peninsula of San Francisco, to cause the same to be tendered and exposed for inspection according to the requirements of said Board of Health, provided that said milk shall not be detained for inspection a longer period than one hour.

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