The toilet room, including all fixtures and facilities, is kept clean and free of insects and odors.
Where flush toilets are used, doors to toilet rooms are tight and self-closing. All out- or openings in toilet rooms shall be screened or otherwise protected against the entrance of insects.
Vents of earth pits are screened.
Water for milkhouse and milking operations shall be from a supply properly located, protected and operated and shall be easily accessible, adequate and of a safe, sanitary quality.
A dairy farm water supply should be accessible in order to encourage its use in ample quantity in cleaning operations; it should be adequate so that cleaning and rinsing will be thorough; and it should be of a safe, sanitary quality in order to avoid contamination of milk utensils.
A polluted water supply, used in the rinsing of dairy utensils and containers, may be more dangerous than a similar water supply that is used for drinking purposes only. Bacteria grow much faster in milk than in water and the severity of an attack of a given disease depends largely upon the size of the dose of disease organisms taken into the system. Therefore, a small number of disease organisms consumed in a glass of water from a polluted well may possibly result in no harm; whereas, if left in a milk utensil, which has been rinsed with the water, they may after several hours growth, in the milk, increase in such numbers as to cause disease when consumed.
This Item is deemed to be satisfied when:
The water supply for milkhouse and milking operations is approved as safe by the applicable Government Water Control Authority and, in the case of individual water systems, complies with the specifications outlined in Appendix D. and the Bacteriological Standards outlined in Appendix G of this Ordinance.
No cross-connection exists between a safe water supply and any unsafe or questionable water supply or any other source of pollution.
There are no submerged inlets through which a safe water supply may be contaminated.
The well or other source of water is located and constructed in such a manner that neither underground nor surface contamination from any sewerage systems, privy or other source of pollution can reach such water supply.
New individual water supplies and water supply systems, which have been repaired or otherwise become contaminated, are thoroughly disinfected before being placed in use. (Refer to Appendix D. of this Ordinance.) The supply shall be made free of the disinfectant by pumping to waste before any sample for bacteriological testing shall be collected.
All containers and tanks used in the transportation of water are sealed and protected from possible contamination. These containers and tanks shall be subjected to a thorough cleaning and a bacteriological treatment prior to filling with potable water to be used at the dairy farm. To minimize the possibility of contamination of the water during its transfer from the potable tanks to the elevated or groundwater storage at the dairy farm, a suitable pump, hose and fittings shall be provided. When the pump, hose and fittings are not being used, the outlets shall be capped and stored in a suitable dust-proof enclosure so as to prevent their contamination. The storage