[R.O. 1966 § 12:4-51]
a.
The general sanitary conditions of any place wherein milk or milk
products or fluid milk products are produced, stored or handled and
its immediate surroundings, shall be such as to ensure a safe supply
of milk or its products.
b.
The general sanitary conditions of all milk plants or pasteurization
plants and their immediate surroundings shall be such as to ensure
a safe supply of milk or its products.
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CROSS REFERENCE: For required report of certain diseases occurring on premises handling milk or milk products, see Section 16:2-6.
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[R.O. 1966 § 12:4-52; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
a.
Cattle dealers and dairymen, as defined in Section 13:4-1 of this chapter, shall comply with all the regulations of the Department of Health and Community Wellness with reference to the business of buying and selling cattle insofar as such business relates to the production of milk for sale or distribution in the City.
b.
Such cattle dealers and dairymen shall provide individual physical
examination certificates and tuberculin test charts for all dairy
animals on their premises.
c.
At any dairy farm on which milk intended for sale in the City is
produced and where the business of buying and selling cattle is also
carried on, all dairy animals on such farm must be ear-tagged. Each
such tag shall bear a number. A complete physical description of each
animal must appear opposite the ear-tag number on a list attached
to the certificate covering the veterinarian's physical examination
of the herd. This must be filed at the plant or creamery to which
milk is delivered and a copy shall be kept at the dairy. No animals
may be brought onto a farm until physically examined, ear-tagged and
listed in the manner described in this section.
d.
All dairy cattle, on farms where the business of buying and selling
cattle is carried on, must have been tuberculin tested within one
year of their admission to the herd and a record attesting to the
same must be placed on file at the creamery or milk plant and the
dairy.
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Editor's Note: Cattle dealers are licensed pursuant to State
Law, N.J.S. 4:11-1 et seq.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:4-53]
a.
When in the judgment of the Health Officer it is justified, a reasonable
charge may be made for the inspection of dairies and milk plants.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:4-54; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
No milk plant operator or owner shall take on any additional
or new dairies unless and until the regulations of the State Department
of Health and of the City's Department of Health and Community Wellness
with relation thereto have been complied with and a report of the
same forwarded to the State Department of Health.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:4-55]
There shall be kept on file in every milk plant on a form approved
by the State Department of Health a "Dairymen's Quality Control Record"
for every dairyman delivering milk to the plant showing observations
made and actions taken as a result of deck examinations and farm inspections.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:4-56]
Every milk plant operator shall supply a laboratory service
satisfactory to the Health Officer for the sanitary control of the
milk supply coming in and going out of the milk plant.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:4-57]
a.
A sediment tester shall be used in all receiving and pasteurizing
plants. All milk received at any such plant shall be tested by the
person having the management and control of such receiving or pasteurizing
plant or his/her representative at least once each month. The results
of such tests shall be recorded and either posted in a conspicuous
place or returned to the producer.
b.
If the milk is found repeatedly to be dirty, such milk shall be excluded
from sale and the Health Officer notified of such exclusion.
