Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases shall
be construed throughout this article to have the meaning herein indicated.
ADULTERATED
The condition of a food:
A.
If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance in a
quantity which may render it injurious to health.
B.
If it bears or contains any added poisonous or deleterious substance
for which no safe tolerance has been established by regulation or in excess
of such tolerance if one has been established.
C.
If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed
substance or if it is otherwise unfit for human consumption.
D.
If it has been processed, prepared, packed or held under unsanitary
conditions, whereby it may have become contaminated (with filth) or whereby
it may have been rendered injurious to health.
E.
If it is in whole or in part the product of a diseased animal or an
animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter.
F.
If its container is composed in whole or in part of any poisonous or
deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health.
CUSTARD MIX and CUSTARD-FILLED
Any product consisting principally of flour, sugar, eggs and milk,
with or without cornstarch, heated, cooled and applied to pastry without subsequent
beating and to filled pastry such as cream puffs or eclairs which may be heated
subsequent to filling.
DRINK
Any liquid substance, except a drug, used or intended to be used
for human consumption.
EMPLOYEE
Any person who handles food or drink during preparation or serving
or who comes in contact with any eating or cooking utensils or who is employed
in a room in which food or drink is prepared or served.
FOOD
Any substance, except a drug, used or intended to be used for human
consumption.
FOOD ESTABLISHMENT
Any place where food or drink intended for human consumption is kept,
stored, manufactured, prepared, dressed, handled, sold or offered for sale
with or without charge, either at wholesale or retail and not consumed on
the premises; provided, however, that the term "food establishment" shall
not include a "public eating and drinking place."
FOOD HANDLER
Any person who handles food or drink during storage, manufacture,
preparation, handling, sale or serving, in such a manner that some portion
of the clothing or body of such person may come in contact with such food
or drink or with utensils used in connection therewith.
HEALTH OFFICER
The Health Officer of the Township of Marple or his authorized representative.
NUISANCE
A public nuisance affecting health.
OFFERED FOR SALE
Any food or drink kept or displayed in any store, place, dispenser
or vehicle in the manner in which food or drink is ordinarily kept or displayed.
OWNER
The owner or owners of any building or structure, whether individual,
firm, corporation, association or partnership.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership, and
includes the plural as well as the singular and the female as well as the
male.
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD OR DRINK
Any perishable food or drink which consists in whole or in part of
milk or milk products, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish or other ingredients
capable of supporting rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxigenic
microorganisms.
PUBLIC EATING AND DRINKING PLACE
Restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order cafe, luncheonette,
tavern, sandwich stand, soda fountain or any other place where food or drinks
are served, sold or prepared and sold or given away, to be consumed on the
premises, as well as kitchens or other places in which food or drink is prepared
for sale elsewhere.
SHELLFISH
Includes oysters, clams, scallops or mussels, fresh or frozen, any
shrimp, crab or lobster, fresh, frozen or cooked and any other mollusks, fresh
or frozen, intended for human consumption.
UTENSILS
Any kitchenware, tableware, glassware, cutlery, utensils, containers
or other equipment with which food or drink comes in contact during storage,
preparation or serving.
No person shall operate or maintain any food establishment otherwise
than in a clean and sanitary condition and so as to conform at all times to
the requirements of this article. The person in charge of and every food handler
employed in any food establishment shall observe and comply with the provisions
of this article and of all rules and regulations relating to the operation
or maintenance of such food establishments hereafter adopted.
Running hot and cold water under pressure of not less than 15 pounds
per square inch shall be easily accessible to all rooms in which food is prepared
or utensils washed and shall be adequate and of a safe, sanitary quality.
No person shall provide or make accessible a public water supply or bottled
water for human consumption or domestic use unless the source, treatment and
distribution of such water shall be so protected from pollution and so maintained
as to deliver a water of safe, sanitary quality. Such delivered water shall
not contain bacterial, chemical or other contamination in such quantity as
may be injurious to health or as may indicate such water to be unsatisfactory
for human consumption as determined by test in a laboratory approved for the
purpose by the Board. Public water supplies shall conform with the United
States Public Health Service Drinking Water Standards now in effect or hereafter
adopted.
No food or drink which is impure, decomposed or dangerous to the public
health or which has been so treated as to conceal inferiority or which, in
its manufacture, cooking, processing, preparation, handling or storage, does
not conform to the requirements of this article, shall be kept, sold or offered
for sale for human consumption. All unlabeled can goods and cans showing rust,
leakage or evidence of internal pressure shall not be offered for sale or
given away.
Any permit issued under the provisions of this article may be suspended
or revoked for violation by the holder thereof of any of the provisions of
this article. Such revocation or suspension shall be in addition to any of
the penalties hereinafter provided. No permit shall, however, be revoked or
suspended without the holder of the permit being given a hearing before the
Board of Health. The decision of the Board shall be final and conclusive.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution
and in default of payment of such fine and costs by imprisonment for not more
than 30 days. Whenever such person shall have been officially notified by
the Health Officer or by the service of a summons in a prosecution or in any
other official manner that he is committing a violation of this article, each
day that he shall continue such violation after such notification shall constitute
a separate offense punishable by a like fine or penalty.