El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-14
Bakers Want To
Be Regulated,
They Set Forth
Master Bakers Run To
Cleanliness and Want
Clean Competitors.

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regulating their business. It is about
the first time the general public gets
the satisfaction Of seeing q manufac-
turer come IN and ask that he be reg
ulated. But the master bakers OF the
United States are after regulation and
the Texas master bakers. Of which
the FL Paso master bakers are a part,
join in the clamor.
Asked to explain it. they say The
average up to date bakery is con-
Quoted in the interests Of the health
Of its patrons. but it has to compete
with the little back room or basement
bakery where health conditions are
often terrible Then, too. the upto
date bakery cannot afford to give
short weight in las loaves; it would
be detected. because Of its response
biiity. But there are a lot Of these
small bakers who can do it and get
away with it, They sell cheaper than
the standard baker does and they cut
in on his trade, although giving in
ferior bread, smaller loaves and per
hans. an article made under most un-
sanitary. dangerous conditions The
master bakers are willing to stand
regulation to get the other fellows
regulated"
What They Want.
Some Of the provisions which the
master bakers ask TO have enacted in
TO a law in TEXAS are as follows
Section J. That any building, &C
cupied or used as a bakery wherein
is carried on the business Of the pro
duciOn, preparation, storage or dis.
play Of bread cakes. pies and other
bakery products intended for sale for
human consumption, shall be clean,
properly lighted, drained and ven
tilated- Every such bakery SHAH De
provided with adequate plumbing ana
drainage facilities including suitable
wash sinks. toilet and water closets
All toilets and water closets shall be
separate and apart from the rooms
in which the bakery products are pro-
duced or handled All wash sinks
toilets and water closets shall be kept
ina clean and sanitary condition. and 4
shall be i'm well lighted and ventilated
rooms
Floors Must Be Clean
The floors. walls and ceilings OF the
rooms in which the dough is mixed
and handled, or pastry prepared
for making. or in which the bakery
products or ingredients Of such
products are otherwise handled or
stored. shall be kept and main
tanned in a clean, wholesome and san
itary condition All openings into
such rooms. including windows and
doors. shall be kept properly screened
OF otherwise protected to exclude
flies. No working rooms shall be used
for purposes other than those direct I
" connected with the preparing. bak-
ing, storage and handlig Of food, and
shall not be used as washing. sleeping
or living rooms. and shall~at all times,
be separate and closed from the liv-
Ill nsrH
be provided for the changing and
hanging Of wearing apparel apart and
separate from such work rooms and
such rooms, as so provided for the
changing and hanging Of wearing APP
parel shall be kept clean at all times .
Keep Tables Clean.
Section = no employe or other per
son SHAH sit or lie upon any OF the F.
tables, benches. troughs. shelves /
which are intended for the dough or
bakery products No animals OF fowls
shah be kept or allowed in any bak-
cry or other place where bread or
other bakery products are produced i
DIT stored Before beginning the work .
Of preparing, mixing and handling the
ingredients used in baking. every per
son engaged In the praDeration OF
handling of bakery products shall I
wash the hands and arms thoroughly I
and then rinse in clean water; and .
basins and soap and clean towels shall
be proFided-
Every person engaged in such work
shall wash the hands and arms after
using toilet rooms or water closets
No emplOye or other person shall use .
tobacco in any form, in any room
where bakery products are manufac-
-ured. wrapped or prepared for sale
No master baker, person or any en-
Dloyer who is affected with any con
-aEious OF infectious disease shall be i
permitted 90 work in any bakery or
be permitted TO handle any Of the
products therein, or delivered there
Water Must BE FuFe.
Section g. All water used for mix
ne the dough or used in the mixing
lf any other bakery products shall be
pure and wholesome. 70 In case the
water supply is taken from a well, the
baker shall have a certificate OF the
purity Of said water supply from the
state board Of health, or from any
.ity or county health board within the
state Of Texas Bakers shall not use
he water from wells. the water OF
fhich is not so certified 70 be pure
and wholesome.
Section A. The wagons boxes,
baskets and other receptacles in
which Dre1d- cakes pies or Otner
bakery products are transported, shall
be kept in q clean condition at an
times and free from dust. flies and
lther contamination All show cases,
shelves, or other places where bak-
BY products are sold shall be kept
ven covered. properly ventilated,
veil protected from dust and flies,
md shall be kept in a clean and
wholesome condition at all times.
Protection For Bread.
Boxes or other receptacles for the
storing or receiving Of bread and
1ther bakery products, before and