The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1965 : ::

Food in the process of manufacture, preparation and packing
and when stored, on sale or offered for sale shall be
securely protected from flies, dust and dirt. Food ready for
consumption without further preparation, maintained or offered
for sale or exchange, shall be covered by some permanent
means, such as glass, wood, metal or other suitable
materials, in such manner or means as to adequately protect
the same from dirt, dust and other contamination. The use
of newspaper, old sacks, unclean paper or any paper that
has been formerly used as an outside or inside wrapping for
articles of food is hereby prohibited. No food, meat or other
food article shall be exposed on the sidewalks or streets,
except as may be necessary in transporting from one place
to another. (Code 1959, § 13-1.)

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Sec. 13-2. Spoiled, diseased, adulterated or misbranded foodstuffs.

Whenever any health officer, sanitary officer, police officer
or other officer of the joint health board shall find in any
food establishment or other place any rotten, diseased, unwholesome,
adulterated or misbranded foodstuffs, substances
or articles intended for human food or drink, it shall
be the duty of such officer 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 such officer, or such officer may seize such foodstuffs
or articles and destroy them; provided, that such officer
may retain any amount desired for examination or use
as evidence in any prosecution under this section. All containers
in which spoiled food has been placed shall be thoroughly
cleansed before a second use. (Code 1959, § 13-2.)

Sec. 13-3. Vegetables grown on soil impregnated with human
excrement.

It shall be unlawful for any person, 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 the
time of such fertilization. (Code 1959, § 13-3.)

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

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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.)

Sec. 13-5. Wrapping bakery products.

All breads, rolls, biscuits, cakes and pies and all other
baked goods sold, exchanged or delivered in the city shall be
closely wrapped in a clean paper or otherwise protected against
pollution, flies, dirt, etc., before leaving the bakery; provided,
that the provisions of this section shall not apply to hotels,
restaurants, boardinghouses or other places where bread is
made for their own use. (Code 1959, § 13-5.)

	CHAPTER 13. The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1965 :

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Article I. In General.

Sec. 13-1. Protection from flies, dust and dirt; exposing on street or sidewalk.

Sec. 13-2. Spoiled, diseased, adulterated or misbranded foodstuffs.

Sec. 13-3. Vegetables grown on soil impregnated with human excrement.

Sec. 13-4. Handling and sale of meats, fowl, etc.; permit to sell meat not inspected at abattoir.

Sec. 13-5. Wrapping bakery products.

Sec. 13-1. Protection from flies, dust and dirt; exposing on
street or sidewalk.

Sec. 13-3. Vegetables grown on soil impregnated with human
excrement.

Sec. 13-4. Handling and sale of meats, fowl, etc.; permit to
sell meat not inspected at abattoir.