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Conveyance and Distribution of Milk, Churns, etc.
15. 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.
16. Every person shall cause every churn, vessel or other receptacle,
other than bottles, in which he despatches milk by rail or road to comply
with the following requirements, viz.:—
(1) The name and address of the owner shall be permanently
marked on the churn, vessel or other receptacle or on a
plate or plates of metal properly soldered or otherwise
securely affixed thereto.
(2) The churn, vessel or other receptacle shall be provided with a
lid without openings, which shall be so constructed and fitted
as effectively to prevent the access to the milk of dirt, dust
or rain water or the return to the interior of the receptaclc
of any milk which may have been splashed above the lid.
This portion of the Order, viz.: Par. 15-16, will not come into operation
until the 1st day of October, 1928.
17. 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.
18. Every person shall cause every churn, vessel or other receptacle
used by him for the conveyance of skimmed or separated milk or for
containing such milk at any time when it is exposed for sale to be marked
with the words Skimmed Milk" or "Separated Milk," as the case may
require, in large and legible type.
19. (1) Except in pursuance of any statutory authority in that behalf,
no person shall open any churn, vessel or other receptacle containing milk
or transfer milk from one receptacle to another in any railway van or on
any railway station: