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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-06-28, Page 6Huron Health Unit, investigate goat milk By Ron Shaw if your ulcer has been bothering you lately and someone suggested you try goat's milk too sooth that stomach ache you might be well advised not to purchase your goats milk from Orville, Rodges at Taylors Corner on Highway 21, That war- ning comes from the Huron County Health Unit. The Health Unit is not just warning the ulcer suffers, or the public in general, though. They have warned Mr, Hodges not to sell his goat's milk for human consump- tion, since it is not pasturized, but it hasn't done much good and now they are threatening legal action. What is beginning to shape up to a "Goats Milk Saga" all started a week ago when the Huron County Health Unit was contacted by Gordon Sanderson, author of "Sound Off" for the London Free Press. Mr. Sanderson told health officials that he had received a complaint charging that the Taylors Corner goat operation was selling whole, unpasturized goats milk. Chief Public Health Inspector Jim McCaul agreed to look into the matter and, if such were the-case, to put a stop to it. Mr. McCaul told the goat herder that he could not sell the milk for human consum- ption and asked that he change his sign along side Highway 21 which read, "Goats Milk, great for Kids and Pets." The Health Inspector said he felt the sign could be misleading because of the word "kids" and asked that "Not for Human Consumption" be added and that labels noting the milk was not for human consumption be attached to each bottle of milk sold. In order to make sure their instructions were being followed the Health Unit dispatched Health Inspector 'Jack McKin- non to the Rodges farm to purchase some milk. With his family in tow, Mr. Rodges stop- ped by the goat farm and without revealing his position asked to purchase some goats milk "for his little girl" He was sold the milk and the coffee jar container, for which he paid 50 cents, was not marked with a label of any kind. Tests were carried out on the milk and it was found that instead of a below 10,000 bacteria count, which would make it legal for sale, the count was well above 300,000. With this information, confirming their fear of a health hazard, Health officials returned to the Rodges farm on Tuesday morning with a legal order in writing, demanding that Mr. Rodges follow the earlier instructions. Mr. Rodges was not at home but Mrs. Rodges was informed by word of mouth by the Health officials that the sign had to come down or be altered and the jars would have to be labelled "Not for Human Consumption," They planned to return later in the day and serve the written order on Mr. Rodges, • In order to confirm this whole fiasco the Goderich Signal-Star sent a reporter to the goat farm, posing as a passing motorist, to see if he could purchase some goat's milk, When he arrived the sign had been removed but he had no trouble purchasing a coffee jar full of the milk. Mr. Hodges did explain that the Health Unit had been by and told him he could not sell the milk for human consumption. There were still no labels on the jars though. Having already heard the bacteria count in the milk the Signal reporter declined to sample his purchase. The written order drawn up by the Health Unit notes, "Persuant to the authority of the Public Health Act, no per- son shall sell, offer for sale or deliver in any city or town, or in any other municipality or other area to which by or- der in council made upon the recommen- dation of the Minister, this section is made applicable, milk that has not been pasteurized in a pasteurization plant to which the Department has issued a cer- tificate of approval in the prescribed form." "You are hereby ordered," the notice stated," to immediately remove the sign of- fering milk for sale and label all milk sold from your premises as Unfit for Human Consumption." By press time Wednesday the Health Unit had still not managed to serve the final official notice on Mr. Rodges, tion, This unit will be part of a new branch within the special services division. The new branch will also enforce liquor and gambling laws. The O.P.P. officers will be working with R,C.M.P, and municipal police officers in joint forces operations throughout the province. They will be located at Metropolitan Toronto, Windsor, Sarnia, Lon- don, Kitchener, Hamilton, Ot- tawa, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Kenora. These units will concentrate on the more serious drug offen- ces such as trafficking and im- porting, with emphasis on hard narcotics such as heroin and cocaine, The addition of this new en, forcenlent Capacity is due to the heavy increase in drug seizures by O.P,P, members, the connec- tion between drug abuse and other criminal activity, and an awareness of the potential danger to health in the widespread use of narcotics and dangerous drugs, Commencing June 18 the 35 O.P.P. members will attend a two-week drug investigators course taught by specialists from the O.P.P., R.C.M,P., Federal Health and Welfare Department, and United States Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Country Playhouse tickets on sale by purchasing a regular season ticket: New this year is the "season book of passes" which allows the customer eight tickets which he may use at any time for any Show (or shows) during the season. Both season tickets and the season book of passes offers choice seats in the theatre's front section as well as savings. These and general admission tickets may be purchased at a number of ticket locations. In at they can be purchased at the Cbach libuse Travel See- r. '':P.vjOu; fir ,; Plv!.7 ,,e1 ver:; rin'ity .1YeVriade`'a't" the Playhouse or by phoning the ticket office at 519 238- 8387. All seats are reserved. Performance schedule is Wed- nesday through Saturday evenings at 9:00 with two shows on Saturday at 6 and 9. Tickets are now on sale for the Huron Country Playhouse 1973 Festival of Summer Stock which opens on Wednesday, July 11. Tickets policies were announ- ced recently by Managing Director, James Murphy. 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FOR OUR MONSTER DOMINION DAY SALE NEM al A am CLINTON GOOD NEWS DRIVE IN (3 miles west of Clinton on No. 8 Highway) .3 YOU ARE INVITED TO: On the screen for the first time A musical journey into the soul of a nation Cliff Richard England's popular star sings six Ralph Carmichael songs World Wide Pictures Presents ISr Cliff Barrows . . . a sight and sound experience SUNDAY JULY 1st 9:00 P.M. NO ADMISSION CHARGE NO COLLECTION EVERYONE WELCOME COME AS YOU ARE IN YOUR CAR ,67-PLINTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1973 New drug :squad Benmiller night spot only reason we went into the plant was to see that the truck left the mine grounds un- damaged." Ledclj, explained that "about 10 days ago, permission was given by the union to allow this particular truck to cross the picket line and unload equip- ment which would be beneficial to the mine employees after the strike is settled." "The permission given to Sifto was retracted last week when another truck with a load of supplies went barrelling through the line without stop- ping," added Leddy. ' When the truck got stopped in the Sifto yard, the driver claimed that he didn't realize that there was a strike on ," Coughlan said. Coughlan also stated that he thought that Sifto had can- celled this particular order and that it was shipped out by mistake. Leddy explained that after the first truck incident, the union did not intend the second truck which arrived on Monday to cross the line. Tuesday morning at 8 a.m., a picket line was also set up at the Domtar Evaporating plant and as one union member stated "will stay up until hell freezes over if necessary". A shoving match between Local 6$2 LC,W.U, members and Sift() Salt officials occurred late Monday afternoon when a truck parrying equipment for the mine was driven through the picket line by Plant Produc- tion Manager Bill Coughlan. "When the original driver of the truck WW1 Came from Buf- falo New York was confronted by the picket line, he refused to cross it and notified his com- pany of his intentions", stated Harold Leddy president of the local. Whew Sifto officials discovered what was happening outside the plant, they discussed getting their own driver to bring the truck in. Bill Coughlan claimed at that time he was the only one who could drive the vehicle. "Anticipating trouble when the truck was to cross the line, Sifto officials contacted the local police to have officers on hand in case of difficulty," said Coughlan. As the truck crossed the line, with Coughlan at the Wheel, ac- ting police chief George Bacon and constable Larry Webb held the union members back. After the truck was unloaded, the •police officers then crossed the picket line. Bacon later explained, "the See Us Now Before You Buy Your BALER TWINE OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Phan 527,1910 •••••••• Seaforth continued from page 1 Upon review by the Ministry of ,the vironment, however, a gravity sand filter was added between the chlorine chamber and the receiving stream "to catch any par- ticles too small to settle in the clarifier". Provision was also made for phosphate removal as required by the Ministry of the Environment; a 500 gallon storage tank for sludge storage; and housing of the equip- ment to aid operation and maintenance. According to Wallace, the worst possible effluent would be equal to 0.6 pounds BOD 5 daily. Sharpe Creek would cause more pollution than this," said Wallace. "In actual operation, the plant will produce an ef- fluent of two parts per million or less, so the actual discharge will be well under the waste discharge from one person, or about one-fifth the waste from one cow." "The effluent from the plant will be bet- ter than normally required by the Ministry of the Environment to maintain stream standards," said Wallace. "BOD 5 passed by the treatment plant will be destroyed by chlorine and any excess chlorine will be dissipated by the flow in Sharpe Creek and the lower pond, so that it will have no ef- fect on the aquatic life." , Wallace said it was his understanding Benmiller Estates hoped to stock the pond downstream from the former woollen mill and upstream from the present grist mill, so officials were most interested in proper sewage treatment measures. Other methods of disposal were con- sidered, said Wallace. He said the site which is at the bottom of a hill, is "too small for either a lagoon or septic system". The possibility of pumpitig the sewage to a,lagoon or septic 'system on the top of the a- hill was investigated, but was discarded for- four reasons; in the event of pump or power failure, untreated sewage would overflow directly to waste, and could result in raw sewage going to the creek; the mill water supply is from springs along the base of the hill and any seepage from a tile bed or lagoon could contaminate these springs; the clay layers underlying this area would likely result in most of the drainage from a lagoon or tile bed flowing to the lower pond; and an odor problem at spring tur- nover could result with the possibility of rather strong waste discharge during spring run-off. Jim McCaul, chief inspector with the Huron County Department of Health, said the Huron Unit would be satisfied with the recommendation of the Ministry of the En- vironment. It is understood the Environment Hearing Board comprised of Chairman Dr. C.A, Martin, T.M. Murphy and Hugh E. Brown will now study the proposal of Ben- miller Estates on the evidence presented at the hearing; will make a recommendation to the Director; and the Director will notify the clerk of Colborne Township, Wilmer Hardy, of the decision. Hardy was present at the hearing and stated that no ratepayers had visited his of- fice where the proposal of Benmiller Estates was on display prior to the hearing. Reeve Doug McNeil said Colborne Township Council and its citizens were "depending on the Ministry of the Environ- ment" to make the best decision in this matter. "The ratepayers are in favor as long as it is properly operated", said McNeil, The Honourable John Yaremko, Q.C„ Solicitor General for the Province of On- tario, has announced the for- mation of a special O.P.P, Drug Squad, Effective July 1 the Ontario Provincial Police will assume increased responsibility for drug law enforcement in the Province of Ontario, 0,P,P, officers will handle . their own investigations, law charges and process exhibits, which until now, have been tur- ned over to The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. To effect this change in policy, the O.P.P. are forming a 35-man drug enforcement sec- At a special meeting in Clinton Monday, the Huron County Pork Producers Association decided unanimously to apply to The Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board for the establishment of an assembly yard in Blyth, The facilities of Mr. Ed Watson are for rent under certain conditions. Location of the yard in Blyth would mean a central place in the North part of the county' right between several other yards. It would overcome many of the Judge Peter S. Mackenzie of BruCe County, while presiding on the bench of the Huron County Court, dismissed charges against Roy Dale, 20, of R.R. 5 Clinton because of insufficient evidence. Dale was facing charges of arson in con- Our Files continued from page 4 celebrated "Lipton Tea Race" where there were 72 entered and each lady received a package of this celebrated tea. 55 YEARS AGO JUNE 27, 1918 Friday's Daily Globe makes the following reference to Er- nest' McMillan, who is the nephew of Dr. and Mrs. Gunn, Clinton. University of Oxford has conferred high honor upon Mr. Ernest McMillan a, former - student- of the.; University Toronto, who was ti'aveltihg Germany at the outbreak of the war and who has since been held in a German prison camp at Ruhleben, in awarding him the degree of Doctor of Music. Canada will be 51 years old on July 1, 1918. The question arises, what will Canada be like when she is 100 years old? The answer to that query "lies on the knees of the gods," But it is, at any rate, no ex- travagant stretch of fancy to imagine that, by 1967. Canada may well be both the most populous and the most prosperous of the self-governing Dominions. 75 YEARS AGO JUNE 24, 1898 Alex Gorrell one of the pioneers of Huron and formerly of Clinton, but who has been residing with his daughter in Toronto, is here on a visit ,to his old friends who are pleased to see him looking so well. Although his friends elsewhere use him well, Mr. Gorrell says there is no place he likes so well as Clinton. The municipal clerks of the county will meet in the Council Chamber, Clinton on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week for the consideration of matters that relate specially to their department of work. complaints from producers in this area, who felt that since the moving of the Clin- ton yard to Hensel!, the driving distance for delivering hogs became too long. It is expected to take several weeks before Toronto makes the final decision. It was also decided to take part in the province wide "Pork Hostess" contest. It is a first in Ontario, and is comparable to the dairy princess contest. Further details will be guide know as soon as possible, nection with a fire at his father-in-law's barn on July 25, 1971. He had earlier been acquitted of arson charges involving a second fire at the farm of Mason Bailey, R.R. 3 Blyth, (his father- in-law) on July 8, 1972 and a September 28, 1971 fire at the Huron Dead Stock Removal building, R.R. 4 Clinton. Damage in the two Bailey barn fires totalled $85,000. The Dead Stock Removal fire at Clinton caused damage set at $20,000. Goderichi to strike warms Pork Producers want yard Roy Dale aquitted