The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-18
Ordinance Relating to Sale of Food.

pE 1t ordained by the Court of Common ID Council of the City of New Haven fruit or vegetables, not being then healthy, fresh, sound wholesome and safe for human food, nor any meat or fish that died by dis ease or accident and no veal less than four weeks old, shall be brought within said city. or offered, or held for sale, in any public or private market as such food anywhere in said city.
 Section 9 Every person being the owner, lessee or occupant of any room, stall or place where any meat, fish, birds or fowl fruit or vegetables, designed or held for human food, shall be stored or kept, or shall be held or of- tered Tor sale, shall put and keep such room, stall and place, and It's appurtenanees. in a clean and wholesome. condition and every person having charge, or interested or en- gaged, whether as principal or agent, in the care or the custody of any meat, fish, fruits, birds, fowl or vegetables designed for hu- man food, shall put and keep the same in q cleanly and wholesome condition, and shall not allow the same, or any part thereof, to be poisoned, infected or rendered unsafe or unwhulesome for human food. Section 3. No person shall bring into said City, for use as drink for human beings, or offer or have for sale in said City, as su oh drink, any milk, or any other liquid what ever, so impure, ndulterated, diseased or contaminated as to be deleterious and inju-
 rious to the public health, or any milk from diseased cattle.
 Section 4. Upon any meat. birds, fowl, fish, fruit. vegetables, or any articles of food or drink, being found by any health iu- spector, policeman, or any member Of the
 health department in a condition which ren- ders them in his opinion unwholesome and unfit for use as human food, then such health Inspector, policeman or member of the health department may forbid the same being offered or exposed for sale, or beug sold for human food, until the owner or par ty in charge or other proper person mas ob- tained the consent of the health officer to their being SD offered, used or sold. And
 thereupon, if the health officer shall have ap-
 proved the judgment of said health inspect or, policeman or member of the health de- i partment said health officer may order said
 articles destroyed, or may permit the owner l or any party in charge to speedily remove
 such articles from any market, street or pub
 hc place, but not to sell or dispose, or offer
 to sell or dispose thereof, for the purpose of | human food.
 l And in case of disobedience to such or- ders, and also in all clses when in the opinion l Of the health officer such articles by reason
 of their being ina decayed or offensive con dtion, would, it al owed to remain, be dan
 gerous to health, the same (as the Board of 1 Health Commissi si9ners my providel may oe 1 destroyed, or removed by any haalth in- | spector, police officer, or officer of the health ! department to some suitable place at the ex- pense or the City, and the expense thereof
 shall be recoverable against the party who | should have remove the same, in the same
 manner as are expenses incurred by the l heal department under Section 24l of the l Ordinances of this cfty.
 Section j. Any person who shall bring
 within this cit y, or offer, or hold for sale. or
 dispose of, or offer to dispose of any articles l for human food, or drink, in violation of any
 of the foregoing provisions, shall forfeit and
 nay penalty of not less than one dollar nor
 more than one hundred dollars for every
 such ofease.
 In Board of Aldermen August Sd, ls96.
 adopted by majority Of all Aldermen pres i ent and absent.
 | In Board of Counoilmen August 10th, 1896, |. adopted by majority of all Counciimen
 present and absent.
 ! Approved August li, 1896.
 | To take effect August 2l, iSoG. A true copy of record.
 Attest: RICHARD r. LYON,
 aul5 3t City Clerk.