Ordinance 2730 - Laserfiche WebLink

• It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora- tion to sell, offer for sale or expose for sale the meat of any animal, (except poultry or game) , intended for human consumption, in the City of Everett, unless the same has been inspected and passed and approved by an inspector of the City of Everett, or unless such meat bears the stamp mark or tag indication of inspection by the Bureau of Animal Industries of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, or the Department of Agriculture of the United States, or the Department of Agri- culture of the State of Washington, or any "ity of the State of vaashington so long as the inspection of such meat is made by said bureau, department or city under regulations like those contained herein. rrovided , that this section shall not be construed to prohibit producers residing beyond the limits of the city of Everett from killing necessary animals and selling the same within the uity, but no such animals or parts thereof shall be sold until the same shall be inspected by an inspector of the City of Everett in such places and at such hours as may be approved by the Board of Health. 4ith reference to hogs it shall be necessary that the pluck shall be intact. (Heart, lungs and liver) . It shall be unlawful to place any refuse, bones, rancid fat, hides or decaying food in any ice box or refrigerating room with fresh meats or other foods; nor shall any fish or strangely scented food be placed in the same compartment with fresh meat, dressed poultry, game or other foods in such manner as to impart any fishy or other distinctive odor or flavor to such foods. Rabbits and poultry shall not be cleaned or dressed, wet or dry, in rooms used for the manufacture of sausages, weiners or other prepared meat, except by special permission of the uity Board of Health. .ihe word "PERSON" whenever used in this ordinance shall be held and construed to mean and include an individual of either sex or an association, co-partnership or corporation, whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or employee. the singular number shall be held and construed to include the plural , and the masculine pronoun to include the feminine. Section 4 : Every person hereafter appointed Inspector under this or any other ordinance of the City of Everet , shall furnish a bond in the sum of Ljne 'ihousand Dollars ( 1,000.04 ) conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties and the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance. the premium on said bond shall be paid by the uity of Everett. Only persons authorized to practice veterinary, medicine, surgery or dentistry in this state shall be appointed as such Inspector; provided, however, that persons having been employed as veterinary inspectors by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the united States Department of Agriculture and who are in good standing with said Bureau, may be considered as having proper qualifications may be appointed as such Inspector. The duties of the inspector under this ordinance may be combined with that of Meat and Sanitation Inspector. All inspectors are hereby invested with police powers, and shall , while performing their official duties, wear badges furnished by the City in the form prescribed by the Board of Health,. -4-