East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1949-12-15

USE OF DRlNkING AND EAl
ING UTENSILS. No person,
firm or corporation owning or
having the possession, charge
or management of any hotel,
lodging house, restaurant, soda
fountain, shop, office building,
hospital, club, place of assembly,
railway station, public waiting
place, public conveyance, mar
ket, playground, park or other
public place shall provide or per-
nit to be used therein, thereon
or thereabouts, any drinking
utensil or eating utensil for COM
mon use. The term common
use" in this section shall be
construed to mean use by any
person after use by another per-
son Of any such utensil without
cleaning in such manner as to
destroy pathogenic bacteria be-
fore each such use"
be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
SECTION 3O7. STERILIZA-
TION OF UTENSILS AND
CONTAINERS. (a) No person,
firm, corporation, or association
owning or having the possession,
charge or management of any
hotel, lodging house, restaurant,
soda fountain, shop, office
building, hospital, club, place of
assembly, railway station, pub
lie waiting place, public convey
ance, public market, playground,
park or other public place shall
provide or permit to be used
therein, thereon or thereabouts
any drinking utensil or eating
utensil, or other food container
used for the preparation or
storage of food, except single
service sanitary paper units,
unless each such utensil shall
have been cleansed and sterilized
in accordance with the following
procedure, prior to such use.
Such utensil shall first be
cleansed by scraping or rinsing
adhering food particles there
from and shall then be thor
oughly washed with soap or a
detergent and hot water at a
temperature not less than 112
degrees Fahrenheit when washed
by hand. and not less than 140
degrees Fahrenheit when washed
by machine, in either case the
wash shall be followed by a
sterilizing treatment according
to either of the following pro-
cedures.
PROCEDURE I: All such uten-
sils shall be subjected to a clean
water rinse at temperature of
not less than 10 degrees Fab
renheit for period of 80 sec
onds.
PROCEDURE 2. All such uten-
sils shall be subjected to a clean
water rinse followed by INNER
sion for such period of time as
the Director of Health shall
prescribe in clean water con-
tanning not less than one hun
dred fifty (150) parts per mil
lion of a bactericide approved
for such sanitizing purpose, by
him or a person designated for
such purpose by him.
(b) Whenever the person, firm,
corporation or association in
charge of the places specified in
Section 307 (a) hereof shall pro-
vide proper equipment, hot water
at the designated temperatures,
or approved sterilizing agents,
the person actually improperly
washing such utensils or using
such improperly washed utensils
shall be charged under this Sec
tion. Whenever the person, firm,
corporation or association in
charge of the places specified in
Section 307 (a) hereof shall fail
to provide the facilities required
to comply with said section or
continues to employ a person
convicted twice for violation of
Section 307 (a) hereof in a capa-
city where such person washes
or steriliZes or uses food hand
ling utensils, such person, firm,
corporation or association shall
be charged under this section.
SECTION 2: That this ordi-
nance is hereby declared to be
an emergency measure necessary
for the immediate preservation of
the public peace, property, health
and safety and for the usual daily
operation of a municipal depart
ment, and provided it receives the
vote of four-fifths of
all members elected to the City
Commission, it shall take effect
and be in force from and after
its passage; otherwise, it shall
take effect and be in force from
and after the earliest period
allowed by law.
PASSED: Dec. 13, 1949.
Attest: Isl G. T. APTHORP,
Clerk of the Commission.
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