Milk house or room—Construction and equipment.

Seattle Mun. Code ch. 10.16, subch. II, § 10.16.150

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10.16.150 - Milk house or room—Construction and equipment. There shall be provided a milk house or milk room in which the cooling, handling, and storing of milk and milk products and the washing, bactericidal treatment, and storing of milk containers and utensils shall be done. A. The milk house or room shall be provided with smooth floor, constructed of concrete or other impervious material, maintained in good repair, and graded to provide proper drainage. B. It shall have walls and ceilings of such construction as to permit easy cleaning, and shall be well-painted, or finished in an approved manner. C. It shall be well-lighted and well-ventilated. D. It shall have all openings effectively screened, including outward-opening self-closing doors, unless other effective means are provided to prevent the entrance of flies. E. It shall be used for no purposes other than those specified above, except as may be approved by the Director; it shall not open directly into a milking barn or stable nor into any room used for domestic purposes; it shall have water piped into it and shall be provided with adequate facilities for heating water to clean utensils; and it shall be equipped with two (2) compartment, stationary, wash and rinse vats, except that in the case of retail raw milk, if chemicals are employed as the principal bactericidal treatment, the three (3) compartment type must be used. The cleaning and other operations shall be located and conducted so as to prevent any contamination of the milk or of cleaned equipment, and shall unless the milk is to be pasteurized, be partitioned to separate the handling of milk and the storage of cleaned utensils from the cleaning and other operations, which shall be so located and conducted as to prevent any contamination of the milk or of cleaned equipment. A sign displaying the text of Section 10.16.620, copies of which may be obtained from the Director, shall be posted in the milk house. (Ord. 84106, § 7(Item 8r), 1955.)

Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT10HESA_CH10.16MIMIPR_SUBCHAPTER_IIPRDA_10.16.150MIHOROONEQFetched: 11/1/2026