Words when used in this chapter, and in resolutions adopted
thereto, shall have the following meanings:
A. "Milk
products plant" means any place in which a person engages in the business
of handling, receiving, manufacturing, freezing, processing, or packaging
milk, or any product of milk, or engages in the business of manufacturing,
freezing, or processing imitation ice cream or imitation ice milk.
B. "Single
service container" means any container having milk or milk product–contact
surface and used in the packaging, handling or storage of Grade "A"
milk and/or milk products which is intended for one use only.
C. "Dairy
farm" means any place or premises upon which milk is produced for
sale or other distribution and where more than two cows or water buffalo,
or six goats, sheep or other hooved mammal, are in lactation.
(Ord. CS 1195 §1, 2017)
A milk inspection department of the county is created which
shall conduct an approved milk inspection service in the county within
an area, the boundaries of which are fixed by, and which is designated
and assigned for that purpose by the Director of Agriculture of the
state. The health officer of the county, or his or her authorized
agents or deputies, shall be in charge of the milk inspection department
created in this section. Whenever the term "health officer" is used
in this chapter, it refers to and means the health officer of the
county.
(Prior code §3-200; Ord. CS 1195 §1, 2017)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer for sale, distribute or have in possession for sale or distribution, any milk, cream or fluid derivatives of milk for human consumption, unless such products conform to the standards of grading, and requirements for the production of milk, cream and fluid derivatives of milk, established by (A) Divisions 15 of the California
Food and Agricultural Code, (B) Title
3, Divisions 2, Chapter 1 of the
California Code of Regulations, (C) the most current edition of the United States Public Health Service Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, and (D) the standards of grading and requirements established herein and set forth as follows:
A. Grade
A milk for pasteurization and Grade A Market Milk shall conform to
those state and federal Bacteriological Standards which are most protective
of public health.
B. Cream.
Grade A pasteurized cream shall contain not more than twenty thousand
bacteria per milliliter at the time of delivery to the consumer. Unless
pasteurization is commenced immediately after separation, Grade A
cream for pasteurization shall be cooled to forty-five degrees Fahrenheit,
or below, immediately after separation, and so maintained until the
process of pasteurization begins.
C. Skim
Milk. Skim milk intended for human consumption in fluid form shall
be derived from Grade A pasteurized milk, and may be pasteurized before
or after separation.
D. Chocolate
Milk. Chocolate milk shall be made from Grade A milk. Chocolate dairy
drink and similar chocolate drinks shall be made from Grade A milk,
or skim milk derived from Grade A milk. Said products shall contain
not more than fifteen thousand bacteria per milliliter or more than
ten coliform bacteria per milliliter at the time of delivery to the
consumer, and shall be pasteurized after all ingredients have been
added.
(Prior code §3-201; Ord. CS 1195 §1, 2017)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage
in the production, processing or distribution of milk, cream or fluid
derivatives of milk, to produce for sale, offer for sale, distribute
or have in charge or possession for sale, any milk, cream or fluid
derivatives of milk without first having obtained a permit from the
health officer. Permits issued by the health officer pursuant to this
section shall be valid for one year, and shall expire on June 30th
of every year.
A. All
production, processing or distribution regulated under this section
shall be subject to compliance with all applicable county zoning regulations
prior to issuance of a permit from the health officer.
(Prior code §3-202; Ord. CS 1195 §1, 2017)
Permits issued under this chapter may be revoked by the health
officer upon violation of any provision of this chapter. Permits issued
under this chapter also may be revoked in any emergency when, in the
judgment of the health officer, the milk or cream supply in question
has become a menace to the public health. Before revocation of any
permit issued the holder of such permit first shall be given a hearing
before the health officer, after at least twenty-four hours' notice
in writing to appear at the time and place specified in said notice
to show cause why such permit should not be revoked.
(Prior code §3-202; Ord. CS 1195 §1, 2017)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation engaged in
the production of milk, cream or fluid derivatives of milk to fail
to observe and comply with the following regulations:
A. Suitable
equipment shall be provided for properly washing and sterilizing all
dairy equipment. All milk handling equipment must be of a type and
construction approved by the health officer.
B. Hooded
milk buckets with small openings shall be used at all times.
C. Milking
stools shall be made of metal, or other impervious materials, and
shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
D. Feed
racks, water troughs, lanes and corrals shall be so constructed and
made of such materials as to keep cows out of mud and manure during
winter months.
E. Cows'
udders, flanks and hind legs shall be washed until clean before each
milking.
F. If milk
products (pasteurized or unpasteurized) are sold or otherwise distributed
directly to consumers by a dairy farm, then any and all such operations
(including those using single service containers) may only operate
as a milk products plant that is inspected by the California Department
of Food and Agriculture, permitted under Section 33171 of the California
Food and Agricultural Code, installed and operated under the applicable
provisions, and located in a place and manner acceptable to the California
Department of Food and Agriculture. All such operations shall also
comply with all applicable county zoning regulations.
(Prior code §3-203; Ord. CS 1195 §1, 2017)
For dairy farms, market milk shall be cooled as indicated by
a recording thermometer to fifty degrees Fahrenheit or less within
four hours of the commencement of the first milking and to forty-five
degrees Fahrenheit or less within two hours of the completion of milking.
The blend temperature after the first milking and subsequent milkings,
or milk in transit on bulk milk tankers, shall not exceed fifty degrees
Fahrenheit.
(Prior code §3-204; Ord. CS 1195 §1, 2017)
Inspection fees shall be charged in accordance with the Department
of Environmental Resources Fee Schedule, as approved and adopted by
the Stanislaus County board of supervisors. The inspection fees are
due and payable following each quarter on January 20th, April 20th,
July 20th, and October 20th of each year.
(Prior code §3-205; Ord. CS 1195 §1, 2017)