The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-07
BY AUTHORITY
BILL NO. 26

TION OF CERTAIN FOOD AMI
FOODSTUFFS FROM DUST, DIRT
CONTACT OF, AND CQNTAMI
NATION BY FLIES AND OTHER
INSECTS, AND FROM PROMIS
CUOUS HANDLING, AND OTHER
CONTAMINATION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE
OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
HONOLULU:
SECTION 1. 1t shall be unlawful
to expose for sale, or to sell from any
stock-in-trade, within the City and
County of Honolulu, Territory of Ha-
wall any food or foodstuffs, for hui
man consumption, of the names and
descriptions hereinafter mentioned,
unless such food or foodstuffs shall be
protected from dust, dirt and from
contact of and contamination by flies
and other insects and from promiscu-
Gus handling and other contamina.
ton, in the manner or manners herein
prescribed.
SECTION 2. The food or foodstuffs
which shall be protected as herein
prescribed shall comprise the follow
ing generally and specifically named
and described articles, to-wit:
ca All dried fruits and veg
etables, all fruits and vegetables
which are not sold whole, and all
compounds, essences, extracts and
substances derived in part or in
whole from fruits, vegetables nuts
and roots, or from one or more of
such sources.
(b) All of the fruits, vegetables
and products of land or sea called
and known by the names and de-
scriptions here following, viz: ap-
pies, apricots, berries of all kinds,
celery cherries, dates, figs, grapes,
mangoes, ohia (mountain applet,
peaches, pears, plums, tomatoes,
and other plants sold for food
which do not have their surfaces re-
moved before eating.
SECTION 8. All such food or food
stuffs shall be protected from dust, |
dirt and contact of, and contamination
by flies and other insects and from
promiscuous handling and other con-
by means of a glass cover
ing or by wire net screens of a mesh |
not less than fourteen wires to the |
inch, as may be sufficient to insure
such protection.
Any such wire net screen may be of |
any form suitable for it's purpose, but |
it shall be fastened to a rigid frame |
work and when in place must leave at |
least three co inches of clear space |
between the net or it's framework, at |
any part, and the exposed surface or
of the food or foodstuffs |
which it protects. All such glass COW
erings and wire net screens must be !
so constructed and placed as to prop |
erly and sufficiently protect all food |
or foodstuffs herein mentioned from
dust and dirt contact of and con-
by flies and other insects
and from promiscuous handling and
other contamination; and shall always
be subject to the inspection of the City
and County Physician and of any duly
food or sanitary inspector,
or police officer of the City and
County of Honolulu.
SECTION A. This Ordinance shall
not apply to food or foodstuffs kept or
exposed for sale in unbroken original
packages unless the surfaces of their
contents, when of the descriptions
lereinbefore specified, are exposed to L
he outer air; nor to any articles of
food kept in covered or sealed con-
ainers, whether to be sold in such I
containers or not, providing said
lrticles are never exposed to the outer
-ir excepting while being handled in
-ue course of business; no2 to any /
God or foodstuffs kept ia refrigera-
ors' meat safes, or compartments pro-
Getting the same from dust and dirt, 7
ontact of and contamination by flies
nd other insects and from promiscu-
us handling and other contamina- :
ion.
SECTION 5. No food or foodstuffs
ereinbe2ore mentioned shall be ex-
osed for sale or displayed unless the
ottom of the box or other receptacle,
such article is raised at
east two (2) feet above level of the
oor or sidewalk
SECTION 6. No person afflicted
With any infectious or contagious dis
ase shall engage, or be employed, in
xIosing for sale or selling any of the
God or foodstuffs hereinbefore men
ihned, when such engagement re-
uires or permits the handling of the
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