Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-18

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from waters found upon inspection
by the State Board of Health to be
SO polluted as to render the oysters
taken therefrom or placed therein
dangerous to health shall not be dis
tributed or sold for use as food with
In the State of New Jersey.
2. The floating, laying out or
storing of oysters intended for use
as food will not be permitted in
water Of a less salt content than that
in which oysters will naturally grow
to maturity.
3. Oysters will not be permitted
to remain on floats longer than
t~wenty-four hours during the first
fifteen days of September; nor more
than thirty-six hours from Septem-
Der 18th to November /. Luring the
other shipping months oysters will
not be allowed to remain IN floats
longer than ~forty-eight hours, except
by permission Of the State Board OF
Health. Oysters will frequently
cleanse themselves in one tide and
therefore, the offering for sale az
food of oysters that Dear evidence OF
over-foating or soaking is prohibited
4. Oysters that have been subject
ed to the floating process shall not
be permitted to remain in scows, OF
wharves or in shipping houses before
shipment longer than forty-eight
hours except in cold weather and
then only If they are properly pro-
tected from freezing.
5. All floats, scows or other yes
sells, used for transportation of oys-
tiers, or clans, shall at all times be
kept clean and free from mud, re-
fuse or any decaying matter.
6. Oysters that have been subject
ed to the floating process when ship
ped must have sacks, barrels or
other containers so marked that the
purchaser may know that they have
been floated. This marking shall be
In the following words: This pack
age contains Floated Oysters and
the type shall occupy a space of at
least three-fourths Of an inch in
stamped or printed on the tags that
it can be easily discernible. No
sacks that have been used for the
trans-shipment of oysters shall be
used again for that purpose until
they have been thoroughly cleaned
and sterilized. Wooden barrels or
other containers must be clean and
free from anything that might con
taminate the oysters.
7. The practice of allowing Oys-
ters hat have been dredged from
the planting grounds to remain on
the decks Of schooners for o consid-
cradle time before sale results in
their deterioration as a food pro-
duct; therefore, oysters shall not be
carried on the decks Of vessels after
dredging longer than twenty-four
hours in September, forty-eight
hours in October, and one week in
November.
8. Railroad cars in which oysters
are shipped in sacks must be clean
and free from anything that Nigh,
endanger the purity or healthfulness
of the product. All carl shall be
subjected to proper inspection to
see that they conform to this rule.
9. Oysters that are shucked may
be washed In clean water before
shipping and must be packed for
shipment In containers in which ice
shall be used, but the ice or the
water therefrom must not be allow
ed to come in direct contact with the
oysters.
10. Oysters or clans intended foI
sale as food must not be kept OF
stored in any place or places which
may in any way affect their purity OF
wholesomeness.
II. Oyster and clam shippers viii
be required to keep their boats
wharves and shipping houses IN 9
clean and sanitary condition at al
times.
-. Owners of all vessels in which
men work continuously for NOR
than two hours and which are en-
gagged in the handling Of oysters OF
clans from the planting grounds o.
in the vicinity OF floats upon which
oysters are or may be laid out, mus
provide their vessels with suitable
r%eceptacles in which the excreta
both solid and liquid. OF personl
using such boats shall be received
and the contents of such re~ceptacle'
shall be disposed Of either by incin
Grafton or by burial In the ground a
points sufficiently removed from thu
banks of streams to prevent pollu
ton Of the waters thereof.
IS. Oysters or clans that have re
NAMED in storage until the produc
has become weakened will be regard
ed as unfit for food and cannot b
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