The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-08

PROVIDING FOR THE PROTEC-
TION OF CERTAIN FOOD AND
FOODsTUFFS FROM DUST, DIRT,
CONTACT OF, AND CoNTAMI.
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
(a) 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.
o. All of the fruits, vegetables
and products of land or sea called
and known by the names and de-
scriptions here following, viz: APP
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 3. 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-
tamination, by means of a glass cover
ing or by wire net screens of 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 its 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
surfaces 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-
tamination 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
authorized food or sanitary inspector,
or police officer of the City and
County of Honolulu.
SECTION 4. 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
specified, are exposed to ]
the outer air; nor to any articles of
food kept in covered or sealed con-
tainers, whether to be sold in such !
or not, providing said
articles are never exposed to the outer
air excepting while being handled in
due course of business; nor to any /
food or foodstuffs kept in refrigera-
tors, meat safes, or compartments pro-
tecting the same from dust and dirt, :
contact of and contamination by flies
and other insects and from promiscu-
GUS handling and other contamina- .
ton.
SECTION 5. No food or foodstuffs
mentioned shall be ex-
posed for sale or displayed unless the
bottom of the box or other receptacle,
such article is raised at
least two (2) feet above level of the
floor or sidewalk.
SECTION 6. No person afflicted
with any infectious or contagious dis
ease shall engage, or be employed, in
exposing for sale or selling any of the
food or foodstuffs hereinbefore men,
toned, when such engagement re-