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1006 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 358. 1925. every can, vessel, package, or container is plainly labeled conveying Rem H was to ghe parclriahsep tape lgexiaicigiatufe og contents. ° °¤ °¤ _ nc. . a 1 s a un aw u or an erson or ersons to iiiigii mdawpmu sell, offer for sale, or have in their possessionpwith inteiit to sell, within the District of Columbia, milk or cream taken from cows less than fifteen days before or seven days after parturition, nor shall P t h mr to m_ any such milk or cream be used in the manufacture of ice cream. pprirliilmiiimuismbn Sec. 12. That axg person or persons holding a permit issued under §{@_*" ""“·*"·'““*' authority of this ct being aillicted, or an member of his family, ' hired help, or other person on said dairy farm being aiilicted with a communicable disease, or if he has reason to suspect any such communicable disease, shall report the same to the health officer of the District of Columbia within twenty-four hours after becoming aware thereof. WiHf11l violation of this section shall be deemed sufficient Mmm chords. cause for revocation of said permit.

 Sec. 13. That for the purpose and within the meaning of this Act

" " shall h<?d to be the lacteal secretion obtained from the ,_ H comp ete m1lk1.ng 0 cows. _ Cm"' “Cream " is that portion of the milk rich in fat which rises to the surface of the milk on standing or is separated from it by centrifugal force or otherwise, and shall contain not less than 20 er centum of butter fat and shall not be offered for sale or sold unliess and until it has been pasteurized under regulations prescribed by the health gflicer, and shall be free from pathogenic organisms and from visible irt. . "P“‘°“'"‘°d‘” The term "E>asteurized " as used in the Act shall be held to mean the heating o milk or cream to a temperature of not less than one hundred and forty-two degrees Fahrenheit and maintained at such temperature for a period of not less than thirty minutes, then immediately cooled to a temperature of not more than forty-five degrees H _ _, Fahrenheit and maintained at not more than that temperature. R" “““" “Raw milk " is_ milk produced from healthy cows as determined Emmmmnofmm by physical examination and by a tuberculin test made within one by seam ememem. year previous to the time of filing of the application; said hysical examination and tuberculin test shall be made by an official of the health department of the District of Columbia, the United States Department of Agriculture, or some veterinarian authorized by the United States Department of Agriculture or the health department of the District of Columbia, to make such examination and tuberculin test; and said tuberculin test shall be repeated at least one time during each succeeding calendar year; and when reactors are found in any dairy herd licensed under this Act, the tuberculin test shall mm be repeated semi-annually thereafter until such time as tuberculosis Aaamm mmdm is eradicated from the heard: Provided, That no cow or bull shall °°‘°"°°‘ be added to any dairy herd licensed under this Act until such cow mmngcmm m or bull has first been physically examined and tuberculin tested as ' herembefore provided. The farm on which the milk is produced shall rate not less than 80 per centum, the dairy from which such milk is_so1d or distributed not less than 90 per centum, and the cows producmglthe milk not less than 95 per centum on the rating cards in use at the time by the health department of the District of Columbia, and said milk shall not at any time contain less than 3.5 per centum of butter fat nor less than 11.5 per centum of total solids; nor shall it contain when delivered to the consumer more than twentv thousand bacteria per cubic centimeter total count, and no colon bacilli or other pathogenic organism shall be present in one-fiftieth __ _ mm', cubic centimeter, and the milk shall be free from all visible dirt; mmm M “I?8St6llI`lZ€d m1lk" is milk produced from healthy cows, as determined by the physical examination and tuberculin test as herein-