No fluid milk products shall be sold, offered for sale or distributed
in the Borough of Somerville, in the County of Somerset, except by
persons licensed so to do by the Board of Health of said borough.
No person shall apply to the Board of Health for a license to
sell, offer for sale or deliver milk, modified milk, skim milk or
sweet creams, hereinafter referred to as "fluid milk products," unless
he possesses a current license issued by the New Jersey State Department
of Health.
On and after January 15, 1950, only pasteurized fluid milk products
shall be permitted to be sold, offered for sale or distributed in
the borough.
Milk, modified milk, skim milk and sweet creams shall be served
or sold to consumers in retail establishments only in the original
containers in which they were furnished by the distributing agencies,
provided that at restaurants, fountains, etc., milk or cream for coffee
or tea or similar beverages and as a portion in the serving of salads
and desserts may be dispensed from devices approved by the Health
Officer or a duly authorized inspector or agent of the Board of Health.
All premises on which fluid milk products are produced, collected,
processed and distributed, when the ultimate fluid products are designed
for distribution in said borough, shall be open at all reasonable
times for inspection by the Health Officer of said borough or a duly
authorized inspector or agent of the Board of Health, and, in emergencies,
shall be open for such inspection at any time as shall be requested.
Samples of fluid milk products or of the raw supplies from which they
are derived shall be furnished, whenever required for analysis, to
the Health Officer or a duly authorized inspector or agent of the
Board of Health.
The Board of Health may by resolution require that all fluid
milk products of each classification or grade produced, handled, stored
or processed for sale or delivery in the borough be kept separate.
Upon written request by the Secretary of the Board of Health,
the Health Officer or any inspector of the Board of Health, the holder
of any license shall file with the Secretary of the Board of Health
or the Health Officer, within such time as may be fixed in said request,
not less than ten (10) days from the receipt thereof, a verified statement
of the total amount of each grade or classification of milk, cream
or buttermilk or other fluid milk product received, sold, delivered
and disposed of daily, weekly, monthly or during any given period
and the manner of distribution, and shall also, when requested, file
with the Health Officer or the Secretary of the Board of Health a
statement of whether any milk, cream or buttermilk or other fluid
milk product has been delivered by him to any person named in such
request, suspected or known to have any contagious, infectious or
venereal disease, or to any place where such person may live or work
and the last date of such delivery and the last date of collection
of milk or cream containers therefrom.