A.
No person shall sell or deliver, or have in possession for sale or
delivery, in the City of Atlantic City any milk without first obtaining
from the Bureau of Health a permit for such sale or delivery.
B.
No permit, as required in the subsection preceding, shall be issued
by the Bureau of Health until there shall be paid to said Bureau for
the issuing thereof and for a proper inspection and supervision of
the sale of milk the sum of $2.
Each permit to be granted shall expire on the 30th day of September
in each year. If said person so licensed as aforesaid or any of his
employes, servants or agents shall violate any ordinance or rule of
the Bureau of Health relating to the sale, distribution or inspection
of or the supervision of the sale and distribution of milk, such license
may, at the discretion of the Bureau of Health, be revoked.
That any person or persons engaged in the sale of milk within
the City of Atlantic City shall, when so requested by the Bureau of
Health, furnish to said Bureau, a true statement, in writing, upon
blanks to be supplied by said Bureau of Health, setting forth the
locality from which said milk was procured and also a full and complete
list of the names and addresses of persons from whom said milk was
purchased and the names and addresses of all customers or persons
to whom he or they may sell or deliver milk within said city, and
said blanks, when filled in as aforesaid, shall be signed by the person
selling said milk.
Any person or persons engaged in the sale of milk within the
City of Atlantic City shall notify the Bureau of Health, in writing,
immediately upon changing the source of supply of the milk so sold
by him or them within said city, of such change, and said notice shall
also state the name or names of the persons supplying said milk and
the locality from which such milk is procured.
Milk, condensed milk or cream shall not be sold or stored in
any room which is dark, poorly ventilated or dirty, or in which rubbish
or useless material is allowed to accumulate, or in which there are
offensive odors.
Cans containing milk, condensed milk or cream shall not be allowed
to stand on the sidewalk or outside of the store door.
Milk, condensed milk or cream must not be transferred from cans
to bottles or other vessels on the streets, at docks or wharves or
at railroad depots.
Cans in which milk, condensed milk or cream is kept for sale
shall be kept either in a milk tub, properly iced, or in a clean ice
box or refrigerator in which only these or similar articles of food
are stored.
All containers in which milk, condensed milk or cream is handled,
transported or sold must be thoroughly cleaned before filling, but
such cleaning shall not be done nor shall such containers be filled
in any stable or in any room used for sleeping or domestic purposes,
or in any room having connection with such stable or room, or with
water-closet apartments, except when such water-closet apartments
are enclosed by a vestibule and are properly ventilated to the external
air.
All dippers, measurers or other utensils used in the handling
of milk, condensed milk or cream must be kept clean while in use and
must be thoroughly cleaned with water and soapsuds directly after
each day's use.
No person shall distribute or sell or have in his possession
with intent to distribute or sell any milk which contains less than
11 1/2% of milk solids or more than 88 1/2% of watery fluids
or less than 3% of milk fats; provided, however, that it shall not
be unlawful for any person to distribute or sell, or have in his possession
with intent to distribute or sell in a container having a capacity
of not more than 12 fluid ounces, milk especially prepared for infant
or invalid feeding by adding thereto pure water, lime water, milk
sugar, cereal starches or other substances which shall not differ
in purity, quality or strength from the standard fixed by this chapter
or by removing therefrom the sugar or any part thereof, if every such
container has blown or moulded in it the words "modified milk" in
letters which shall not be less than 1/4 inch in height and the several
lines of which shall not be less than 1/16 of an inch in width; and
provided further, that the milk in such container before modification
shall have been milk of the standard fixed by this chapter.
No person shall distribute or sell or have in his possession
with intent to distribute or sell any cream which contains less than
16% of milk fats, unless the amount of milk fat contained therein
is plainly and legibly marked on the outside of every can, bottle,
vessel or container in which such cream is kept, stored, shipped or
transported or from which it is sold.
No person shall distribute or sell or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell any milk or cream which contains any water, drug, chemical, preservative, coloring matter, condensed milk or any substance of any kind or character which has been added thereto or mixed therewith, provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful for any person to distribute or sell, or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell any milk or cream modified especially for infant or invalid feeding in a container having a capacity of not more than 12 fluid ounces, which container shall be marked for infant or invalid feeding, by adding thereto or mixing therewith pure water, lime water, milk sugar, cereal starches or other substances, as provided for in § 138-14 of this chapter, if such modified milk shall be in a container as provided for in § 138-14 of this chapter. No person shall distribute or sell or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell any milk or cream which is the product, in whole or in part, of any animal kept in a crowded, uncleanly or unhealthy place or condition, or milk or cream which is the product of any dairy having a score under 60 out of a possible 100%, said scoring having been given as a result of an inspection made by an authorized inspector of the State Board of Health in accordance with the scoring system in use by the said State Board, or which is the product, in whole or in part, of any animal fed on swill or any substance in a state of rottenness or putrefaction or on any substance of an unwholesome nature or on any food or substance which may produce diseased or unwholesome milk. No person shall distribute or sell or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell any milk or cream which is produced, in whole or in part, from any animal within 15 days before or five days after parturition.
No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or have in
his possession for the purpose of sale any milk from which the cream
or any part thereof has been removed, unless every can, vessel or
package having a capacity of less than 40 quarts shall have a metal
label or tag of metal distinctly, durably and permanently soldered
in a conspicuous place upon the outside and not more than six inches
from the top thereof with the words "skimmed milk" stamped, indented
or engraved on the label or tag in letters not less than three inches
in height, and the several lines of which shall not be less than 3/8
of an inch in width; provided, however, that in lieu of the above-mentioned
metal label, a paper label or tag may be placed in a conspicuous place
upon the outside of cans having a capacity of 40 quarts or more with
the words "skimmed milk" printed thereon in letters not less than
one inch in height, and the several lines of which shall not be less
than 1/8 of an inch in width; and provided further that every glass
bottle in lieu of such label or tag may have blown in it the words
"skimmed milk" in letters which shall not be less than 1/8 of an inch
in width, and such milk shall only be sold or shipped in or retailed
out of a can, bottle, vessel or package so marked.
No person having the possession or care of any milk which is
intended for sale or distribution shall permit it to be exposed to
or contaminated by the emanations, discharges or exhalations from
any person sick with any contagious disease; and no person shall distribute
or sell or offer for distribution or sale or have in his possession
with intent to distribute or sell any milk which has been so exposed
or contaminated.
No person shall distribute or sell or offer for distribution
or sale or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell
any milk which has been produced, in whole or in part, by any animal
which is not daily supplied with pure and wholesome water; and no
person shall wash or attempt to cleanse any can, bottle, vessel or
utensil used for handling or transporting milk which is intended for
distribution or sale in water which is polluted, contaminated or impure.
No person having custody of a milk can, bottle or other vessel
used as a container for milk intended for sale or distribution shall
place or permit to be placed therein any article or substance other
than milk or its products, or water or other agent used for cleansing
such can, bottle or vessel.
No person shall send, ship, return or deliver or cause or permit
to be sent, shipped, returned or delivered to any producer, wholesaler
or retailer or milk any can, bottle or other vessel used as a container
for milk containing any article or substance other than milk or its
products.
It shall be the duty of every person receiving milk, before
returning to the person from whom such milk was received or to any
other person or before delivering for shipment the can, bottle, vessel
or container in which such milk was contained, to remove all milk
from such bottle, vessel or container and to cleanse such can, bottle,
vessel or container or cause the same to be done; and it shall be
the duty of every person who sells or distributes milk to thoroughly
cleanse such can, bottle, vessel or container used for holding or
transporting milk before such milk is placed therein.
