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Section 37. Milk cans containing milk or empty, delivered to or received from grocery stores, bakeries, delicatessen stores, restaurants, depots or other similar places shall not be left upon the sidewalk or street.

Section 38. In the transportation of milk, no milk shall be transferred on the public streets from one can to another, except from a wagon can to a delivery or serving can, nor shall milk cans be allowed to stand on the street.

Section 39. The portion of wagons in which milk cans are carried shall have a canvass covering.

Section 40. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred (500) dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 41. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage.

ORDINANCE NO. 2098. (New Series.)

Approved December 11, 1912.

Regulating the Pasteurizing of Milk, Defining Same and Regulating the Method Under which the Same Shall Be Produced.

Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

Section 1. Pasteurizing milk is hereby defined as follows: To be the heating of every portion of the milk to not less than 140 degrees Fahrenheit, maintaining same at that temperature for at least 20 minutes and immediately cooling the same to at least 45 degrees Fahrenheit.

The use of this term shall be limited to milk produced and sold under the following conditions:

A. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to produce pasteurized milk for sale in the City and County of San Francisco shall make application to the Department of Public Health on blanks provided for that purpose.

B. A permit shall be granted by the Department of Public Health if it appears upon investigation that the pasteurizing equipment installed is such that 99 per cent of all bacteria and all pathogenic bacteria are killed in the milk treated therein at a temperature of not less than 140 degrees F. maintained at that temperature for twenty minutes. Further, that the pasteurizing apparatus is equipped with a recording thermometer of such a type that the same may be kept locked by the Department of Public Health.

C. The thermometric record of all pasteurization of milk shall become the property of the Department of Public Health and shall be collected by its authorized representatives.

D. Milk intended for pasteurization shall conform to the following requirements:

It shall be the product of a dairy rating not less than 60 per cent on the score card Department of Public Health.

E. All pasteurized milk shall be plainly marked on each bottle or other container in which such milk is delivered to consumers with a label bearing the inscription "Pasteurized Milk" together with a serial number.

F. All utensils used in the production and handling of pasteurized milk must be properly cleaned and sterilized each time before using, and shall be so constructed that all parts are absolutely free from places where milk can accumulate or soak in so that it cannot be removed by simple washing, and the surface coming in contact with the milk or cream must be smooth and free from rust.

G. Pasteurized milk shall be delivered to the consumer not later than twenty-four hours after pasteurization.

H. Milk once pasteurized must not be re-pasteurized.

I. Any violation of the regulations for the production of pasteurized milk shall result in a revocation of the permit to produce pasteurized milk for sale in the City and County of San Francisco.

ORDINANCE NO. 2099. (New Series.)

Approved December 11, 1912.

Regulating the Sale of Milk or Cream in Quantities of One Quart or Less. Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or keep with the intention of selling, any milk or cream in quantities of one quart or less, in stores or in other places where merchandise or commodities other than milk or cream is sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale, or kept with the intention of selling (except where the milk or cream is to be consumed upon the premises) unless the milk or cream is kept, offered for sale, exposed for sale, or sold in tightly closed bottles or receptacles of a similar character, upon the cap or covers of which is printed or inscribed in a conspicuous and leg ble manner the name of the person, firm or corporation bottling said milk or cream in such bottles or receptacles. It shall be unlawful for any such bottle or receptacle to have blown into it, or otherwise indicated thereon, the name of any person, firm or corporation other than or different from that which is indicated on said cover or cap.

Section 2. No person shall transfer any milk from one can, bottle or receptacle on any street, alley or thoroughfare, or upon a delivery wagon, or other vehicle, or in any place in the City and County of San Francisco, except in a milkhouse or creamery, the sanitary condition of which has been approved by the Department of Public Health.

Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not less than twenty-four hours, and not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect January 1, 1913.

ORDINANCE NO. 1265. (New Series.)

Approved August 2, 1910.

Providing for the Inspection of Meat and Meat Food Products Offered for Sale Within the City and County of San Francisco; Authorizing the Board of Health to Adopt Regulations Governing Such Inspection, and Penalties for the Violation of This Ordinance.

Be it Ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall expose or offer for sale, or sell or otherwise dispose of, or have in his possession within the City and County of San Francisco, any meat of any cattle, calf, sheep, lamb, goat or swine, which does not have upon it the meat inspection brand or other mark of identification of the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco, or the meat inspection brand or other official mark of identification of Boards of Health of the State of California whose meat inspection stand

ard is equal to and recognized by the San Francisco Board of Health, or the meat inspection brand or other mark of identification of the United States Department of Agriculture. If any carcass of any animal hereinbefore named, or part thereof is found, offered for sale or exposed within the City and County of San Francisco, which does not bear any of the meat inspection brands or marks recognized by the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco, said Board of Health shall take possession of and destroy such meat.

Section 2. No person, firm or corporation shall ship, send, bring or cause to be brought into the City and County of San Francisco, the meat of any cattle, sheep, lamb, goat or swine, which does not bear the meat inspection brand or other mark of identification recognized by the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco.

Section 3. The carcasses of calves in good healthy condition and over four weeks of age may be brought into the City and County of San Francisco, and each of said carcasses of such calves must be inspected and stamped or marked by the San Francisco Board of Health at the point of arrival of said carcasses of such calves in the City and County of San Francisco.

Section 4. An ante-mortem examination shall be made under the direction of the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco of all cattle, sheep, swine or goats about to be slaughtered before they shall be allowed to enter the slaughtering pen. All animals showing symptoms of or suspected of being affected with any disease or condition which under the regulations of the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco would probably cause their condemnation in whole or in part when slaughtered, shall be marked by affixing to the animal a metal tag bearing the words "San Francisco Board of Health Suspect." All such animals shall be slaughtered separately.

Section 5. A careful post-mortem inspection under the direction of the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco must be made of all animals herein named at the time when slaughtered in the City and County of San Francisco. The head, tongue, tail, thymus gland and all viscera of each animal shall be retained in such a manner as to preserve their identity, until after the post-mortem examination has been completed, in order that the parts so retained may be identified in cases of condemned carcasses. Suitable racks or metal receptacles shall be provided in and by each slaughtering establishment for retaining said parts.

Section 6. All carcasses, meats or meat food products which are unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome or otherwise unfit for food, shall be stamped or otherwise marked by the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco "San Francisco Board of Health Inspected and Condemned," and shall be destroyed.

Section 7. All meats or meat food products offered for sale in the City and County of San Francisco shall be subject to reinspection and condemnation at any and all times by the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco.

Section 8. The Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco is hereby authorized and directed to adopt rules and regulations governing the sanitation of slaughter houses and establishments where meat food products are sold or manufactured, the inspection of meats and the ultimate disposal of condemned meats in addition to the provisions of this Ordinance, as will enable the said Board of Health to enforce and carry out the meaning and intent of this Ordinance. The standard of meat inspection shall be that adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Section 9. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Ordinance for any person, firm or corporation, or officer or agent, or employe thereof, to forge, counterfeit, simulate or falsely represent, or without proper authority to use or detatch, or knowingly or wrongfully alter, deface or destroy any of the

stamps or marks or brands or tags recognized by the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco on any cattle, calf, sheep, lamp, goat or swine, or any carcasses, or on any part or parts of any carcass or carcasses of any animal named in Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this Ordinance.

Section 10. Any person, firm or corporation, or their agents, violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or failing to comply with any direction or order of the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco given pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance by the Health Officer, or any other agent of said Board of Health, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not less than ten (10) days nor more than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 11. Each day that the violation of this Ordinance or the failure to comply with the directions of the Board of Health of the City and County of San Francisco given in accordance with this Ordinance, shall continue, shall constitute a new and separate offense, and be punishable accordingly, as herein provided.

Section 12. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section 13. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

ORDINANCE NO. 655. (New Series.)

Approved January 13, 1909.

Prohibiting the Use of Dyes, Chemicals and Preservatives in Meat or Meat Food Products.

Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, prepare for sale, offer for sale or have on hand for sale any meat or meat-food product which shall contain any substance which lessens its wholesomeness, or any drug, chemical, dye or preservative, other than common salt, sugar, wood smoke, vinegar, pure spices or salt-peter.

Section 2. Whenever any conviction is sought under Section 1 of this Ordinance upon any alleged sample of meat or meat food product, it must clearly appear that the sample was taken in duplicate and one of said samples left with the accused or with his agent, servant or employe.

Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not less than $25 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

ORDINANCE NO. 721 (New Series.)

Approved April 7, 1909.

Regulating the Transportation, Preparation and Sale of Crabs, Crawfish or Other Shell Fish.

Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco as follows:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to send, bring or cause to be sent or brought into the City and County of San Francisco any live crabs, crawfish or other shell fish unless the same be in good healthy condition.

Section 2. It shall be unlawful to prepare for food for human consumption any crabs, crawfish or other shell fish which are not at the time of preparation alive or in good wholesome condition, or to sell, expose or offer for sale or have possession of the same.

Section 3. It shall be unlawful to send, bring or cause to be brought into the City and County of San Francisco any cooked crabs, crawfish or other shell fish, unless the same shall have been cooked for a period of not less than forty minutes in boiling water at the time of preparation, and properly packed in ice while in transit to this city.

Section 4. Any person, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred (500) dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

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Regulating the Establishment and Maintenance of Cigar Factories Within the City and County of San Francisco.

Preamble.

Whereas, The indiscriminate establishment of cigar factories, where cigars are manufactured and prepared for use, is injurious and dangerous to public health and public safety, and prejudicial to the well being and comfort of the community; now, therefore,

The People of the City and County of San Francisco do ordain as follows:

Section 1. On and after the passage of this Order it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to establish, maintain or carry on the business of a cigar factory, where cigars or other articles of tobacco are made, within the limits of the City and County of San Francisco, without having first complied with the conditions hereinafter specified.

Persons Conducting Cigar Factories Must Obtain Certificates From Health Officer as to Sanitary Condition of Premises.

Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to conduct or maintain a cigar factory within the City and County of San Francisco without having first obtained a certificate signed by the Health Officer of said City and County that the premises are properly and sufficiently ventilated, and that all proper arrangements for carrying on the business without injury to the sanitary condition of the neighborhood have been complied with and particularly that all provisions of all Orders of this Board have been complied with.

Certificates of Health Officer-No Charge to Be Made Therefor.

Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer, upon application from any person or persons proposing to open or conduct the business of a cigar factory within the limits of the City and County of San Francisco, to inspect the premises on which it is proposed to carry on such business, or in which said business is being carried on, with a view of ascertaining whether the said premises are provided with proper drainage and sanitary appliances; also, whether the provisions of all Orders of this Board relating thereto have been complied with, and, if found in all respects satisfactory, then to issue to said applicants the certificate provided for in Section 2 of this Order.

No charge whatsoever shall be made or compensation or fee collected or received, for the performance of any of the services required by the pro

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