The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-15
Ordinance Relating to Sale of Food.

DE 1t ordained by the Court of Common ID Council of the City of New Haven fruit or yegeta bles, 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.
 sectlon2. 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- l tered for sale, shall put and keep such room, stall and place, aud it's appurtenances. in q 1 cleau and wholesome condition and every person having charge, or interested or en- gagged, 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 tine same in a cieanly and wholesome condition, and shall not allow tue same, or any part thereof, to 1 be poisoned, infected or rendered unsafe or
 unwholes0me for human food. l Section ,. No person shall bring into said I City, for use as q drink for human beings, or
 offer or have for sale h said City, as such drink, any milk, or any other liquid what l ever, so impure, adulterat tr !. diseased or
 contaminated as to be delete lotis and inju-
 rions to the public health, or any milk from l diseased cattle.
 l Section f Upon any meat. birds, fowl. 1 fish, fruit. vegetables, or any articles Of l food or drink, being found by any health in- 1 spector, policeman, or any member of the I health department in condition which ren-
 ders them in his opiuiou nnwholesome and l unfit for use as human food, then such 1 health inspector, policeman or member of l the health department may forbid the same | being offered or exposed for sale, or being 1 sold for human food, until the owner or par ! " i'll charge or other proper person has ob- tained the consent of the health officer to i tiiair being sd offered, used UT 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-
 partment, said health oiiioer 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 l lie place, but not to sell. or dispose, or offer
 to sell or dispose thereof, for the purpose of
 human food.
 | And ifi case Of disobedience to such or
 ders and also in all eases when in the opinion I or the health officer such articles. by reason | Of their being in Il decayed or offensive con-
 dtion, would, if allowed to remain, be dan- l gerous to health, the same Gas the Board of
 Health Commissioners maYprovide) may oe destroyed, or removed by any health in l spector, police officer. or officer of the health l department, to sone suitable place at the ex-
 pense of the City, and the expense thereof
 shall be recoverable against the party who
 should have removei the same, in the same
 manner as are expenses incurred by the l health department under Section 24l of the Ordinances of this city.
 section5 5. Any person who shall bring
 within this city, 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 an
 of the foregoing provisions, shall forfeit and pay penalty of not less than one dollar TOT more than one hundred dollars for every | such offense.
 In Board of Aldermen August Sd, 1s96
 adopted by majority of all Aldermen pres I ent and absent.
 1 In Board of Couneilmcn August 10th, 1896
 adopted by a majority of all Councilmen | present and abscnt
 l Approved August 18, 1S9G.
 To take effect August 21 1896.
 A true copy of record
 Attest: RICHARD F. LYON,
 aul5 3t City Clerk.