Sec. 409. Food—spoiled, diseased or adulterated food.
Whenever any health, sanitary, police or other officer of the
Health Department of the City shall find in any food establishment
or other place any rotten, diseased, unwholesome, adulterated
or misbranded foodstuffs, substance or articles intended for
human food or drink, it shall be the duty of such officer or agent
to notify the owner, manager, or person in charge of such articles
to remove such foodstuffs or articles to some proper place
and destroy the same in the presence of said officer or agent, or
such officer or agent may seize such foodstuff or articles and destroy
it, provided that said officer or agent may retain any amount
desired for examination or use as evidence in any prosecution
under this section. It shall further be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation, after notification by the Health Officer to
offer for sale or sell vegetables that have grown on soil that has
been impregnated or fertilized with human excrement within a
period of twelve months from time of such fertilization. All
containers in which spoiled food has been placed shall be thoroughly
cleansed before a second use.
