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Home My WebLink About007 - 08/18/1949 - RELATING TO THE SALE OF MEAT ITEMS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS r ORDINANCE NO 7 1949 BEING AN F ERGENCY ORDINANCE, RELATING TO THE SALE OF NEAT ITEMS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LII-ITS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS COVERING RETAIL MEAT MARKETS, PRO- VIDING FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATION HEREOF, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 11 , 1917) AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDI- NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, as follows SECTION 1 Authorized Sale of Pieat Items No meat items shall be sold or authorized for sale within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins unless the same shall have had recognized veterinary inspection prior to and at the time of slaughter and unless the same bears the stamp of such inspec- tion The food inspector is authorized and directed herewith to seize and destroy any meat items in any meat establishment which do not bear full evidence of proper inspection SECTION 2 Premises ',Jhere Meat Products are Sold No meat broducts shall be sold or offered for sale within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins except within premises which are kept clean and sanitary at all times and which comply with the following requirements Item 1 Walls The walls shall be in good repair, wall paintod with washable paint and clean at all times Item 2 Floors The floors shall be clean and in good repair and constructed preferably of concrete or other impervi- ous material If the floor is of lumber, it shall be covered at all times with clean sawdust Item 3 Ceilings The ceilings shall be in good repair, dust tight and well painted Item 4 Light There shall be sufficient nabural and/or artificial light to provide clear vision into all parts of the building and equipment at all times Item 5 Toilets Ample toilet facilities with hot and cold rLnning water, under pressure, and with flush toi- lets shall be provided Sanitary towels and liquid or pow- dered soap shall be available in the toilet , which shall not communicate directly with any room in which food is processed, stored or handled The toilet shall be ventilated to the outside, and have good natural and artifiaal light and shall be kept in clean and sanitary condition at all times Item 6 Sewage �11 drainage must be into the City sewage system or into an approved septic tank or cess pool. Item 7 Water Running hot and cold potable water, under pressure, shall be provided close to the meat handling operation The temperature of the hot water shall be at least 1700 F at any time Item 8 'lashing Facilities A sink or basin of ample size to contain the largest piece of equipment to be washed shall be provided close to the meat handling operations It shall be supplied by pipes and faucets opening into it with hot and cold water as provided in Item 7 A drain pipe leading from the sink to a proper sewer or cess pool shall be provided SECTION 3 Handling and Disposal of Meat Items Each -2- establishment selling or offering to sell meat items to the public within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins shall comply with the following requirements in connection with handling, storage, display and refrigeration of meat items Item 1 Refrigeration Walk-in boxes and/or refrig- erated display cases shall be provided In addition, any meat items of a perishable nature shall be held in proper refrigera- tion not above 400 F in any other proper cooler if not held in walk-in box or display case Walk-in boxes and display cases shall be main- tained in a clean and sanitary manner at all times Tempera- tures in these units shall not exceed 400 F at any time The refrigerating equipment shall be capable of maintaining a temperature of 350 F when loaded to capacity Item 2 Disposal of Meat in Coolers All wholesale cuts of meat shall be hung from clean rust-free meat hooks or properly wrapped and placed in trays and at no time shall wholesale cuts be stored by placing the same on shelves unless properly wrapped and resting on clean trays Item 3 Thermometers Each walk-in box or display case or other container in which refrigeration is maintained shall be provided whth a standard Fahrenheit thermometer of good quality Such thermometer shall be kept inside the above mentioned units at all times and shall be maintained in good work- ing condition -3- Item 4 Care of Equipment All equipment used in the operation of a meat market shall be maintained in a good state of repair and proper condition as to cleanliness and sanita- tion Meat blocks shall be scraped frequently Knives , cleavers , scales , meat grinders , etc shall be given thorough cleaning and sanitizing as often as may be necessary to main- tain satisfactory conditions (at least once a day) Cleaning shall consist of thorough scruab bang with a recognized deterg2nt and sanitizing by irimersing in water at 1700 F or higher for a period of two minutes , or subjecting the equip- ment to the action of a recognized sanitizing agent such as chlorine or quaternary ammonia Item 5 Display of Meat Items Meat items shall not be displayed in the open in any establishment at any time Display shall be accomplished through the use of refrigerated display cases or other refrigerated units SECTION 4 Personnel, Cleanliness All persons coming into contact with meat items being offered to the public for sale shall wear clean outer garments and shall keep their hands clean at all times when thus engaged SECTION 5 Procedure When Infection Suspected When suspicion arises as to the possibility of transmission of infection from any person concerned with the handling of meat items , the food inspector is authorized to require any or all of the following items (1) An immediate exclusion of that person from meat handling, (2 ) The immediate exclusion of meat items concerned from distribution and use, and (3 ) Adequate -4- medical and bacteriological examination of the person, of his associates and of his and their body discharges SECTION 6 Enforcement This Ordinance shall be en- forced by the food inspector who shall make regular report of his actions to the City Council SECTION 7 Penalty Any person, firm or corporation who shall sell or offer to sell meat items within the cor- porate limits of the City of Fort Collins in violation of the terms of this ordinance shall upon conviction be fined not more than $300 00 Each and every violation of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense SECTION 8 Amendment and Repeal Ordinance No 11 of the Series of 1917 is hereby amended as in this ordinance provided and all other ordinances and parts- of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed SECTION 9 Date of Effect In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists , and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 18th day of August , A D 1949 Coinmissioner o Sa' e�ty/tind Ex-Offamo Mayor ATTEST /s/ Miles House -City Clerk -5- STATE OF COLORADO) SS J COUNTY OF TA RIMER) I, MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins , do hereby certify and declare that the aforesaid Ordinance , consisting of nine Sections , was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 18th day of August , I D 1949 , and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper and official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins , by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council, as an Emergency Ordinance , in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on, to-wit the 23rd day of J August , A D 1949, said Ordinance No 7 was duly published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins , Colorado IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 23rd day of August , A D 1949 /s/ Miles House City Clerk