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ORDINANCE No. 2-700 1 AN ORDINANCE relating to the public health and providin0 for the inspection of animal meats intended for human consumption, regulating and licensing the preparation, handling and sale of such meats, defining offenses, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof. THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: DEFINITIONS. That the following words and terms, as used in this ordinance, shall be deemed and con- strued to mean and include the following: (a) The word "MEAT" : All animal flesh, carcasses and parts thereof, (excluding poultry and game) , designed or intende for human consumption, or sold or disposed of as human food. (b) The term "INSPECTED MEAT" : All meat inspected, passed and approved, and stamped or tagged by a qualified inspector, which lawfully bears the stamp mark or tag indication of inspection and approval by the Bureau of Animal industry of the Department of Agriculture of the united States, or the Department of Agriculture of the State of Washinaton, (c) The term "UNCOOKED MEAT" : All meat which has not been cooked, or cured by smoking, salting, drying, or other recognized trade process of curing. (d) The term "CURED MEAT" : All meat which has been cured by cooking, drying, or other recognized trade process of curing. (e) The term "MEAT SHOP" shall include wholesale or retail meat shops or shops for the manufacture of meat products, and all premises, buildings and/or parts thereof used for the preparation for sale , or for the sale or disposition of uncooked meat, sausage , and/or cooked and cured meats to consumers, but • in which animals are not slaughtered. (f) The term "MEAT SALESMAN": All persons selling or disposing of uncooked meat and/or cured meat and/or sausage to consumers. (g) The word "INSPECTOR" : The Health ufficer, or an of his subordinates designated as "MEAT INSPECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. " Section 2: MEAT SHOP LICENSE. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to open up, conduct, manage , operate or maintain a meat shop , either wholesale or retail , or a shop for the manu- facture of meat products without first having obtained a license therefor. All licenses shall be posted and displayed in a conspicuous place in said shop.