SECTIONS 33511-33530 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 33511-33530

33511. If any provision of this article is violated by any dairy
farm, the dairy farm is insanitary, deficient, and unsatisfactory.

33512. An open cesspool, pigpen, stagnant water, accumulation of
manure or other filth shall not be permitted within 100 feet of the
milk house or room, or within 50 feet of any milking barn,
stanchions, or other place where milking is done.

33513. Human excreta or other human wastes shall be properly
disposed of by the use of flush toilets and septic tanks, approved
pits, or chemical toilets. Such toilets shall be conveniently located
and properly constructed, operated, and maintained, so that the
waste is inaccessible to flies and does not pollute the surface soil
or contaminate any water supply. No approved pit or chemical toilet,
however, shall be permitted within 100 feet of the milk house or room
or within 50 feet of any milking barn, stanchions, or other place
where milking is done.

33514. The buildings, yards, or enclosures shall not be filthy or
insanitary, nor shall any part of such yards or enclosures, except
pastures, be made the depositories of manure in heaps or otherwise,
where it is allowed to ferment and decay.

33515. The water supply for the milk house or room and dairy barn
shall be properly located, constructed, and operated, easily
accessible, adequate, protected against contamination, and of safe
and sanitary quality. The bacterial quality shall conform to the
standards of the State Board of Health for public supplies of
drinking water.

33516. The water supply for drinking by livestock shall not be
stagnant, polluted with manure, urine drainage, decaying vegetable or
animal matter, or pathogenic bacteria of any source.

33517. No person who is connected with or employed on a dairy farm
and liable to come in contact with the milk or cream of the dairy
farm or the dairy farm operations shall be afflicted with any
communicable disease or in a condition to disseminate the germs of
any communicable disease.

33518. A suitable milkhouse or room, which is properly screened to
exclude flies or insects shall be provided and maintained for the
separating, cooling, mixing, canning, and keeping, or otherwise
caring for, the milk and cream. The milkhouse or room shall contain a
two-compartment wash sink. The milkhouse or room shall not be used
for any other purpose. It shall not be located in, or be a part of,
any building in which fowls or animals, except milking cows, are
housed, or be a part of any room where milking cows are held, or a
part of, or communicate with, any room or place which is used by any
person for sleeping or living accommodations.

33519. The pails, cans, bottles, or other containers for milk or
its products, or the strainers, coolers or other utensils,
appliances, apparatus, or equipment which come in contact with the
milk or its products shall be thoroughly washed and afterwards
sterilized each time they are used by one of the following methods:
(a) Exposure to water vapor at a temperature of not less than 170
degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least 15 minutes or at a
temperature of not less than 200 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of
at least five minutes in a steam cabinet equipped with an indicating
thermometer which is located in the coldest zone.
(b) Exposure to an enclosed jet of steam for not less than one
minute.
(c) Complete immersion in hot water at a temperature of not less
than 170 degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least five minutes.
(d) Exposure to a flow of hot water of a temperature of not less
than 170 degrees Fahrenheit, as determined at an outlet, for a period
of at least five minutes.
(e) Exposure to hot air at a temperature of not less than 180
degrees Fahrenheit for a period of at least 20 minutes in an oven or
hot air cabinet which is equipped with an indicating thermometer
located in the coldest zone.
(f) A chemical or other sterilization process which has been
approved by the director and which is used in the manner which is
established by regulation of the director.

33520. Multiuse containers, equipment and utensils used in the
handling, storage and transportation of milk shall be made of smooth,
nonabsorbent, corrosion-resistant, nontoxic materials and shall be
so constructed as to be easily cleanable. All containers, equipment,
and utensils shall be in good repair. All milk pails used for
handmilking and stripping shall be seamless and of the hooded type
having an opening not exceeding one-third of the area of an open pail
of the same size. All can lids shall cover the pouring lip so as to
protect such lip from contamination.

33521. The containers, appliances, or equipment, after
sterilization, shall be adequately dried and protected from flies,
dust, and other contamination.

33522. No container, utensil, appliance, or equipment shall be used
for any purpose except the handling of milk or products of milk.

33523. The udders, flanks, hind legs, and tails of cows or goats
shall be reasonably clean during milking.

33524. The milk or cream shall be protected from contamination by
dust and flies.

33525. The person or wearing apparel of the dairyman, his
employees, or other persons who handle the milk or its products and
containers or equipment of the milk or its products shall not be
soiled and shall be washed with reasonable frequency.

33526. The hands of milkers shall be clean and dry during the
entire period of milking.

33527. The milk or cream shall be cooled as provided in Section
35783 and so maintained until delivery to a milk products plant.

33528. The interior of the milking barn or milk house or room shall
be kept clean and free from accumulated dust and cobwebs.

33529. The walls of the milking barn shall not become soiled with
manure, urine, or other filth.

33530. The feed shall not be spoiled or otherwise unfit for feeding
cows or goats and the production of milk.