sanitary code established by the public health council of the State of New York, or the sanitary code of the board of health of the department of health of the city of New York.

REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR PORTIONS THEREOF USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RECONSTITUTED MILK OR RECONSTITUTED CREAM. REG. 8. Sanitary condition of rooms.-Every building or portion thereof used for the purpose of manufacturing reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall be adequately lighted and ventilated; the walls, ceZings, and floors kept in sanitary condition and in good repair; all windows and doors opening into the outer air shall be properly screened to prevent the access of flies; and the doors shall be provided with self-closing devices.

REG. 9. Toilet facilities to be provided.-Suitable toilet facilities must be provided for the use of employees, but no water-closet shall communicate directly with any room used for handling reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream, or with any room in which utensils are washed.

REG. 10. Separate room to be provided for washing utensils.—A separate room for washing, cleaning, and sterilizing utensils and receptacles shall be provided. REG. 11. Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream not to be handled in any room used for living purposes.-No stable or room used for living or domestic purposes shall communicate with any room in which reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is handled or in which utensils are washed.

REG. 12. Water supply. The water supply shall be uncontaminated, easily accessible, and sufficient for all purposes.

REG. 13. Construction of apparatus.-All storage vats, mixing vats, pumps, pipes, and other apparatus must be of sanitary construction, all angles and joints being smoothly soldered. They must be provided with closely fitting metal covers of similar construction. All pumps and pipes must be so arranged that they can be easily taken apart for cleaning. The use of tightly soldered elbow joints is prohibited.

REG. 14. Washing facilities for utensils and containers to be provided.—Adequate facilities for the sterilization of all utensils and containers used in the handling and storage of reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall be provided.

REG. 15. Racks or can dryers must be provided.-Racks, constructed preferably of metal, must be provided for the storage of washed cans in an inverted position until filled, unless dryers are employed during the sterilizing of cans and can covers.

REG. 16. Surface coolers to be protected.-Whenever surface coolers are used, they must be provided with suitable metal covers unless located in a room used for no other purpose.

REG. 17. Smoking and spitting prohibited.-Smoking and spitting within the building are prohibited.

REG. 18. Oil cup or pan to be provided under bearings for shafting.-All bearings for shafting must be provided with suitable oil cups or pans.

REG. 19. Caps of bottles before use to be protected.-Caps of bottles must be stored and kept in such manner as to be protected against contamination until used.

REG. 20. Garments worn by employees.-Clean, washable, outer garments shall be provided and worn by employees while handling reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream.

REG. 21. Apparatus to be cleaned and sterilized after use.-All storage vats, mixing vats, pumps, pipes, and other apparatus used in the manufacture or

handling of reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream must be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized after being used, and no such apparatus shall under any circumstances be used a second time until it shall have been, after the previous use thereof, so cleansed and sterilized.

REG. 22. Pasteurizing apparatus.-Every pasteurizing apparatus must be equipped with an automatic temperature-recording device which will indicate the temperature to which the reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream has been heated, the temperature at which said heating has been performed, and, if possible, the length of time for which reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is held at required temperature. Where a continuous holder is used, the temperature-recording thermometer must be attached at the highest point of the outlet pipe. The temperature records must be made daily and be kept on file for a period of 60 days.

REG. 23. Cooling of reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream after manufac ture. All reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream must be cooled within 30 minutes after manufacture to a temperature of 50° F. or less.

REG. 24. Sterilization of pasteurizing apparatus.—All apparatus used in the pasteurizing of reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream must be sterilized immediately before the process is commenced.

REG. 25. Health of employees.-No person affected with any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, or who resides, boards, or lodges in a household where he comes in contact with any person affected with any such disease or who is a carrier of the disease germs of any infectious disease shall work or be permitted to work in any place where reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is manufactured, stored, or distributed.

STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED FOR RECONSTITUTED MILK AND RECONSTITUTED CREAM.

REG. 28. Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream to conform to requirements and standards prescribed in regulations.-No reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall be labeled reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream, respectively, unless the same shall have been found by the department of health of the city of New York to conform to the requirements and standards set forth in these regulations.

REG. 29. Pasteurization.-Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall be heated to a temperature of at least 142° F. and held at such temperature for 30 minutes or more. No reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall be pasteurized a second time.

REG. 30. Time of delivery.-Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream, when transported and offered for sale, must be delivered to the consumer within 48 hours after manufacture.

REG. 31. Bacteria standard.-Reconstituted milk shall not contain more than 60,000 bacteria (colonies) per cubic centimeter when delivered to the consumer or at any time after manufacture.

REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE STORAGE, SALE, AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OF RECONSTITUTED MILK OR RECONSTITUTED CREAM.

REG. 34. Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream not to be stored in stable or other insanitary place.-Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall not be handled, stored, offered for sale, or sold in any stable, room used for sleeping purposes, or in any room or place which is dark, damp, poorly ventilated, or insanitary.

REG. 35. Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream to be protected.--All vessels containing reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream must be provided with suitable covers and kept covered so as to protect the reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream from dust, dirt, flies, and other contamination.

REG. 36. Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream not to be transferred on street.-Reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall not be transferred from one container to another on any public highway or ferryboat.

REG. 37. Ice tub or ice box to be provided.-Vessels in which reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is held for sale shall be kept in a tub, properly iced, or in an ice box or refrigerator, in which these or similar articles of food are stored. Every such tub, ice box, or refrigerator shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary condition.

REG. 38. Containers to be cleaned and sterilized. All containers in which reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is stored, handled, transported, or sold must be properly cleansed and sterilized after being used, and no bottles, vessels, or containers shall under any circumstances be used a second time unless they shall have been, after the previous use thereof, so cleansed and sterilized. Such cleansing and sterilizing shall not be done, nor shall any containers be filled in any stable, in any room used for sleeping purposes, or in any room having a direct connection with such stables or rooms or with water-closet compartments unless such water-closet compartments conform to regulation 9 of these regulations.

REG. 39. Bottles, vessels, and containers collected from infected premises to be kept separate.-Bottles, vessels, and containers in which reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream was held, collected from premises in which a case of infectious disease exists or has existed, shall be kept separate and apart from other bottles, vessels, and containers used for such purpose until the same shall have been properly cleansed and sterilized.

REG. 40. Worn or badly rusted receptacles.-All cans, vessels, or containers used in the transportation, sale, or delivery of reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream, when found to be in a worn-out, badly rusted condition or with rusted inside surface, or in such condition as to render it impossible to properly cleanse and sterilize same, shall be condemned by inspectors of the department of health. Every such can or receptacle when so condemned shall be marked by a stamp, impression, or device showing that it had been so condemned, and when so condemned shall not thereafter be used by any person for the purpose of selling, delivering, or shipping reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream. REG. 41. Drainage of ice box. The overflow pipe from the ice box in which reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is kept must not be directly connected with the drainpipe or sewer, but must discharge into a properly trapped, sewerconnected, water-supplied open sink, unless otherwise permitted by the department of health.

REG. 42. Health of employees.-No person affected with any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, or who resides, boards, or lodges in a household where he comes in contact with any person affected with any such disease, or who is a carrier of any infectious disease, shall work or be permitted to work in any place where reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is manufactured, stored, or distributed.

REG. 43. Dippers and their utensils not to be upon any wagon.-No person shall have upon any wagon used for the transportation and delivery of reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream any dipper or other utensil which may be used for the purpose of transferring reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream from one container to another.

REG. 44. No water, preservatives, or adulterants to be upon any wagon.—No water, preservative, or other adulterant shall be kept in a receptacle upon any wagon used for the purpose of transporting and delivering reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream.

REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE LABELING AND DESIGNATING OF RECONSTITUTED MILK AND RECONSTITUTED CREAM.

REG. 47. Labeling.-Each can or receptacle containing reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall bear a tag or label, approved by the department of health, upon which tag or label the following words and statements shall be clearly and legibly set forth in English:

a. Reconstituted milk (reconstituted cream).

b. Manufactured from (names of ingredients used in manufacture). c. Name of manufacturer.

d. Place of manufacture.

e. Date of manufacture.

Where reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is transported in, and sold from, cans, the necks and shoulders thereof shall be painted a distinctive bright red color.

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REG. 48. Sale at retail regulated and restricted.-Where reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is sold at retail from cans, such cans shall be placed in a tub, box, or other container provided for such purpose, which shall be painted a bright yellow color with the word "reconstituted milk" or reconstituted cream," or both, clearly, legibly, and plainly painted in large block type letters of a prominent, conspicuous contrasting color, not less than 6 inches high on the two opposite sides of such box, tub, or other container. Such tubs, boxes, or other containers shall be exclusively used for the storage of cans containing reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream, and shall be so stored and kept as to be in plain view of the customer and easily accessible to inspectors of the department of health. At any place where reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream is not to be sold and distributed at retail in original container, but is to be dipped from the original container and transferred into another container supplied by the purchaser, no other milk shall be so sold and distributed thereat.

REG. 49. Word, statement, design, mark, or device on label.-No word, statement, design, mark, or device regarding reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream shall appear on any cap or tag attached to any bottle, can, or other receptacle containing reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream, which word, statement, design, mark, or device is false or misleading in any particular.

REG. 50. Tags to be saved.-As soon as the reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream contained in the can or receptacle has been returned or otherwise disposed of, or leaves the possession of the dealer, the tag thereon shall be removed and kept on file in the store where such reconstituted milk or reconstituted cream has been sold, for a period of two months thereafter, for inspection by the department of health. Tags affixed to such cans or receptacles shall not be removed therefrom until the contents have been sold or otherwise disposed of.

Milk and Cream-Handling and Sale. (Res. Bd. of H., June 28, 1917.)

Resolved, That regulations 1 to 12 of the regulations governing the production, transportation, pasteurization, and sale of milk, cream, condensed or

concentrated milk, condensed skimmed milk, and modified milk, adopted March 30, 1915, be amended to read as follows:

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, PASTEURIZATION, AND SALE OF MILK, SKIMMED MILK, CREAM, CONDENSED OR CONCENTRATED MILK, CODENSED SKIMMED MILK, AND MODIFIED MILK.

GENERAL REGULATIONS APPLYING TO ALL PLACES WHERE MILK, SKIMMED MILK, CREAM, CONDENSED OR CONCENTRATED MILK, CONDENSED SKIMMED MILK, AND MODIFIED MILK IS PRODUCED, TRANSPORTED, PASTEURIZED, OFFERED FOR SALE, OR SOLD.

REGULATION 1. Milk, skimmed milk, cream, and condensed milk not to be stored in stables or other insanitary places.-Milk, skimmed milk, cream, or condensed milk shall not be handled, stored, offered for sale, or sold in any stable, room used for sleeping purposes, or in any room or place which is dark, damp, poorly ventilated, or insanitary.

REG. 2. Water-closet compartments.-Every water-closet compartment, except when provided with mechanical means of ventilation, shall have a window at least 1 foot by 3 feet between stopbeads opening to the external air, and the window shall be made so as to readily open, or an opening connected with the external air measuring at least 144 square inches for each water-closet or urinal, with an increase of 72 square inches for each additional water-closet or urinal. The door or doors of the water-closet compartment shall be selfclosing. Where the water-closet is in direct communication with the room in which food is prepared or stored, if required by the department of health, a suitable and properly lighted vestibule shall be provided. The door of the vestibule shall be self-closing. All water-closet fixtures, water-closet compartments, and vestibules shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and in good repair.

REG. 3. Rooms, insanitary condition.―Milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk, or cream shall not be sold or stored in any room which is dark, poorly ventilated, or dirty, or in which rubbish or useless material is allowed to accumulate, or in which there are offensive odors.

REG. 4. Milk vessels to be protected.-All vessels which contain milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk, or cream must be protected by suitable covers. Vessels must be so placed that milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk, or cream will not become contaminated by dust, dirt, or flies.

REG. 5. Milk not to be kept on sidewalk.-Milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk, or cream shall not be allowed to stand on the sidewalk or outside of the store longer than is absolutely necessary for transportation.

REG. 6. Milk not to be transferred on street.-Milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk, or cream must not be transferred from one container to another on the streets, at ferries, or at railroad depots.

REG. 7. Ice tub or ice box to be provided.-Vessels in which milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk, or cream is kept for sale shall be kept either in a milk tub, properly iced, or in a clean ice box or refrigerator in which these or similar articles of food are stored.

REG. 8. Containers to be cleaned and sterilized.—All containers in which milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk, or cream is stored, handled, transported, or sold must be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized before filling. Such cleaning and sterilizing shall not be done, nor shall any containers be filled in any stable, in any room used for sleeping purposes, or in any room having a direct connection with such stables or rooms, or with water-closet compartments, unless such water-closet compartments conform to regulation 2 of these regulations.