Standards and Requirements. | |
Raw Milk Warnings. | |
Right of Entry and Inspection. | |
Right to Take Samples. | |
Penalty. |
Market milk for sale and distribution for human consumption in San Francisco shall be the product of healthy animals as determined by an Approved Milk Inspection Service, and except for certified milk shall be pasteurized before delivery to the ultimate consumer, shall contain no pathogenic organisms and shall conform to the minimum requirements and standards established by the Agricultural Code of California.
(Amended by Ord. 366187, App. 9/2/87)
No person, partnership, firm or corporation acting directly or through their agents, servants or employees shall offer or expose for sale or sell any raw milk products without first posting a warning sign as provided for in this section. The warning sign shall be posted immediately adjacent to any raw milk product offered or exposed for sale and shall be clearly visible to the patron at the point of sale. Such sign shall be not less than eight inches by 11 inches in size and shall be printed on a contrasting background and in a legible manner, conveying the following warning:
"WARNING: Raw milk products are not pasteurized and may contain organisms that cause human disease. They therefore should not be consumed by the very young; the very old; persons with illnesses which alter, or who take drugs which affect, the immune systems; and persons with severe chronic medical problems."
The word "WARNING" shall be in a print of 84 point height and Helvetica type and the remainder of the text in a print of 24 point height and in Helvetica medium face, Futura medium face or Universe 65 type.
(Added by Ord. 375184, App. 8/31/84)
In order to carry out purposes and provisions of this Article, the said Director of Public Health and all his authorized officers, agents and employees shall have the right at any time and at all times to enter upon or into the premises of any producer, processor, vendor or distributor of milk, cream or milk food products and imitations thereof authorized under the provisions of this Article, and any refusal upon the part of such producer, processor, vendor or distributor to allow such entry and such inspection as may be required and directed by the said Director of Public Health may be punished by the revocation of the permit of such producer, processor, distributor or vendor by the said Director of Public Health.
The Director of Public Health and all his officers, agents and employees shall have the right and it shall be their duty to enter and have full access, egress and ingress to all places where milk, cream and milk food products and imitations thereof are stored and kept for sale, and to all automobiles, motor trucks or other vehicles, railroad cars, streamboats, or conveyances of every kind used for the conveyance or transportation or delivery of milk, cream or milk food products and imitations thereof for the purpose of consumption in the City and County of San Francisco.
It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, firm or corporation to obstruct or interfere with the said Director of Public Health or any officer, agent or employee of said Director of Public Health in the performance of any of the duties required by this Article.
Loading...