Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.
- Date:
- [1913]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![9. All fruit, vegetables, and other food stored or exposed for sale upon any sidewalk or outside of any building in the city of Orange shall be placed upon stands, tables, or other structures having a height of at least 2 feet above the sidewalk or ground, unless said food is covered or inclosed in a manner approved by this board so as to be inacces- sible to dogs. 10. Apples, peaches, pears, apricots, plums, grapes, cherries, figs, dates, cut melons, coconut meat, confectionery, bakery products, fish and meat, and all foods which are usually eaten raw and without the removal of the skin, rind, husk, or other natural external coverings, shall while in process of preparation, transportation, storage, or exposure for sale, be thoroughly protected against flies, either by proper coverings, containers, or cases, or by being kept within a store, booth, or other place free from flies. All beverages and the glasses, cups or vessels from which they are drunk shall be simi- larly protected from flies. [Ordinance, board of health, adopted Oct. 2, 1911, as a supplement to the Sanitary and Plumbing Code adopted Dec. 1, 1900.] SACRAMENTO, CAL,. FOODSTUTFS—PROTECTION OF. Section 1. The manufacture, production, preparation, compounding, packing, selling, offering for sale, or keeping for sale within the city of Sacramento, or the introduction into this city from any other town, city, or county of any article of food, liquor, drugs, or medicines which is adulterated, mislabeled, or misbranded within the meaning of this ordinance is hereby prohibited. Any person, firm, company, or corporation who shall import or receive from any other town, city, or county, or, having so received, shall deliver for pay or otherwise, or offer to deliver to any other person, any article of food, liquor, drugs, or medicines, adulterated, misbranded, or mislabeled within the meaning of this ordinance, or any person who shall manufacture or produce, prepare or compound, or pack or sell, or keep for sale in the city of Sacramento any such adulterated, mislabeled, or misbranded food, liquor, drugs, or medicines, shall be quilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 2. The term “ food,” as used in this ordinance, shall include all articles used for food, drink, liquor, confectionery, or condiment by men or other animals, whether simple or compound or mixed. Sec. 3. The standard of purity of food and liquor (except as hereafter pro- vided) shall be that proclaimed by the Secretary of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. Sec. 4. Food shall be deemed adulterated within the meaning of this ordi- nance in any of the following cases: Article 1. If any substance has been mixed or packed, or mixed and packed with the food, so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality, purity, strength, or food value. Art. 2. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the article of food. Art. 3. If any essential or valuable constituent or ingredient of the article of food has been wholly or in part abstracted. Art. 4. If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated, or stained in any manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. Art. 5. If it contain any added poisonous or other deleterious ingredient and, except in the case of butter, analine colors. Art. 6. If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal or vegetable unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter: Provided, that an article of liquor shall not be deemed adulterated, mislabeled, or misbranded if it be blended or mixed with like substances, so as not to injuriously reduce or injuriously lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength or purity. Art. 7. In the case of confectionery: If it contain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, aniline colors, or other poisonous colors or flavor or other in- gredient deleterious or detrimental to health, or any vinous, malt, or spirituous liquor or compound or narcotic drug, or if it be polished, powdered, or coated or in any manner treated whereby damage is concealed, or if it is made to appear better or of greater value than it is.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
