Sec. 13-4. Handling and sale of meats, fowl, etc.; permit to
sell meat not inspected at abattoir.
All beef, pork, mutton, goat, poultry, fish, oysters and
shellfish, and other meats offered for sale, shall be subject to
inspection by a proper representative of the joint health department,
which shall have power to condemn any such
meats or fowl unfit for human consumption. It shall be unlawful
for any person 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
shellfish on sale, or in storage, shall be kept refrigerated or
in 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 joint health department. 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 joint health department. 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. Any person violating any
provision of this section shall, in addition to any penalty imposed
pursuant to section 1-5, have his permit revoked. (Code
1959, § 13-4.)
