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j��� CITY Ci_LRK
C;TY OF b'W;Es, IOWA
c2t� of AMES, Iowa
. p"*7L� 50010
JA N 8 1979
(515) 232-6210
JOHN R. KLAUS
City Attorney
R. MICHAEL HAYES
Ass It. City Attorney
January 5 , 1979
Honorable Lee Fellinger, Mayor
And Members of the City Council
Of the City of Ames, Iowa
In Re: Ordinance to Repeal Chapter 22 Pertaining to Milk and
Milk Products
Dear Mayor Fellinger and Council Members :
This chapter of the municipal code is totally obsolete
and in conflict with the laws of the State of Iowa . In
my report to the City Council on needed ordinance revi-
sions under date of October 13, 1978 , I recommended
that this chapter be repealed. The inspection and regu-
lation of milk and milk products has been effectively
pre-empted by the State of Iowa and is now a function
of the Department of Agriculture. Under the provisions
of section 192 . 30 of the Code of Iowa 1977 , the City
may conduct inspections of milk and milk products only
in accordance with an agreement between the City and
the Department of Agriculture.
In talking with Dr. Shoeman I have been informed that the
City of Ames believes that the milk inspection procedures
and policies of the Department of Agriculture are entirely
adequate for the needs of the City of Ames. Sampling and
inspection of frozen desserts and milk products served in
restaurants will continue as part of the restaurant inspec-
tions being conducted under agreement with the Department
of Agriculture by the City ' s sanitarian.
Respectfully submitted,
John R. Klaus
City Attorney
cc T.V. Sprenkel
P. Shoeman
Enc.
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