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Item 3r

MILKING BARN, STABLE OR PARLOR -

CLEANLINESS

REQUIREMENT: The interior shall be kept clean. Floors, walls, ceilings,
windows, pipelines, and equipment shall be free of filth and/or litter and shall be
clean. Swine and fowl shall be kept out of the milking area.

Feed shall be stored in a manner that will not increase the dust content of the air
or interfere with the cleaning of the floor.

Surcingles, or belly straps, milk stools and antikickers shall be kept clean and
stored above the floor.

Public Health Reason: A clean interior reduces the chances of milk or milk
equipment contamination during milking times. The presence of other animals
increases the potential for the spread of disease. Clean milk stools and
surcingles reduce the likelihood of contamination of the milker’s hands
between the milking of one (1) lactating animal and the milking of another.

Inspectional areas of emphasis or special problem areas may be:

1. Excessive manure build-up on stanchions, floors, walls, underneath
floor mats, tail (splash) plates, partitions, etc.

2. Excessive cobwebs, fly specks, feed dust; on ceilings, milk/CIP lines,
and stanchions.

3. Litter and trash in the breezeway.

4. Birds nesting in the milking barn.

5. Soggy, left over feed in the feeders or mangers.

6. Swine in the milking area.

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