No person, partnership or corporation shall
sell or deliver or have in possession for sale or delivery in the
Town of West New York any milk without first obtaining a license from
this Board for such sale or delivery.
Any person or firm or corporation obtaining
a permit from this Board shall furnish the Chief Inspector a true
statement in writing upon blanks to be supplied by this Board, setting
forth the locality from which said milk was procured and the name(s)
of the person, persons or corporation from whom said milk was purchased,
and the names and addresses of all customers they may sell or deliver
milk to in this Town, and said blanks shall be signed by the person
selling said milk and a copy of said permit shall be filed in the
office of the Board.
No person, persons or corporations shall hereafter
engage in the sale or exposure for sale of milk within the Town of
West New York without first having filed a true and complete statement
of the locality from which all the milk that they handle is produced,
a complete list of the person or persons from whom the said milk is
purchased and the locality from which the milk is obtained. Notification
shall be made in writing to this Board immediately upon changing the
source of supply of milk.
No person, partnership or corporation shall
have, at any time or place, milk, cream, butter or cheese which is
kept for sale or delivery in the Town, and is unwholesome, watered
or adulterated; or which contains unhealthful ingredients or is stored
in an unclean manner; or which is procured from cows that are stabled
or kept under unhealthful conditions; or from cows that have been
fed, in whole or in part, on swill slops or brewery grains; or from
diseased or sick cows.
Skimmed milk shall be known as and labeled "skimmed
milk," and no buttermilk shall be offered for sale that has not been
produced by the natural process of churning.
[Amended 10-19-1977 by Ord. No. 1261]
All milk sold or delivered in the Town of West
New York shall be sold or delivered in bottles, but no milk in partially
filled bottles shall be sold or offered for sale in said Town. No
bottle shall be filled, capped or recapped outside the building regularly
used for this purpose, and the room or rooms therein used for the
purpose of bottling milk shall at all times be kept in a clean and
sanitary condition. Milk bottles shall be used for no other purpose
than as receptacles for milk; provided, however, that milk sold in
wholesale quantities for direct use within said Town shall not be
required to be delivered in bottles if the Board of Commissioners
in its judgment finds that the said milk, upon analysis, meets the
requirements of this chapter.
Bottles or other milk containers shall not be
left with any family in which there is any contagious disease.
All bottles used for holding milk or cream must
be cleaned and rinsed with boiling water as soon as emptied before
they are returned to the dairyman.
No person having a communicable disease, or
one caring for a person having such disease, shall be allowed to handle
the milk or milk utensils. This rule also applies to persons that
engage in businesses that bottle beverages.
Bottles shall not be equipped with stationary
stoppers or wire attachments on returnable bottles; patent caps should
be applied.
Every person having a permit to sell or distribute
milk in West New York shall keep the permit posted in a conspicuous
place on his premises from where the milk is sold or delivered.