HomeMy WebLinkAbout38.43 ORDINANCE 38.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING
THE SARATOGA CITY CODE BY ADDING DIVISION 3
TO ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 8, RELATING TO
RAW MILK- SALES.
The City Council Of the City of Saratoga does hereby
ordain as follows:
Sectio~l'~' Division 3 is hereb'y added'to Article II
of Chapter 8. of the Saratoga City Code,
with the followiag sections and subsections, to read as
follows:
Division 3. Raw Milk Regulations.
Sec. 8-65-1. Raw Milk Sales.
No person shall sell or distribute to the
retail trade in the City of Saratoga any raw milk,
raw cream or other raw dairy product that does not
meet the standards of certified milk or guaranteed
raw milk as hereinafter defined.
Sec. 8-65-2. Certified Milk.
"Certified milk" is market milk which conforms
to the rules, regulations, methods and standards for
the production-and distribution of certified' milk
adopted by the American Association of Medical Milk
Commissioners and must bear the certification of a
milk commission'appointed by a county medical
association, organized under and approved by the
Medical Society of the State of California. Such
commission shall make fair and uniform rules per-
taining to certified milk, and shall certify milk
for any applicant who complies with such rules and
the standards prescribed in this ordinance.
All cream, skimmed milk, buttermilk, or other
dairy products~)sold, Idesignated or advertised as
certified SS~ll be conspicuously marked with the
name of the commission certifying it and certifying
the milk from which such cream, skimmed milk, and
other dairy product is obtained.
Sec. 8-65-3. GUaranteed Raw Milk.
"Guaranteed raw miik'W i~ masher mi~k'whiC~
.conforms to the following minimum requirements:
(i) The health ofthe.cows and goat~ shall. be,
determined at least once each month by.tan
official representative of a milk inspection
'service. approved or established by the
director of State Department of ~griculture;
(2) It shall be produced on dair~ fat~ns~hich score
not less than ninety (90%) percent on the dairy
farm score card;
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(3) It shall be bottled on the premises where'
produced and delivered in containers having
the pouring lip completely protected from
contamination;
(4) It shall be cooled immediately after beiBg
drawn from the cow or goat to 50 degrees
Fahrenheit or less, and somaintained until
-- delivered to the consumer, at which .time
it ~shall contain not more than 10,000
-' bacteria per miililiter; -
· " (5) It must bd. s01d to the consumer within
-. thirty.(30) hours after production and
labeled to indicate the date of sale to
the consumer, All persons who come in
- contact with the guaranteed raw milk must
..... exercise scrupulous cleanliness and not
· afflicted with any communicable disease
or in a condition to disseminate the germs
of any communicable disease liable to be
conveyed by milk. The absence of such germs
in all such persons. shall be determined by
bacteriological and physical examination
· by the Health Department-or other person
or laboratory approved in w~iting by the
Health Department, conducte~ at the time
of employment and every-six months there-
. after in a manner approved by the.Health
.... Officer.-
Section 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance is for any
reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision Shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, The City Council of-the City of
Saratoga hereby declares that it would have passed this
ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause
'- ' and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one
or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or-phrases
be held invalid or unconstitutional,
Section 3: Thisaordtnance shall t'ake effect and be
in full force and effect thirty (30) days
after i~s passage and adoption,
This ordinance Was regularly introduced and after the
waiting time required by law, was thereafter passed.and.adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council'ofthe City of Saratoga
held on the-'5th day of January ~ 19~1', by the following
vote:
AYESi councilmen Robbins, Smith, Dwyer, Bridges
oES { 'None
~SE~: Councilman? K~aus
-~ ~ ~ ~ ' ~e above and for~oin9 {13~ ~nd
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ATT~~ p~ol,sr{eu accorffinU to law~c~
Deputy City Clerk Date