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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 26

within four hours of having been used for any purpose what-
soever, by being scalded with hot water, scoured, and rinsed
with cold water, and carefully dried.
30. No dairyman shall take milk from any cow whose milk
is intended to be sold or used for human food, nor permit
any such milk to be so taken, until the udder and teats of
such cow have been thoroughly cleansed with water and
carefully dried.
31. Every dairyman and milk-vendor shall provide in,
upon, or about his dairy premises, milk-shop, or store, and
shall upon demand show to the Inspector, sufficient facilities
for boiling the water required for all the purposes mentioned
in these regulations; and all registered milk-vendors must
affix to and maintain upon their premises and vehicles the
words "Registered milk-vendor."

Miscellaneous.

32. All milk supplied for human food shall, immediately
    after milking, be removed from the milking-shed or stock-
    yard, and once at least carefully strained through some
    apparatus sufficient for that purpose, and then cooled to a
    temperature of not more than 65 degrees, by means of an
    aërator or cooler, the construction and efficiency of which
    satisfies the Inspector.
33. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor of milk—
    (a.) To allow any person suffering from a dangerous
    infectious disorder, or having recently been in
    contact with a person so suffering, or suffering
    from any skin disease or running sores of the
    hands or arms, to milk cows, or to handle vessels
    used for containing milk for sale, or in any way
    to take part or assist in the conduct of the trade
    or business of the dairyman or milk-vendor, so far
    as regards the production, distribution, or storage
    of milk; or
    (b.) If himself so suffering, or having recently been in
    contact as aforesaid, to milk cows or handle
    vessels used for containing milk for sale, or in
    any way to take part in the conduct of his trade
    or business so far as regards the production,
    distribution, or storage of milk, until in each
    case all danger therefrom of the communication
    of infection to the milk or of its contamination
    has ceased.
34. If in any case any cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor
    of milk, or any member of his family, or any person living
    on or employed about any dairy premises, is attacked by or
    is suffering from any contagious disease, or suffering from
    any skin disease or running sores of the hands or arms, the
    said cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor shall forthwith notify
    to the Clerk the fact that he or such member or person is
    suffering from any such [specifying what] disease.
35. The Local Board or the Inspector shall, upon receipt
    of such notice, or upon being otherwise informed of the
    existence of any contagious or infectious disease, take such
    steps as may be deemed necessary to be taken for the pre-
    vention of injury to the public health, and in particular the
    Inspector, if he consider it advisable and necessary, shall
    certify that the sale of milk from such dairy premises is
    likely to prove injurious to public health. His certificate
    shall be in the Form F in the Schedule hereto. A copy
    thereof shall be served upon the dairyman or milk-vendor,
    and thereupon the consequences mentioned in Regulation
    15 hereof shall have full effect.
36. If at any time it is made to appear to the Local Board
    or the Inspector that the danger to the public health has
    ceased to exist, such certificate shall be cancelled, and the
    Inspector shall immediately thereupon transmit to the said
    dairyman or milk-vendor a notice in Form D, signed by him.
37. No dairyman or purveyor of milk shall purchase, supply
    for sale to others, sell, or expose in or about any dairy pre-
    mises, milk-shop, or store, for sale, or mix with milk produced
    for sale on any dairy premises occupied by him, any milk from
    any cow which shall be or be suspected to be diseased or in
    an unhealthy condition, or which shall have calved less than
    four clear days before.
38. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of a dairyman or purveyor of milk to use any milk-store
    or shop in his occupation, or permit the same to be used, as a
    sleeping apartment, or for any purpose incompatible with
    the proper preservation of the cleanliness of the milk-store
    or shop, and of the milk-vessels and milk therein, or in any
    manner likely to cause contamination of the milk therein.
39. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of a dairyman or purveyor of milk to keep or permit
    to remain any swine in any cowshed, dairy, milk-shop, or
    store, or within a distance of 60 ft. from any part thereof.
40. It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade
    of a dairyman or purveyor of milk to erect, construct, or
    permit to remain any fowl-house, dungstead, dungheap,
    latrine, urinal, water-closet, earth-closet, cesspit, or cesspool
    in or about or within a distance of 20 ft. from any part of

any cowshed, dairy, milk-shop, or store. In the case of a
patent water-closet this distance shall be not less than 10 ft.
Nor shall it be lawful for such person to construct or permit
to remain any foul drain or gully or other drain-trap in or
about any such cowshed, dairy, milk-shop, or store.
41. No milk-cart, milk-van, or other vehicle used for
or in connection with the transport, carrying, or distribution
of milk from or about dairy premises shall be used for the
purpose of carrying any manure, excrement, or filth, pigs'
wash, pigs' food, or other animal or decaying vegetable
matter, or for the purpose of carrying brewer's grain; and
in case any such cart shall be so used contrary to these
regulations, the owner of such dairy premises and also the
owner of such cart shall be guilty of an offence for each
occasion on which such cart shall be so used.
42. No dairyman or purveyor of milk shall purchase, supply
for sale to others, sell, or expose in or about any dairy pre-
mises, milk-shop or store, for sale, or mix with milk produced
for sale on any dairy premises occupied by him, any milk pro-
duced at, in, upon, or about any dairy premises, cowshed, or
dairy which is not registered in accordance with these
regulations.
43. The Inspector is hereby authorised and empowered to
enter at any time on any dairy premises for any of the pur-
poses of these regulations. Any person in any wise obstruct-
ing him, or preventing him from making any such entry,
shall be deemed guilty of an offence.
44. Any notice or certificate required to be served upon
any dairyman or purveyor of milk under these regulations
shall be deemed to be sufficiently served either by giving the
same to him personally or by leaving the same at his dairy
premises with any person employed or resident there.
45. The register hereinbefore provided to be kept by the
Local Board shall at all reasonable times be open to the
Inspector, and, whenever application for registration or
other notification as herein required has been made, the
Clerk of such Local Board shall forthwith forward the same
to the Inspector or his duly-appointed delegate. The In-
spector shall, upon being satisfied that the premises comply
with the regulations, indorse the application as approved,
and return the same to the Clerk. The Inspector shall keep
a register of all premises in respect of which certificates
have been granted.
46. The Inspector may from time to time, either at the
request of the Local Board or of his own motion, cancel or
revoke the appointment of any person to whom he may have
delegated powers of inspection or any of them; and upon
notifying such person in writing, and the Clerk of the Local
Board, the powers conferred by such appointment shall
immediately cease. The delegation of his powers by the
Inspector shall be in the form of the Schedule G, or as
nearly approaching the same as to the Inspector shall seem
needful to meet the case; and such appointment shall be
the holder's warrant for being upon any premises it so him
enabling, and otherwise performing the necessary acts and
functions of Inspector.
47. The Inspector shall have full power to do, amongst
others hereinbefore provided, the following things, that is to
say:—
(a.) Enter upon any premises, lands, boats, vessels, and
so, in company with a veterinary surgeon or other
needful witness, inspect all cattle, of whatsoever
description, and, if necessary, detain or remove,
and, upon his own certificate, countersigned by
the veterinary surgeon, order the immediate de-
struction of, any and all such cattle as are so
diseased as to be unfit for food or to supply milk,
the owner thereof, or, in default, the person in
charge, being liable for all costs. Proceedings
under these regulations shall not debar proceed-
ings under any other Act. And also
(b.) Enter any railway-station or yard, or any steamboat
vessel, yard, or store having or supposed to have
therein milk, and receive from the Stationmaster
or person in charge the name and address of the
consignee of such milk; and may thereupon,
either himself or by written appointment, place
his delegate in charge of such consignment, the
destination of which the consignee or person re-
moving same shall be called upon to give or prove
to the entire satisfaction of the Inspector; and
the onus of proof as to whence such milk has
come, and the premises on which it has been
produced, shall rest with the consignee thereof.
And also
(c.) Stop any vehicle containing or supposed to contain
milk, and question the driver thereof, and accom-
pany or place his delegate in charge of such
vehicle, so as to satisfy himself of the destination
of such milk, and whence produced. And also
(d.) Appear in Court and conduct prosecutions under
these regulations.