The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-22
SANITARY LAWS.
second OF Series Of Sanitary Laws
OF State Being Published by
Or. j ". Young.

Or. ! ". Young.
Editor Sentinel:
RMS week ask you to publish the
rules in regard to Regulations of
slaughter Houses" We cannot he
100 particular as to how meats arc
handled. The markets are ali to he
screened and kept clean and under
recent rule OF the board slaughter
houses must be screened.
Sanitary Regulations of slauohter
Houses.
| L. NO person, firm or CORPORATION
snail erect, maintain or keep any
slaughter house upon the bank of
any river, running stream or creek:
OF throw or deposit therein anv dead
animal, or part thereof, or any of the
carcass or offal therefrom: nor throw
or deposit the same into or upon the
banks of any river stream or creek.
which shall flow through any city.
town or village containing two hun.
dred or more inhabitants: or erect.
MAINTAIN or use any building for
slaughter house at any place within
one-1ourth OF a mile of any dwelling
house or building occupied as a place
OF business. ANY slaughter house so
situated is hereby nuisance.
z. NO person, firm or corporation
snail slaughter for sale any animal
| afflicted with a contagious or infec.
tlous disease which would be danger
GUS to men, to-wit: Actinomycosis, an
thraX, charbon, aphthous fever foot
and mouth disease), erysipelas. black
leg, cholera, pleuro-pneumonia, diph-
iberia, glanders or farcy, hog cholera,
measles, cowpoX pyemia septicemia.
Texas or tick fever or tuberculosis.
3. No person firm or corporation,
shall slaughter for sale any young calf
less than four weeks old pigs less
than five weeks old or lamb or kid less
than eight weeks of age; or any fOetal
meat from an unborn or stillborn ami
NAL; or any animal which has died
from any disease or injury or poison
of any kind whatsoever: or any ami.
NAL i'll with parturient fever. or over
heated or in an exhausted condition.
4. No meat which after slaughter
is found to be abnormal or diseased
shall be sold or offered for sale, but
NC COHuculHcu anu ueStTOyeu.
8. No person when suffering or in
fected with any infectious or contagi-
GUS disease, the contagion of which
may be transmitted through the meat
shall slaughter any animals for sale
or shall dress or handle the carcasses
or meat which shall be offered for
sale.
6. No 5iGwG, stuffed putrid, i'm
pure, or unhealthy or unwnoiesome
meat or fish, bird or fowl shall be
bought, sold or offered for sale Tor
human food.
:. The ceilings, walls, pillars,
shelves, doors, etc, of rooms in
which slaughtering is done shall be
white-washed or painted at least once
yearly, unless they are washed,
scrubbed or otherwise disinfected
monthly and shall be washed,
scraped, painted or otherwise treated
as required by the Board of Health or
its agents; they shall be kept sani-
tary and free from dirt and cobwebs.
When floors, tables, shelves or other
parts are so old or in such poor con-
dition that they cannot be made read
lily sanitary they shall be removed
and replaced by suitable materials.
The drainage of the slaughter house
or slaughter house yard must be suf
ficient to prevent filth pools. the
breeding of flies and hog wallows
either around or under the slaughter
house. The water supply used in con
nection with the cleaning or prepar-
ing must be pure and unpolluted. The
storage of hides within the slaughter
house is expressly prohibited and like
wise there shall be no boiling of offal
within the slaughter house.
s. Every person on leasing or op-
Grating any place, room or building
whereby cattle. sheep or swine are
killed or dressed or any market, pub
lie or private, shall cause such place,
room. building or market to be kept
al all times thoroughly cleansed and
purified, and all offal. fat, blood, gar
bage, manure or other offensive ref
use shall be removed therefrom at
least once every "a hours. if used
continuously or if used only occa-
sionally within "a hours after using;
and the floors of such building, place
or premises shall be so constructed
that they can be flushed and washed
clean WIN water. NO DlOOu PIT, Oudi
pit or privy we'll shall remain or be
constructed within such place, room
or building The doors and windows
must be screened to exclude flies.
9. Where slaughtering is done in
the open the blood, offal and other Of
fensive matter shall not be left upon
the surface of the ground, but must
be buried or burned. The blood and
offal must be disposed of in such a
way as not to permit therefrom Of
fensive effluvia.
10. All water closets shall be en-
tirely separate from rooms in which
carcasses are dressed or meat or meat
food products are cured, stored,
packed, handled or prepared.
II. The feeding of hogs or other
animals, to be used for food, upon the
refuse or offal of slaughter houses is
prohibited; nor shall swine be kept
within 200 feet of the slaughter house.
12. No person, firm or corporation
shall keep or use any mark, stamp or
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