Chapter 6.56 MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Section 6.56.010 Standards— Grade A milk.
All market milk distributed in the county in the final package
for human consumption shall be
pasteurized except that certified raw milk, as defined in Agricultural Code Section 35921, may
be sold provided such milk is produced at dairies, which, at the time of the production of such
milk, are in compliance with all of the following conditions:
A. All cattle shall be examined annually
to determine the presence or absence of carriers of
Salmonella Dublin. Such examination shall consist of three successive fecal cultures on each
animal taken at not less than two-week intervals. Any animal found to be a carrier of Salmonella
Dublin shall be immediately segregated, removed from the herd and sent to slaughter.
B. All replacement stock shall be
examined and cultured as provided in subsection A of this
section and shown to be free of Salmonella Dublin infection by such procedure before entering
the certified herd.
C. Stool cultures for all enteric
pathogens shall be performed annually on all milking
personnel and other employees having animal contact or who work in the milk processing plant.
D. Daily coliform counts shall be
taken on the milk. The dairy shall advise the county health
officer where the milk is produced and processed of any coliform count in excess of ten per
milliliter.
No certified raw milk shall be sold within the unincorporated
territory of the county unless and
until satisfactory evidence of compliance with conditions A, B, C and D is submitted to and
approved in writing by the health officer of the county, which approval shall be good for one
year from the date thereof. Evidence of compliance shall thereafter be submitted annually. The
county health officer shall, immediately upon enactment of the ordinance codified in this chapter,
forward a copy thereof to each producer of certified raw milk within the state. (Prior gen. code 3-123.2)