28. Powers with regard to dairies where infectious disease is attributable to milk

If the health officer of any district has evidence that any person is suffering from infectious disease attributable to milk supplied within the district from any dairy situate within or without the district, or that the milk from any such dairy is likely to cause any such disease to any person residing within the district, such health officer shall visit such dairy and shall examine such dairy and every person engaged in the service thereof or resident upon the premises or who is resident in any of the premises where any person employed in such dairy may reside, and shall require a veterinary officer to examine the animals therein and shall forthwith report the results of his examination and that of the veterinary officer to the local authority.

The local authority may require the dairyman not to supply milk, and may order the removal of all milch cows or buffaloes from such premises to a Government or municipal quarantine station for animals for such period as the health officer considers necessary in order to check the spread of such infectious disease.

No order shall be made for removal of any milch cows or buffaloes unless a veterinary officer certifies that such removal is necessary.

Any dairyman aggrieved by any such requisition or order may appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final, but pending the disposal of any such appeal the order shall remain in force.

Any person who refuses to permit the health officer or veterinary officer to make any examination necessary for the purposes of this section or, after any order has been made under

A dairyman shall not be liable to an action for breach of contract if the breach is due to an order under this section.