Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-06-22
TO PROTECT
OUTSIDE DISPLAYS
Pure Food Commissioner Wallis
Insists That Laws Must Be
Complied With in Future

State Dairy, Food and Sanitary In.
spector James II. Wallis has issued
the following notice to merchants and
others:
To the Trade: The efforts of this
department to protect our food prod
ucts from contamination by dirt and
lilies, especially with reference to side.
walk and open window displays has
been most successful, the dealers gen.
orally cooperating with us in our ef-
forts to enforce this requirement of
our pure food laws. We are attach
ing to this bulletin the two sections
governing these displays, and in add.
tion No. % of the new law passed
by the last legislature, as follows:
1T shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons, corporation or cor
oorations aforesaid, or any other per-
sons at all to sell or expose for sale
any fresh meat, game or fish which
has been In any way exposed to the
dust, flies or insects or other cause
OF contamination, and all food stuffs
while ON sale must be at all times
thoroughly protected from contamina-
ion from any cause"
The penalty for violating this sec.
ion of the law is fine not exceed
ing $500 and not less than $25 or
Imprisonment in the county Jail for
a period not exceeding six months, or
10Th such fine and Imprisonment
Page 613 Session Laws).
The other sections referred to are
as follows:
Care of Fruits and Veyet tables
Fruits, vegetables and other food
products must not be displayed or
stored on the sidewalk or outside the
place of business unless they are Sc
curely covered by cases of glass,
wood or metal or enclosed In tight
boxes, bags or barrels, and all such |
cases or containers shall be raised |
at least two feet above the sidewalk. |
The practice heretofore followed of |
covering small fruits with screens or
nettings is not sufficient compliance
with this regulation. This shall not
not apply to fruits and vegetables
not exposed for sale, which have to
be skinned or peeled before use and
which are stored in tight barrels,
boxes or crates.
Covering Food Products
mo prepared foodstuffs such as
bakers goods, confectionery, shelled
nuts, etc, dried fruits such as dates,
figs, peaches, prunes, apricots, ETC.;
cereal products, such as breakfast
foods, tapioca, noodles, etc.; picked
products, such as pickles, chilli sauce,
chow chow, ETC.; fruit products, such
as apple butter, jellies, jams, etc.
meat products, such as dried, salted
or smoked fish, veal loaf, picked
pigs feet, mince meat clipped beef,
boiled ham or other foods prepared
for eating, and subject to attack of
worms or flies, shall be displayed
for sale unless protected from flies,
dust, dirt. and all other foreign or
injurious contamination by suitable
coverings of glass, wood or metal"
We trust that you will comply with
the above provisions, II you have not
already done So as otherwise we will
be compelled to institute prosecution.
A reasonable time will be given you
and we trust you will appreciate this
bulletin, calling your attention to the
law as We do not intend that any
one shall plead ignorance as an ex
cuse for any violation of our pure
'ood laws.
JAMES H. WALLIS,
State Dairy Food and Sanitary
Inspector.