The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-28

moved. the casing or weasand may be rsed.
 Section II. Inasmuch as it cannot certainly be determined, by any pres ent known method of inspection, whether the muscle tissue of pork con- tains trichinae, and inasmuch as live trichinae are dangerous to health, no article of a kind prepared custom arily to be eaten without cooking. shall contain any muscle tissue of pork, unless the pork has been treated as follows:
 Method l. Said meat shall be ground or chopped in pieces not exceeding s4 inch in diameter. dry curing mixture containing not less than 3 Ia pounds of salt to each hundred weight of the unstuffed sausage shall be thoroughly mixed with the ground or chopped meat. After stuffing the sausage shall be held in drying room not less than 25 days at tenn perature not lower than 45 degrees F., provided that In the case of saul sage of the variety known as peppe- roni, if stuffed in hog or sheep cas- ings not exceeding 1 ss inch in diame ter measured at the time of stuffing, the period of drying may be reduced to 20 days.
 
 be ground or chopped into pieces not exceeding 4 inch in diameter. A dry curing mixture containing not less than 1-3 pounds of salt to each hundredweight of the unstuffed saul sage shall be thoroughly mixed with the ground or chopped meat. After stuffing, the sausage shall be smoked not less than 40 hours at a tempera- ture not lower than so degrees F.,
 xlI 1r1-i i,er fnr< a period of not less than IS days at 8 temperature not lower than 45 de- grees F.
 Section 12. All appliances includ- ing machinery. trucks, pans. vats, ta- bles, etc, shall be of a sanitary type, subject to the approval of the Jef- ferson County Board of Health. All buildings including the floors. walls and ceilings, in which sausage IS manufactured must be kept in a sani- tary and clean condition at all times
 Section 13. Any sausage or meat food products which are not manu- factured, handled, distributed, labeled branded sold or served in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be unsafe ana unfit for use as human food, and the health officer or his duly authorized representative is hereby authorized and directed to seize all sausage ana meat food products sold, distributed or offered or exposed for sale, or served for use as human food when such sausage or meat food products are not manufactured, handled, dis tributed, labeled, branded or served in accordance with the provisions or this ordinance, and to give notice III writing to the owner or person Tn possession of such article so seizeo that the same has been seized. There- upon, the Health Officer or his duly authorized representative shall imme- diately report to the Recorders Court information, petition or affidavit, giv- ing the nanfe of the owner of such article or articles, if known, and it unknown, the name of the persons in possession thereof, stating in what particular or particulars such article or articles are not in compliance Wlth the provisions of this ordinance, or with other laws and ordinances Of the City of Birmingham regulating such articles, and ask that such artlcles be condemned as unfit for human consumption. Thereupon, the Recorder shall make an order setting the cause for hearing and ordering notice thereof in writing to be- given to the owner of the article so seized, or, where the owner is unknown, to the person in possession, which notlce shall be given by personal serVlce OH such owner or person in possession. or such article. as the case may be, not less than one day prior to the near ing, and if upon such hearing, 1t shall appear that such article or articles have been manufactured, handled, dls- tributed, labeled, branded, sold, offered or exposed for sale, or served, In vlo- lation of the provisions Of this ordl- nance or of other laws and ordinances of the City of Birmingham relatlns thereto, the Recorder shall enter an order condemning said article or ar ticles as unfit for human food, anu shall order the Health Officer or ms duly authorized representative 10 oe- nature or destroy the same, or make such other orders as will prevent such article or articles from being usea as food for human beings. From such order or judgment the owner or per son in possession, as the case may pe' shall have the right of appeal 10 the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, in Je11erson County, Alabama, within the salne time and under the same ruies anu regulations as govern other apPeais from the Recorders Court onouiu .ne Recorder. after hearing, determine that such article or articles have not been manufactured, distributed, han dled, labeled, branded, adulterateo, sold, offered or exposed for sale. or served in violation of the provisions of this ordinance, or other laws ana ordinances of the City of Birmingham relating thereto, then he will make an order restoring such article or articles to the owner or person in possession thereof as the case may be.
 Section IA Any violation of this or dinance shall be punished within the limits and. as provided by Section l2lo of the Alabama Code of 1907, except that the minimum fine in every case shall be S10.
 Approved May 24. 1921.
 N. A. BARRETT,
 President of the Commission.
 true copy
 IT. S. RYALL. City Clerk.
 Age Herald, May 2S, 1921.