[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-8]
The proprietor or operator of each establishment requiring inspection as specified in Section 13:7-2 shall make application to the Health Officer for inspection. Every application under this section shall be made on a form furnished by the Health Officer. In cases of change of ownership or change of location, a new application shall be made.
a.
Triplicate copies of complete drawings, with specifications, consisting
of floor plans showing the locations of such features as the principal
pieces of equipment, floor drains, principal drainage lines, hand
washing basins and hose connections for clean-up purposes; roof plans;
elevations; cross and longitudinal sections of the various buildings,
showing such features as principal pieces of equipment, heights of
ceilings, conveyor rails and character of floors and ceilings; and
a plot plan showing such outline of buildings on the premises, cardinal
points of the compass and roadways and railroads serving the plant,
properly drawn to scale, shall accompany applications for inspection.
Applicants for inspection may request information from the Health
Officer concerning the requirements before submitting plans.
b.
Each application shall specify the names, address and forms of organization of subsidiaries for which inspection is requested to do any of the business described in Section 13:7-2 of these Revised General Ordinances.
c.
Notice in writing shall be given to each applicant granted inspection,
specifying the establishment to which the same applies.
d.
The Health Officer is hereby authorized to determine whether applications
for inspection or for exemption from inspections shall be granted
or refused, and to revoke his/her prior approval of any application
if he/she determines that any false statement was made in such application.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-9]
a.
To each establishment granted inspection an official number shall
be assigned. Such number shall be used to identify all inspected and
passed products prepared in the establishment. More than one number
shall not be assigned to an establishment.
b.
Two or more official establishments under the same ownership or control
may be issued the same official number, provided a serial letter is
added in each case to identify each establishment and the products
thereof.
c.
When inspection has been granted to a person at an establishment, it shall not be granted to any other person at the same establishment, except that a subsidiary of the grantee, doing any of the business described in Section 13:7-3 of these Revised General Ordinances, may apply for and receive inspection.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-10]
Each official establishment shall be separate and distinct from
any unofficial establishment in which any product is handled, and
from any other unofficial establishment at the discretion of the Health
Officer.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-11]
Inspection shall not be inaugurated in a building, any part
of which is used as living quarters, unless the part for which inspection
is requested is separated from such quarters by floors, walls and
ceilings of solid concrete, brick or similar material, and the floors,
walls and ceilings are without opening that directly or indirectly
communicate with any part of the building used as living quarters.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-12]
When an application for inspection is granted, the Health Officer
or his representative shall, at or prior to the inauguration of inspection,
inform the proprietor or operator of the establishment of the requirements
of this chapter.
The establishment shall adopt and enforce all necessary measures,
and shall comply with all such directions as the Health Officer may
prescribe, for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-13]
The inspector in charge is hereby authorized to halt inspections
in an official establishment which fails to comply with any provision
of this chapter or of the regulations made pursuant thereto.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-14]
Each inspector will be furnished with an official badge which
he/she shall not allow to leave his/her possession, and which he/she
shall wear in such manner and at such times as the Health Officer
may prescribe. This badge shall be sufficient identification to entitle
him/her to admittance at all regular entrances and to all parts of
the establishment and premises to which he/she is assigned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-15; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
Each official establishment shall inform the Department of Health
and Community Wellness when work in each department has been concluded
for the day and of the day and hour when work will be resumed therein.
Whenever any product is to be overhauled or otherwise handled in an
official establishment during unusual hours, the establishment shall,
a reasonable time in advance, notify the Department of Health and
Community Wellness of the day and hour when such will be commenced,
and such articles shall not be so handled except after such notice
has been given. No department of an official establishment shall be
operated except under the supervision of an inspector. All slaughtering
of animals and preparation of products shall be done within reasonable
hours, and with reasonable speed, the facilities of the establishment
being considered. No shipment of any product shall be made from an
official establishment until after due notice has been given to the
inspector.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-16; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
The management of an official establishment desiring to work
under conditions which will require the services of an inspector on
Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, or for more than eight working hours
of any day, including Monday through Friday shall, sufficiently in
advance of the period of overtime, request the Department of Health
and Community Wellness to provide inspection service during such overtime
period, and shall reimburse the Department for the cost of such overtime
upon receipt of notice from an authorized official of the Department.
It will be administratively determined from time to time which days
constitute holidays in the City.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-17; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
Furnished office rooms, including light, heat and janitor service,
shall be provided by official establishments, rent free, for the exclusive
use for official purposes of the inspector and other Department of
Health and Community Wellness employees assigned thereto. The room
set apart for this purpose shall meet with the approval of the Health
Officer and shall be conveniently located, properly ventilated and
provided with lockers suitable for the protection and storage of Department
of Health and Community Wellness supplies and with facilities suitable
for Department employees to change clothing. Laundry service for inspector's
outer work clothing shall be provided by establishments.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-18; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
When required by the Health Officer, the following facilities
and conditions, and such others as may be essential to efficient conduct
of inspection and maintenance of sanitary conditions, shall be provided
by each official establishment:
a.
Satisfactory pens, equipment and assistants for conducting ante-mortem
inspection and for separating, marking and holding apart from passed
animals those marked "Suspect" and those marked "Condemned." Pens,
alleys and runways shall be paved, drained and supplied with adequate
hose connections for clean-up purposes.
b.
Sufficient natural light and abundant artificial light at all places
and such times of the day when natural light may not be adequate for
proper conduct of inspection. Rooms shall be kept sufficiently free
of steam and vapors for inspection to be properly made. Equipment
of substances which generate gases or odors shall not be used except
as specifically permitted by the Health Officer.
c.
Racks, receptacles or other suitable devices for retaining such parts
as the head, tongue, tail, thymus gland and viscera, and all parts
and blood to be used in the preparation of meat food products or medical
products, until after the post-mortem examination is completed, in
order that they may be identified in case of condemnation of the carcass;
equipment, trucks and receptacles for the handling of viscera of slaughtered
animals so as to prevent contact with the floor; trucks, racks, marked
receptacles, tables or other necessary equipment for the separate
and sanitary handling of carcasses or parts passed for cooking.
d.
Tables, benches and other equipment on which inspection is performed
shall be of such design, material and construction as to enable Department
of Health and Community Wellness employees to conduct their inspection
in a ready, efficient and clean manner.
e.
Sanitary watertight metal trucks or receptacles for holding and handling
diseased carcasses and parts, so constructed as to be readily cleaned;
such trucks or receptacles to be marked in a conspicuous manner with
the phrase "Condemned" in letters not less than two inches high and,
when required by the Health Officer, to be equipped with facilities
for locking or sealing.
f.
Adequate arrangements, including liquid soap and cleansers and paper
towels for cleansing and disinfecting hands, for sterilizing all implements
used in dressing diseased carcasses, floors and such other articles
and places as may be contaminated by diseased carcasses or otherwise.
g.
In establishments in which slaughtering is done, rooms, compartments
or specially prepared open places to be known as "final inspection
places," at which the final inspection of retained carcasses may be
conducted. Competent assistants for handling retained carcasses and
parts shall be provided by the establishment. Final inspection places
shall be adequate in size, and their rail arrangement and other equipment
shall be sufficient to prevent carcasses and parts passed for food
or cooking from being contaminated by contact with condemned carcasses
and parts passed for food or cooking from being contaminated by contact
with condemned carcasses or parts. They shall be equipped with hot
water, lavatory, sterilizer, tables and other equipment required for
ready, efficient and sanitary conduct of the inspection. The floors
shall be of such construction as to facilitate the maintenance of
sanitary conditions and shall have proper drainage connections, and
when the final inspection place is part of a larger floor, it shall
be separated by a curb, railing or otherwise.
h.
Rooms, compartments and receptacles, in which carcasses may be held
for further inspection, shall be in such number and in such locations
as the needs of the inspection in the establishment may require. They
shall be equipped for secure locking and shall be held under locks
furnished by the Department of Health and Community Wellness, the
keys of which shall not leave the custody of the assigned inspector.
Every such room, compartment or receptacle shall be marked conspicuously
with the phrase "Retained" in letters not less than two inches in
height. Rooms or compartments for these purposes shall be secured
and susceptible of being kept clean, including a sanitary disposal
of the floor liquids.
i.
Adequate facilities, including denaturing materials, for the proper
disposal of condemned articles in accordance with the regulations
in this chapter. Tanks or other rendering equipment which, under the
regulations in this chapter, must be sealed, shall be properly equipped
for sealing as may be specified by the Health Officer.
j.
Docks and receiving rooms, to be designated by the establishment, with the approval of the Health Officer for the receipt and inspection of all products as provided in Section 13:7-126 of these Revised General Ordinances.
k.
Suitable lockers in which brands bearing the inspection legend shall
be kept when not in use. All such lockers shall be equipped for locking
with locks to be supplied by the Department of Health and Community
Wellness, the keys of which shall not leave the custody of the assigned
inspector.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-19]
Inspectors shall furnish their own work clothing and implements, such as knives, steels, flashlights and triers, for conducting inspection and shall cleanse their hands and implements as prescribed by Section 13:7-36 of these Revised General Ordinances.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-20]
Prior to the inauguration of inspection and the granting of
a license an examination of the establishment and premises shall be
made by an inspector and the requirements for sanitation and the necessary
facilities for inspection specified.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-21]
Triplicate copies of drawings and specifications, complete as
contemplated in this chapter, for remodeling plants of official establishments
and for new structures, shall be submitted to the Health Officer and
approval obtained for the plans in advance of construction.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-22]
For the purpose of examination or inspection necessary to enforce
any of the provisions of the regulations contained in this chapter,
inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, whether
the establishment is operated or not, to every part of any official
establishment to which they are assigned.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-23]
Inspection shall not be begun if an establishment is not in
a sanitary condition nor unless the establishment agrees to maintain
such condition and provides adequate facilities for conducting such
inspection.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-24]
No person shall bring animal carcasses into the City without
first obtaining a permit therefor. No such permit shall be issued
unless the applicant shall fill out and sign application for same
and agree therein to defray any and all travelling expenses incurred
by the inspectors in making inspections of the plant where the slaughterings
are conducted.
[R.O. 1966 § 12:7-25; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014]
A fee of $0.10 shall be charged for the inspection of each carcass,
such fee to be paid at the time and place the carcass is presented
for inspection, and a receipt in the name of the City shall be given
for the fee. All monies received shall be forwarded forthwith by the
Department of Health and Community Wellness to the Department of Finance
of the City.
