Section 47. Care and feed of cows, and care and keeping of milk  


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  • No person
      shall keep cows, for the production of milk for market or  for  sale  or
      exchange,  or for manufacturing the milk or cream from the same into any
      article of food, in a crowded or unhealthy condition or  in  unhealthful
      or  unsanitary  surroundings  and  no person shall keep such cows or the
      product therefrom in such condition or surroundings or in such places as
      shall cause or tend to cause the produce from such  cows  to  be  in  an
      unclean,  unhealthful  or  diseased  condition, if the produce from such
      cows is to be sold, offered or exposed for sale  upon  the  markets  for
      consumption  or to be manufactured into any food product, nor shall such
      cows or the produce therefrom be handled or  cared  for  by  any  person
      suffering  with  or affected by an infectious or contagious disease, nor
      shall any such cows be fed on any  substance  that  is  in  a  state  of
      putrefaction  or  fermentation,  or upon any food that is unhealthful or
      that  produces  or  may  produce  impure,   unhealthful,   diseased   or
      unwholesome  milk.  But  this section shall not be construed to prohibit
      the feeding of ensilage.
        No person having milk in his possession for the purpose of selling the
      same for consumption as such or for manufacturing the same into  butter,
      cheese,  evaporated  or condensed milk or other food shall keep the same
      in utensils, cans, vessels, rooms or buildings that are unclean or  have
      insanitary  surroundings or drainage or in any condition whatsoever that
      would tend to produce or promote conditions favorable to unhealthfulness
      or disease. The commissioner shall notify  all  persons  violating  this
      section  to clean said utensils, cans, vessels, rooms or buildings or to
      so improve the sanitary conditions that the  foregoing  provisions  will
      not  be violated; and if such notice is complied with within ten days no
      presecution, civil or criminal, for a violation of this section shall be
      instituted.