REG. 52. Notification of the veterinarian.-In the event of the occurrence of any of the diseases mentioned in Regulation 51 between the visits of the veterinarian, or if at any time a number of cows become sick at any one time, in such a way as to suggest the outbreak of a disease or poisoning, it shall be the duty of the dairyman to withdraw such sickened cattle from the herd, to exclude their milk from sale, and to notify the veterinarian and the secretary of the medical milk commission immediately by telephone or telegraph.

REG. 53. Emaciated cows.-Cows that are emaciated from chronic diseases or from any other cause that may endanger the quality of the milk shall be removed immediately from the herd. Cows producing less than three quarts of milk daily shall be removed from the certified herd.

MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF EMPLOYEES.

REG. 54. Appointment of attending physician.-A medical officer, known as the attending physician, shall be selected by the commission who should reside near the dairy producing certified milk. He shall be a physician in good standing and authorized by law to practice medicine; he shall be responsible to the commission and subject to its direction. In case more than one dairy is under the control of the commission and they are in different localities, a separate physician may be designated for the supervision of each dairy.

REG. 55. Examination of employees.-Before any person shall come on the premises and remain as an employee, such person, before being engaged in milking or the handling of milk, shall be subjected to a physical examination by the attending physician. No person shall be employed who has not been vaccinated within five years or who upon examination is found to have sore throat, or to be suffering from any form of tuberculosis, venereal diseases, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, dysentery, or who is shown to be a typhoid carrier, or who has any inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract, or any suppurative process of infectious skin eruption, or any disease of an infectious or contagious nature.

REG. 56. Duties of physician.-In the event of any illness of a suspicious nature the attending physician shall immediately isolate the subject, notify the health authorities and the secretary of the commission, and examine each member of the dairy force, and in every inflammatory infection of the nose or throat occurring among the employees of the dairy, in addition to carrying out the above-mentioned program, the attending physician shall take cultures and have them examined at once in a laboratory approved by the State department of health. Pending such examination the affected employee or employees shall be isolated.

REG. 57. Secretary of commission to notify the local board of health in certain cases. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the medical milk commission on receiving notice of disease suspected to be contagious at the dairy, at once to notify the local boards of health of the municipalities where the milk is sold and the State department of health of the names of the persons affected and of the nature of the disease.

REG. 58. Record of employees. A record shall be kept on the dairy premises of each employee which shall show his name and address, date of employment, date of leaving employment, results of physical examinations by physician, and the results of examinations of cultures and other laboratory tests.

EMPLOYEES.

REG. 59. Milkers required to wash their hands.-Milkers shall wash their hands thoroughly with soap, water, and brush and dry them on a clean indi

institutions on July first, one thousand nine hnudred required in the forms of the certificates provided for by the State registrar; and thereafter such record sha all future inmates at the time of their admittance. admitted or committed for treatment of disease the specify, for entry in the record, the nature of the di opinion, it was contracted. The personal praticulars a by this section shall be obtained from the individual h to do so, and when they can not be so obtained they complete a manner as possible from relatives, frien quainted with the facts.

24. The State registrar shall prepare, print, and all blanks and forms used in registering the returns shall prepare and issue such detailed instructions as cure the uniform observance of its provisions and th plete system of registration, and no other blanks s supplied by the State registrar. He shall carefully received monthly from the local registrars, and if an unsatisfactory he shall require such further informati be necessary to mak the record complete and s registrar shall further arrange, bind, and permanentl in a systematic manner, and shall prepare and main continuous index of all births and deaths registered, s alphabetically, in the case of deaths by the name of case of births by the name of child if given and if n father or mother.

25. All physicians, midwives, informants, or und persons having knowledge of the facts, are hereby r a form provided by the State registrar or upon the

the day or date of the production of the milk, and the words "Certified milk' in plain and legible form: Provided, however, That for the purpose of this regulation a statement to the effect that the milk was produced on a definite night or morning will be regarded as sufficient dating; for example, milk produced Monday night and Tuesday morning may be marked "Produced Monday night and Tuesday morning."

REG. 71. Transportation of milk.-In transit milk packages shall be kept free from dust and dirt. Vehicles, trays, and crates shall be kept clean. No bottles shall be collected from houses in which communicable diseases exist except under the conditions prescribed by the local board of health having jurisdiction. All certified milk shall reach the consumer within 36 hours after milking.

CERTIFIED MILK STANDARDS.

REG. 72. Bacterial counts.-Certified milk shall contain not more than 10,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter when delivered. In case a count exceeding 10,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter is found, daily counts shall be made, and if legal counts are not restored within 10 days the certificate shall be suspended, but if in the judgment of the medical milk commission such action is necessary the certificate may be revoked immediately. Bacterial counts shall be made at least once each week.

REG. 73. Collection of samples.-The samples to be examined shall be obtained from the milk as offered for sale and shall be taken by a representative of the milk commission. The samples shall be collected in the original packages placed in properly iced containers, and they shall be so kept until examined as to limit as far as possible changes in their bacterial count.

REG. 74. Temperature.-For the purpose of ascertaining the temperature, a separate, original package shall be used, and the temperature taken at the time of collecting the samples, using for the purpose a standardized thermometer graduated in the Fahrenheit scale.

REG. 75. Interval between collection of samples and plating.-The examination shall be made as soon after the collection of the samples as possible, and in no case shall the interval between the collection and plating of the sample be longer than four hours.

REG. 76. Determination of taste and odor of milk.-Immediately after the plates have been prepared and placed in the incubator, the taste and odor of the milk shall be determined.

REG. 77. Methods and technique for bacteriological examinations.—The methods and technique used in the bacteriological examinations of certified milk shall conform to the standard methods and technique of the American Public Health Association for bacteriological examinations of milk.

REG. 78. Record of bacteriological tests. The results of all bacteriological tests shall be kept on file by the secretary of the commission and copies shall be furnished the producer.

REG. 79. Method of obtaining samples for chemical examination.—The samples to be examined by the chemist may have been examined previously by the bacteriologist of the commission as to temperature, odor, taste, and bacterial content.

REG. 80. Fat standards.-The fat standards for certified milk shall be 4 per cent: Provided, however, That certified milk of a fat content of not less than 3.5 per cent may be sold if the fat content is stated upon the cap.

The fat standard for certified cream shall be not less than 20 per cent. The fat contents of certified milk and certified cream shall be determined at least once each month.

REG. 81. Methods and technique for chemical examinations.-The methods and technique used in the chemical analyses shall conform to the methods and technique of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists.

REG. 82. Results of chemical analyses.-The results of all chemical analyses shall be kept on file by the secretary of each medical milk commission and copies shall be furnished the producer.

PASTEURIZATION.

REG. 83. Pasteurization.-Certified milk or cream shall not be pasteurized unless pasteurization is required or permitted by the State department of health, the local board of health, or the medical milk commission to meet emergencies.

RECORDS, REPORTS, AND CERTIFICATES.

REG. 84. Reports to the State department of health. The secretary of each medical milk commission certifying to milk produced or sold in this State shall submit to the director of health of the State of New Jersey the following reports: (a) Monthly reports showing the results of all examinations made by the physician, the veterinarian, the bacteriologist, and the chemist.

(b) Report of all tuberculin tests.

The proprietor of every dairy producing certified milk in this State shall submit to the director of health of the State of New Jersey, once each month, a report showing the names of the municipalities in which the certified milk is distributed.

REG. 85. Records available for inspection.-Duplicates of all records of physical examinations of employees, together with the herd record, record of employees, and such other records as may pertain to the supervision of the production and handling of the milk and the certificate from the commission shall be filed at the farm in charge of the owner or the manager. Such records shall be open to inspection by representatives of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey and by health officials of the municipalities where the milk is sold or delivered. The original record, which shall be on file with the secretary of the medical milk commission, shall also be open to inspection by the same authorities.

Foods and Drugs-Taking Samples of, for Analysis. Milk and Cream-Taking Samples of, for Analysis-Condemnation and Disposal. (Ch. 227, Act Apr. 20, 1920.)

1. Section 25 of the act [An act to secure the purity of foods, beverages, confectionery, condiments, drugs, and medicines, and to prevent deception in the distribution and sales thereof (revision of 1907), approved May 20, 1907], to which this act is an amendment, is hereby amended to read as follows:

25. Every person who shall distribute or sell, or offer for distribution or sale, or have in his possession with intent to distribute or sell, any article of food or drug, shall, on the request therefor and the tender of the value thereof by any chief or other inspector appointed under the authority of this act, deliver to such chief or other inspector so much of any such article of food or drug as said chief or other inspector may request; if such request shall not be immediately granted said chief or other inspector shall thereupon have the power to demand and take so much or [of ?] any such article of food or drug as such chief or other inspector may think proper, he, at the time of said demand and 43163-23-18

taking, tendering to the person in charge of such article of food or drug what he may deem to be the reasonable value thereof; said chief or other inspector shall, at the time of the delivery to him of such article of food or drug, or of his demanding and taking the same, divide the sample so delivered or demanded and taken in the presence of the person of whom the request or demand was made, or of a witness or witnesses, into two or more parts, and shall duly seal two or more of said parts each in a suitable can, vessel, or package, and, at the time of taking such sample, shall tender, and, if accepted, shall deliver one part to the person of whom the request or demand was made, with a statement in writing, signed by said chief or other inspector, that such sample is taken for the purpose of examination; and in any prosecution of any person for the violation of any provision of this act no proof of any analysis thereof shall be given in evidence by the prosecutor unless a part of the sample shall have been sealed up and tendered, with such writing as aforesaid, to the person of whom the request or demand was made: Provided, however, That in any prosecution for the sale of food or drug in violation of this act proof of the analysis of the article so sold may be given in evidence on the part of the prosecutor, notwithstanding the fact that the purchase of such article may have been made by some person other than the chief or other inspector appointed under the authority of this act, if such article so sold in violation of this act shall immediately after such sale be delivered by the person so purchasing said article to the chief or any other inspector appointed under the authority of this act, and said chief or other inspector shall, upon such delivery to him, in the presence of the person from whom the request or demand was made, or of a witness or witnesses, which witness may be the person who made the said purchase, divide the said article into two or more parts, and shall duly seal two or more of said parts, each in a suitable can, vessel, or package, and shall tender, and, if accepted, shall deliver to the person who sold the said article one part of such sample, with a statement in writing, signed by said chief or other inspector, that such sample is taken for the purpose of examination; the chief and every other inspector appointed under the authority of this act, whenever he has reason to believe that any of the provisions of this act concerning the sale or distribution of milk or cream, or the offering or exposing of milk or cream for sale, or the having of milk or cream in possession for the purpose of sale, is being violated, shall have power to open any can, vessel, or package containing such suspected milk or cream, whether the can, vessel, or package be sealed or locked or not, and whether it be in transit or not; and if, upon inspection, he shall believe that such milk or cream is being distributed or sold, or had in possession with intent to distribute or sell, or offered or exposed for sale, contrary to any of the provisions of this act, he may, in the presence of one or more witnesses, take a sample thereof and seal it in a can, vessel, or package, and send the sample thus inclosed and sealed for analysis to any chemist, appointed under the authority of this act: Provided, however, That when any such chief or other inspector shall seize or take for inspection any milk in transit from the dairy to the receiving station or creamery, he shall proceed to take the same to such receiving station or creamery and cause all of such milk so seized to be poured in one vessel and thoroughly mixed and take a composite sample of the same for such analysis; he may also, in such case, condemn such milk or cream and pour it upon the ground. (a.)