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Bio-assays of the vitamin D content of vitamin D milk, and milk products, and bio-assays and chemical tests of fortified milk and milk products shall be made when required by the Health Officer in a laboratory approved by him for such examination. The cost of such bio-assays and chemical tests shall be borne by the dairies from which the samples for examination are taken. Whenever the average bacterial count, or the average cooling temperature of the last four consecutive samples, taken on separate days, is beyond the limit for the grade then held, the Health Officer shall send written notice thereof to the person concerned, and shall take an additional sample, but not before the lapse of 3 days, for determining a new average in accordance with section 1 (S) . Violation of the grade require- ments by the new average, or by any subsequent average during the remainder of the current 6-month period shall call for immediate degrading, suspension of permit, and/or court action unless the last individual result is within the grade limit. Provided, that, the 3-out-of-4 method, as specified in the following paragraph for determining compliance of coliform counts may be used in lieu of the averaging method for determining compliance of bacterial plate counts, direct microscopic counts, or cooling temperatures. Whenever more than one of the last four consecutive coliform counts of samples taken on separate days are beyond the limit for the grade then held, the Health Officer shall send written notice thereof to the person concerned. He shall then take an additional sample, but not before the lapse of 3 days. Immediate degrading, suspension of permit, and/or court action shall be called for when the grade limit is violated by such additional samples, or when the grade limit is again violated during the remainder of the current 6-month period by more than one of the last four consecutive samples, unless the last individual result is within the grade limit. In case of violation of the phosphatase-test requirement, the probable cause shall be determined and corrected before milk or milk products from the plant concerned again can be sold as pasteurized milk or milk products. Section 7: THE GRADING OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS At least once every 6 months, the Health Officer shall announce the grades of all milk and milk products delivered by all distributors and ultimately consumed within the City of Everett or its police jurisdiction. Grades shall be based on the following standards, the grading of milk products being identical with the grading of milk, except the bacterial-count standards and coliform count standards shall be doubled in the case of cream and half and half, and shall be omitted in the case of sour cream, buttermilk, cultured buttermilk and cultured milk. Vitamin D milk shall be only of Grade A pasteurized, or certified pasteurized quality. The grade of a milk product shall be that of the lowest grade of milk or milk product used in its preparation. CERTIFIED MILK-RAW FOR PASTEURIZATION -- Certified milk-raw for pasteurization is raw milk which conforms with the latest re- quirements of the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions in force at the time of adoption of this ordinance and which is produced under the supervision of a medical milk commission reporting monthly to the Health Officer.