Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1917 — All Milk Sold After January Must Be Pastuerized [ARTICLE]

All Milk Sold After January Must Be Pastuerized

Secretaries of the City Boards of Health throughout the state are in receipt of a great amount of data and instructions referring to the new order of the State Board of Health, relatives to th epasteurizing of milk sold on the market and the regulations governing the same. The order of the state board becomes effective on the first of next January. Dr. Hurty, the state secretary, has requested that the city council pass an ordinance regulating the treatment of milk ana its handling. The Stat eßoard divides milk into four grades as follows: Grade A.—Raw Milk: Must come from cows free from disease and tested for tuberculosis, and shall be milked and handled by persons who have passed a medical examination. Th emilk shall m ecollected under sanitary conditions so that the bacterial count shall not exceed 10,000 per cubic centimeter. Grande AA.—Pasteurized Milk. The restrictions as above apply, the bacterial count not to exceed 20,000 per cubic centimeter and after being pasteurized shall not exceed 10,000 at time of delivery to the customer.

Grande B.—Milk in this class must be produced under sanitary conditions as in other’ two classes and the bacterial count at no time to exceed 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter. All milk of this grade shall be pasteurized under official supervision and shall contain less than 60,000 bacterial per cubic centimeter when delivered to the customer. Grande C.—Milk of this grade shall come from cows that pass the test as in other classes and with the sanitary regulations. When produced the bacterial count shall not exceed 1,000,000 per cubic centimeter and must be pasteurized, or heated to a higher temperature, and not contain mote than 60,000 bacterial at time of delivery to cusomer. Milk dealers are required ‘to have a permit or license ~to sell any label for such grade or class. The license or permit is granted after the local health department has determined that the milk of the dealer actually belongs to the grade.