El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-04
CITY IS RIGHTLY WORKING
FOR MORE SANITARY KITCHENS

THE mayor and city council are on the right track
their desire pass ordinance enforce sanitation
\ restaurant and hotel dining rooms and kitchens
should be made broad enough to include ice cream
parOTs, grocery stores and meat markets
city authorities had their attention directed
particularly conditions in restaurants, some Of whose
kitchens have not been kept up to the best standards IN
cleanliness restauranteur arrested some days ago
on charge Of selling impure food and having failed
keep his kitchen and refrigerator sanitary condition.
The made the assumption that ordinance
under which could prosecuted existence The
belief found IN There such ordinance and
the case fell fiat
As result of that incident ordinance has been drawn
regulating the production, sale and keeping Of bakery
products meat fish, game and poultry cream fruit
fruits vegetables food general The ordinance
be placed before the next meeting Of the council and
If found satisfactory viii undoubtedly be passed. In the
meantime the mayor and memoirs Of the council have
asked the advice Of leading restaurant and hotel keepers
order the ordinance final form may be vgor-
to the point of being drastic but may not work hard
ship those whose business II regulates.
The city attorney has drawn up the ordinance 1t
stands It provides for the licensing of restaurants cafes
bakeries and similar businesses and specifies that the
establishments shall be constructed specified lines with
regard sanitation. They must be kept in state Of
cleanliness and persons afflicted with infectious
tagious diseases may be employed
Inspectors who have restaurants under their charge viii
have several things to watch: the condition of the Teger
at0rs, of the utensils ovens tables floors the
given washing the dishes and glassware the precautions
taken against flies and the protection Of food from dust
There restaurants where shelves Of pies cakes and
other desserts are exposed such manner to be
flies and the flies get the first chance These desserts
also exposed the dust stirred up by sweeping and there
always dust matter how careful restauranteuI
may think himself IN scattering damp Sawdust before
sweeping All food and fruit should be kept under
until served Desserts in public eating places
displayed glass cases They be but protected
from dust and flies
The person who enters restaurant hotel dining
generally satisfied the table and the appear
clean and attractive He takes It for granted that that
part of the establishment which Is hidden from his sight
kept up the standard It should be- but often
not though FL Paso restaurants fully up the
average Kitchen employees the rush Of their work
apt to become careless Moreover they work much with
food and pots and pans that cleanliness sometimes
very minor consideration, much less important public
place than their homes Most Of matter Of
fact any line of work, become careless unless there
someone to correct Us occasionally and hold the mark
stimulate with suggestion reprOof The ordinance
pending intended to supply the corrective stimulus when
enforced it viii be-
Some years ago this matter up in Arizona
An ordinance for the sanitation of restaurants fruit
stores grocery stores ice par0rs and butcher shops
passed and with very good results Most emphasis
laid restaurants but investigation showed ice
ma king establishments and butcher shops quite
much need of regulation. There butcher shops
whe-e displayed counters to be fingered by
customers Of every nationality and Of varying degrees Of