As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes the product in any form obtained as the result of
freezing water mechanically or naturally.
Any place, vehicle or establishment where ice is manufactured,
stored or processed for sale as ice.
A.
Applications for licenses shall be on forms provided by the Board
or Health Officer, which applications shall set forth the name, residence
and business address of the applicant and the names of the persons
operating the vehicle or establishment where the ice is manufactured,
stored or processed.
B.
Every ice vendor shall, upon demand, furnish to the Board such additional
information as the Board or Health Officer may require to enable it
to determine whether the provisions of these rules and regulations
are being complied with. Failure to furnish such information promptly
or failure to secure written permission to inspect or reinspect sources
of ice shall result in the refusal to issue or the revocation of the
ice vendor's license.
A.
Licenses.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or distribute to the
public ice from any ice vending vehicle or from any other type of
vending equipment without obtaining a license from the Board of Health
of Eddystone Borough. The fee for such a license shall be as set from
time to time by resolution of the Borough Council per year. Licenses
shall be granted for a period of one year or portion thereof, said
year to be computed to commence January 1 of any given year. Such
licenses shall be displayed at all times in a conspicuous place and
shall not be transferable. Application for renewal of license shall
be made at least 30 days before the expiration of the existing license.
(2)
A license will not be issued to any person until the Director of Health and/or the Health Officer has inspected and approved the establishment and equipment from which the ice is to be obtained. Such licensee, manufacturer or producer of ice shall be required to pay a fee for such inspection. Written permission for the Board or Health Officer to inspect or reinspect such establishment or equipment shall be furnished by the applicant. Any such establishment shall be equipped and operated in compliance with the provisions of Article I of these rules and regulations or requirements of the Board now in effect or hereafter adopted. The license shall at all times be kept posted prominently in the ice vending vehicle or on the equipment.
(3)
Revocation. Licenses may be suspended or revoked for violations by
the holder thereof of these rules and regulations. No license shall
be suspended or revoked without a licensee being given a hearing before
the Board of Health or Borough Council.
B.
Standards. Ice plants and ice shall meet the following standards:
(1)
All ice plants shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition
and shall be subject to inspection and approved by the Director of
Health and/or the Health Officer.
(2)
The water from which ice is produced shall be obtained from an approved water supply meeting the requirements set forth in Article IV of these rules and regulations.
(3)
The ice at the time of delivery to a customer shall meet the standards of water quality set forth in Article IV of these chapter rules and regulations and shall be free of all foreign substances.
(4)
All equipment used for manufacture, cutting, grinding, chipping,
crushing, storage, transportation or delivery of ice which may come
in direct or indirect contact with the ice or the water used while
manufacturing ice shall be of a sanitary design approved by the Board
or Heath Officer. Ice shall be so handled while in storage and delivery
as to be protected from dust, dirt, filth and contamination.
(5)
All cans, buckets, tubs, pails or other containers used in the manufacture,
storage, transportation or distribution of ice shall be kept thoroughly
clean by methods acceptable to the Director of Health and/or the Health
Officer.
(6)
Paper containers shall be discarded after one use.
(7)
When dispensing individual servings of ice, a scoop must be used.
A.
Any person owning or managing an ice plant shall maintain and submit to the Director of Health and/or the Health Officer, on demand, such records concerning the source, processing, transportation and distribution of ice as the Director of Health and/or the Health Officer requires for determining compliance with all applicable standards and requirements set forth in Article IV of these rules and regulations.
B.
Records required under this section shall include a statement containing
but not limited to:
(1)
Records of any changes in structure of equipment.
(2)
Records of the result obtained from analyses or tests of the water
used in manufacture of ice or of the ice.
(3)
Tons of ice manufactured or delivered,
(4)
The name and address of owners of vehicles used for the transportation
of ice.
(5)
List of all establishments, private homes excluded, receiving service.
(6)
Location of coin-operated vending machines.
