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(iii) where the cowkeeper sells the milk to the consumer and either
delivers it at the premises where it is produced or dispatches
it at least twice a day on the day of production; or
(iv) where the cowkeeper sells the milk to some other purveyor at
the premises where it is produced for delivery to the consumer
immediately after milking.
(2) Every person who receives at a collecting station milk which has
not previously been cooled shall forthwith cause it to be cooled to a
temperature not exceeding fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit unless he uses
it in the preparation or manufacture of butter, cream, cheese or other
milk products and every person who purchases for re-sale milk which
has not previously been cooled shall cause it to be cooled forthwith
to a temperature not exceeding fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit unless he
uses it as aforesaid or delivers it to the consumer immediately after
milking.
25. Every cowkeeper shall cause the floor of every cowshed in his
occupation to be constructed of such material and in such manner as to
render it practicable to remove all liquid matter which may fall thereon,
and he shall cause such cowshed to be provided with channels of
rendered concrete or other durable and impervious material so constructed
as to prevent as far as reasonably practicable the soiling of the
cows and so as to receive all such liquid matter and to convey it to a
suitable drain or other place of disposal outside such cowshed.
PART VII.
Special Provisions Applicable to Buildings used for the
Sale, &g., of Milk.
26. The following provisions shall apply to any building or part of
a building which is used for the sale of milk or in which milk is kept
or used for the purpose of sale or manufacture into butter, cheese,
dried milk or condensed milk for sale:—
(1) The occupier shall cause the interior and the furniture and
fittings therein to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time
as often as may be necessary to secure the maintenance of
reasonable cleanliness, and in particular the floors shall be
thoroughly cleansed with water at least once in every day.
(2) Except in the case of a building or part of a building which is
used for the sale of milk by retail the occupier shall cause the
floor to be constructed of rendered concrete or other durable
and impervious material and to be so sloped as to ensure the
removal of all liquid matter which may fall thereon, and to
be provided with channels so constructed, sloped and placed
as to receive all such liquid matter and to convey it to a
suitable drain or other place of disposal outside the building.
PART VIII.
Conveyance and Distribution of Milk, Churns, &c.
27. A person shall not use, or cause to be used, for the reception,
measurement, storage or delivery of milk any churn, vessel or other
receptacle, the interior surface of which is incapable of being readily
cleansed.
28. Every person who purchases milk for the purposes of his trade or
business, and empties and returns the churns or other receptacles in
which the milk is delivered to him, shall cause all such churns and
receptacles, other than bottles, to be thoroughly cleansed and securely
closed before they leave his custody or control.