SF Xl ■■"-•■ ; > '•-.■ •■■■■•■■ ••■.-■■ ■'■'..■'' . IOWA STATE DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSION DES MOINES, IOWA REGULATIONS GOVERNING CREAM AND MILK STATIONS PUBLISHED BY THE Dairy and Food Commissioner W. B. BARNEY, Commissioner DECEMBER 1, 1917 DES MOINES KCBFRT HENDERSON, STATE PRINTER 1914 IMPORTANT NOTICE ft#V (EFFECTIVE JUNE 15, 1914) RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CREAM STATIONS AND OPERATORS. I. Every station used for the purpose of buying, handling or storing milk or cream should be conducted in a separate room. II. Every such building or room shall have an impermeable floor made of cement or tile laid in cement, grouted brick, wood or other suitable non-absorbent material which must be kept clean at all times. (a) The side-walls and ceilings shall be plastered, ceiled with metal, cement or other suitable material approved by the Dairy and Food Commissioner, and shall be kept clean at all times. (b) Every building or room shall be properly drained, lighted, plumbed and ventilated and conducted with strict regard to the influence of such conditions upon the purity and wholesomeness of the products handled therein. All window glass shall be kept clean. III. The doors, windows or other openings of every station used for the purpose of buying, handling or storing milk or cream, shall be properly screened during the fly season. IV. All utensils such as stirring rods, sample bottles, test bottles, pipettes, and scales, must be kept clean at all times. V. No doors or other openings shall be permitted between a milk or cream buying station and an adjoining room or place where poultry, wool, hides or other contaminating products are handled. VI. No operator or agent shall allow milk or cream cans to become insanitary or filthy, and before using the same for ship- ping or storing purposes shall see that all such cans are thor- oughly cleansed and in a sanitary condition. No operator shall be allowed to lend or lease any cream or milk can for any other purpose than the handling : storing or shipping of milk or cream. VII. Cuspidors for the use of operatives must be provided in a milk or cream buying station and no operative, employe or other person shall expectorate within any cream or milk buying station, except in cuspidors provided for that purpose. D. of D. FES 12 1918 —3— VIII. The presence of cats, or dogs, as well as rats, mice, cock- roaches or other vermin is also prohibited. IX. The clothing of all operators engaged in the buying or handling of milk or cream shall be kept clean. X. All cream and milk cans or other vessels used for the stor- ing of dairy products must be kept covered to protect the same from contamination. XI. Every applicant for license to operate the Babcock test must thoroughly familiarize himself with the operation of the test and become competent to make a correct test before attempting to buy any milk or cream for commercial purposes. A permit issued by this department is not valid until an operator has complied with these rules. EXTRACTS FROM THE DAIRY LAWS OF IOWA. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase to be converted into any product of human food, any unclean, unhealthful, adul- terated or unwholesome * * * * milk or cream. (Section 4, Chapter 113, Laws of the 34th G. A.) The inspector may confiscate and seize without warrant any incorrect scales, weights or measures or any weighing apparatus or part thereof. (Section 17, Chapter 226, Laws of the 35th G. A.) Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora- tion by himself, or as the officer, servant, agent or employe of any person, firm or corporation to falsely manipulate or under-read or over-read the Babcock test or any other contrivance used for the purpose of determining the amount of milk fat in milk or cream, or to make any false determination of any test or contrivance used for the purpose of determining the amount of milk fat in any dairy products. For the purpose of this act the writing of a check or payment of money for cream or milk at any given test shall con- stitute prima facie evidence that such test was made. Section 8. No person shall operate a milk or cream testing ap- paratus duly approved by the state dairy and food commissioner, to determine the percentage of milk fat in milk or cream for the purpose of purchasing the same either for himself or another with- out first securing a license from the dairy and food commissioner __4_ of this state, or from his duly appointed agent or representative, authorizing such person to -so operate such tester. Any person desiring to secure such license shall make applica- tion therefor on a blank to be prepared and provided by the dairy and food commissioner, and such applicant before being issued such license may be required to pass a satisfactory examination in person and prove by actual demonstration that he is competent, and qualified to properly use such tester and make an accurate test with the same. Such license shall be valid for one year after its issue and a fee of two and one-half dollars shall be paid by the licensee to the state dairy and food commissioner before such license shall be is- sued; licenses issued to operators of the Babcock or other ap- proved test under this act shall take effect and be in force from and after May 31, 1911. The dairy and food commissioner shall have authority to revoke any license issued under this act. The testing of each lot of milk or cream by any such unlicensed person shall constitute a separate offense, provided that any li- censed person may for valid reasons appoint a substitute for a peri- od not to exceed fourteen days, subject to the approval of the dairy and food commissioner. The fees collected under the pro- visions of this act shall be paid into the state treasury by the dairy and food commissioner. Section 9. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days in the county jail. (Sections 7-9, Chapter 113, Laws of the 34th G. A.) Oaylord Bros. Makers Syracuse, N. Y. "■■■■."'! ■■"■■, ,' ; .; '.-•;;-■■...■■' m '•:"■■ ■■■ ' ■■■ mVkS SB*.