The Health Officer shall have the right to enter and examine any public premises or any place where meat, fish, poultry, game, milk, bakery goods or other foodstuffs are stored, prepared or dispensed for public consumption and to inspect or examine any vehicle transporting such foodstuffs for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter. Any person who shall hinder, obstruct or prevent the Health Officer from entering or carrying out his examination of such premises or vehicle shall, upon conviction, be subject to the general penalty of Chapter
1, §
1-3 of this Code.
No person shall operate a grocery store or meat market within the Village
of Westfield in an unsanitary, filthy or unclean manner so as to endanger
the health of patrons or other persons. In any grocery stores and meat markets,
refrigerators or refrigerator counters shall be kept in sanitary condition
and shall maintain a temperature of 40° F. (35.5° C.) or below.
Spoiled or unwholesome food shall be removed from the refrigerator immediately
upon detection. The walls and ceilings of the store and stockrooms shall be
kept clean and painted. Basements shall be clean and orderly, and all refuse
or garbage kept inside the premises must be placed in metal containers properly
covered and disinfected when necessary. Meat grinders, hooks and all other
utensils must be cleaned at the end of each workday. All unwrapped bakery
or confectionery products shall be handled in such a manner that they do not
come in direct contact with the hands of the individual selling them. The
operator of the store or market shall be responsible for compliance with this
section.
No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale any milk or milk product
except in accordance with the requirements of the Tri-County Environmental
Health Consortium as agent of the State Department of Health and Family Services.
No person shall sell, offer for sale or hold for sale any meat, fish,
fruits, vegetables or other articles of food or drink which are not fresh
or properly preserved, sound, wholesome and safe for human consumption or
the flesh of any animal which died by disease. The Health Officer is hereby
authorized and directed to seize and destroy any articles of food or drink
which are offered or held for sale to the public which have become tainted,
decayed, spoiled or otherwise unwholesome or unfit for human consumption.