Sec. 410. Meats, handling of food, etc.
All beef, pork, mutton, goat, poultry, fish, oysters, and shell
fish and other meats offered for sale shall be subject to inspection
by a proper representative of the Health Officer, who shall have
power to condemn any such meats or fowl unfit for human consumption.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
engaged in the sale of meats and other foodstuffs to permit
meat articles of food which are of such nature that they may
be defiled or polluted by handling to be exposed for sale in such
manner that they may be handled by prospective purchasers or
others by whom such handling is not necessary. Meats, meat
products, or other foodstuffs shall not be brought into, transported
or sold in the City unless properly covered and adequately
protected against pollution, flies, dust, dirt, etc. Meats, meat
products, fish and shell fish on sale or in storage shall be kept in
iced refrigerators or iced containers. Any person selling, or
offering for sale any beef, pork, mutton, or goat which has not
been killed and inspected at an abattoir approved by the Health
Officer, shall first obtain a permit from the City Health Officer.
Such meat and all animals to be slaughtered and the premises
where slaughtered shall at all times be subject to inspection by a
representative of the Health Officer. It shall be unlawful for
any person knowingly to sell or offer for sale any part of the
carcass of a diseased animal unless approved by an accredited
veterinarian. The penalty for the violation of this section shall
be the revocation of the permit and a fine of not less than $100
or thirty days in jail, or both.
