Ordinance 3551 - Laserfiche WebLink

Any adulterated, misbranded, and/or improperly labeled milk or milk products may be impounded by the Health Officer and disposed of in accordance with State Law. Section 3: PERMITS It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into, send into, or receive into the City of Everett, or its police juris- diction, for sale, or to sell, or offer for sale therein, or to have in storage where milk or milk products are sold or served, any milk or milk products defined in this ordinance, who does not possess a permit from the Health Officer of the City of Everett. Every milk producer, milk hauler, milk distributor, and operator of a milk plant shall secure a permit. Only a person who complies with the requirements of this ordinance shall be entitled to receive and retain such a permit. Permits shall not be transferable with respect to persons and/or locations. Such a permit may be temporarily suspended by the Health Officer upon violation by the holder of any of the terms of this ordinance, or for interference with the Health Officer in the performance of his duties, or may be revoked after an opportunity for hearing by the Health Officer upon serious or repeated violations. Section 4: LABELING All bottles, cans, packages, and other containers enclos- ing milk or any milk product defined in Section 1 of this ordinance shall be plainly labeled or marked with (1) the name of the contents as given in the definitions in this ordinance; (2) the word "reconstituted" or "recombined" if included in the name of the product as given in the definition; (3) the grade of the contents; (4+) the word "pasteurized" only if the contents have been pasteurized; (5 ) the phrase "for pasteurization" if the contents are to be pasteurized; (6) the name of the producer if the contents are raw, and the identity of the plant at which the contents were pasteurized if the contents are pasteurized; (7) in the case of vitamin D milk or milk products, the designation "Vitamin D", the source of the vitamin D, and the number of U.S.P. units per quart; (8) in the case of concentrated milk or milk products, the volume or portion of water to be added for recombining; and (9) the words "skim-milk solids added", and the percentage added if such solids have been added, except that this requirement shall not apply to reconstituted or recombined milk or milk products; provided, that only the identity of the producer dairy shall be required on cans delivered to a milk plant which receives only one grade of raw milk for pasteuriza- tion, and which immediately dumps, washes, and returns the cans to the producer dairy. The label, or mark, shall be in letters of an approved size, kind and color, and shall contain no marks or words which are misleading. Homogenized milk or homogenized cream shall not be mixed with milk, skim milk, or cream which has not been homogenized unless the product is labeled "homogenized" and conforms with the standards for homogenization in Section 1 - J.