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16. Utensils.—All utensils and vessels used by a cowkeeper for
the reception, storage, or delivery of milk shall be thoroughly cleansed
with steam or scalding water as frequently as may be necessary for
keeping such vessels and utensils perfectly clean and sweet, and only
clean water shall be used for this purpose.
17. Genebal.—Every Cowkeeper shall at all times employ such
means, and adopt such precautions, as may be necessary for keeping
any Cowshed in his occupation, and the cows therein, in a clean and
wholesome condition.
Dairies.
18. Lighting and Ventilation.—Every Dairy shall be sufficiently
lighted, and shall be thoroughly ventilated by louvred ventilators,
ventilating shafts, or oponings in the walls or roof.
19. Floor and Walls.—Every Dairy shall be well paved with
flagstones, concrete, or other suitable material, properly set in cement,
and the inner walls thereof shall be covered with hard, smooth, and
impervious material to a height of at least 6 feet from the floor of
such Dairy, and such hard, smooth, and impervious material shall
not be covered with cement-wash, lime-wash, or other substance.
20. Drainage.—The floor of every Dairy shall fall or slope towards
an opening in the walls thereof, leading to a properly trapped gullyhole
outside such Dairy; and no inlet to a drain shall be within any
Dairy.
21. Water Supply.—Every Dairy shall be provided with an
adequate supply of water, and, where there is not a constant supply,
with a slate, metal, or metallic-lined tank, properly covered, and
provided with an overflow or warning pipe, and with piping for
conveying the water to the Dairy. The tank shall have no communication
with any water-closet or drain by means of a waste-pipe,
and shall be supplied with good and wholesome water, which, if
practicable, shall be procured by the occupier from a public water
company, and such tank shall be cleansed as often as may be necessary
for keeping the same in a clean condition.
22. Cleansing.—The floor of every Dairy, and the portions of the
walls and other parts of the Dairy within 6 feet of the floor thereof,
as well as all fixtures and tables therein, shall be cleansed with water
as frequently as may be necessary for keeping such Dairy, fixtures,
and tables, in a thoroughly clean and wholesome condition, and the
ceilings and the upper parts of the inner surface of the walls shall be
thoroughly cleansed and limewashed as frequently as may be necessary
for keeping the same in a clean condition.