The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-22
COLD STORAGE
WAREHOUSES;
COMPLETE LAW AS PASSED BY
LEGISLATURE GOVERNING THE
COLD STORAGE PLANTs-PRoF.
e. F. LADD ISSUES WARNING
THAT HE WILL ENFORCE LAW.

Following is a copy of the law gov
eTning cold storage warehouses in
North Dakota, which Pure Food Com
missioner Laid has stated he will en-
force to the letter:
Cold Storage Warehouses.
Senate Bill No, 4S-Porterfeld.
An act entitled, An Act Relating to
Cold Storage n RefrigeTating Ware
houses, the Disposition or Sale Of the
Food Kept or Preserved Therein, and
Defining the Duties of the Food Com
missioner of the North Dakota Gov
erment Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton in Relation Thereto and Provid-
ing Penalties for the Violation There
of.
Be it enacted by the legislative as
sembly of the state of North Dakota:
Section l. (Cold storage dehned.)
The term cold storage" as used in this
act shall be construed to mean a place
artiicially cooled to a temperature Of
40 degrees F, or below, but shall not
include such a place in a private home,
hotel, or restaurant, or refrigerator
cars.
The term cold stored" as used in
this act shall be construed to mea
the keeping of articles Of food" in
cold storage" for a period exceeding
JIllI " udS 3.
The term articles of food as used
in This act shall be construed to mean
and include fresh meat, and fresh meat
products, except in process Of manu-
faCture, fresh food, fish, game, poul-
try, eggs and butter.
Section 2. Any person, firm or cor
poration desiring to operate d public
cold storage or refrigerating ware
house, shall make application in writ
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experiment station at Fargo for that
purpose. stating the location Of its
plant or plants. On receipt Of the ap-
pIiCation the food commissioner shall
cause an examination to be made into
the sanitary condition of said plant or
! plants, and if found to be in a sanitary
condition and otherwise properly
equipped for the business of cold
J. storage, the food commissioner shall
cause a license to be issued authoriz-
ing the applicant to operate a cold
storage or re~frigerating warehouse for
n during the period Of one year.
The license shall be issued Upon pay
ment by the applicant Of q license fee
of ten dollars C$l0) to the food com
missioner.
Section 3. CSanltary conditioner
In the event that any place OF
places, or any part thereof, covered by
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act, shall at any time be deemed by
the food commissioner to be in an un-
sanitary condition, it shall be the
duty of the food commissioner TO no
tify licensee of such condition and
upon the failure of the licensee to put
said place or places, or the specified
part thereof, in a sanitary condition
within a designated time, it shall be
the duty Of the food commissioner to
prohibit h use under its license such
specified place or places, or part there
of, as he deems in an unsanitary con-
ditiOn until such time as 1t may be put
in a sanitary condition.
Section 4. (Records and reports re-
quired.) 1t shall be the duty Of any
person, firm or corporation, licensed to
operate a cold storage or refrigerat-
ing warehouse to keep an accurate
record Of the receipts and the with
dTawals Of the articles Of food, and the
food commissioner shall have free &C
cess to these records at any time,
Every such person, firm or corporation
shall, furthermore, submit a quarterly
report to the food commissioner, set
ting forth in itemized particular the
quantity of food products held in cold
storage. Such quarterly reports shall
to be filed on or before the 9Th uf
January, April July and October of
each year, and the reports so rendered
shall show the conditions existing or
the first day of the month in which
the report Is filed. The food commits
sioner shall have the authority to re-
quire such reports to be made at more
frequent intervals than the times
therein specified, If in the judgment
of the food commissioners more fire.
quent reports shall be needed in the
interest of a proper enforcement OF
this act, or for other reasons affecting
the public welfare.
Section 3. products to go in stor-
age.) No article of food intended for
human consumption shall be placed in
cold storage If diseased or tainted OF
deteriorated so as to injure it's keep
ing qualities. or if not slaughtered
handled and prepared for storage in
accordance with the pure food and
sanitary laws and such rules and regu-
lations as may be prescribed by the
food commissioner for the sanitary
preparation of food products for cold
storage. under the authority herein
after conferred. Any article of food ii
intended for s other than human
consumption before being cold stored
cordance with forms prescribed by the
food commissioner (under authority
hereinafter conferred) in such a way
as to plainly indicate the fact that
such articles are not to be sold for hu-
man food.
Section 6. GOOD inspected before
storage.) 1t shall be the duty of the
food commissioner to inspect and SUI
pervise all cold storage or r~efrigerat-
ing warehouses in this state, and to
make such inspection of the entry OF
articles of food therein as the food
commissioner may deem necessary tc
secure proper enforcement of this act
The food commissioners, or his duly
authorized agents, inspectors or en-
ployes, shall be permitted access to
such establishments and all parts
thereof at all reasonable times FOL
purposes Of inspection and enforce
ment of the provisions of this act
The said food commissioner may also