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A. No article of food shall be sold which is mixed with any substance which injuriously affects its quality or strength or which is an inferior or cheaper substitute in whole or in part or from which any valuable constituent has been wholly or in part abstracted or which is an imitation of or which is sold under the name of another article or which is colored, polished or powdered by which it shall be made to appear of better quality or of more value than it actually is or which artificially contains any deleterious or poisonous ingredients. B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to mixtures of articles or compounds recognized as ordinary articles of food, provided that they contain no ingredients which are injurious to health.

No calf, nor the meat thereof, shall be bought, held, sold or offered for sale for human food within the limits of the City of Buffalo which, when killed, was less than one month old.

A. No food intended for human consumption shall be kept, sold, offered for sale, stored, displayed or transported unless protected from dust, dirt, insects, rats, mice or other contamination; nor shall any food intended for human consumption be deposited or allowed to remain within a distance of two feet above the surface of any sidewalk, street, alley or other public place or the floor of any building where exhibited, unless the same shall be contained in boxes or other receptacles so as to be protected from dogs and other animals and their excretions. Food shall be protected against contamination by rats or mice by means of tightly covered glass or metal containers or screened or metal-lined bins as prescribed by the Commissioner of Health. B. It sha...

A suitable sink with running hot and cold water, to permit proper cleansing of dishes, glasses, knives, forks, spoons and other food utensils, must be provided in every restaurant and ice cream parlor, at soda water fountains and every other place where food or drink is served for human consumption upon the premises; and all dishes, glasses, knives, forks, spoons and other food utensils used in the serving of food or drink for human consumption must be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized before reuse.

Adequate toilet and washing facilities must be provided for the use of employees in accordance with requirements of New York State labor laws pertaining to mercantile establishments.

A. No person who is affected with an infectious disease in a communicable form shall be employed in handling food or food utensils in any place where food or drink is prepared, cooked, mixed, baked, exposed, bottled, packed, handled, stored, manufactured, offered for sale or sold; and no food dealer shall employ any person to handle food or food utensils in any food establishment unless such person files with the employer a proper medical certificate issued by the Commissioner of Health to the effect that said applicant or employee is free from infectious disease in a communicable form. B. Such persons, however, may, in their discretion, be examined by their own private physician, provided that such examinations are performed in accordance with regulat...

No person dealing in any substance or material used for human food shall refuse to allow any officer of the Health Department to fully inspect any and all of such substances and materials held, offered or intended for sale, and he shall answer all reasonable and proper questions relative to the condition thereof, the place where such substances or material may be and from whom procured.

The Health Commissioner and inspectors of the Department of Health shall have the same power as is conferred upon the police force of this City for the purpose of investigating any suspected violation of any provision of this article, and no person shall molest or resist any officer of the Department of Health or his assistants in the discharge of their duties.

No person shall sell or cause to be sold within the City of Buffalo or expose for sale any wilted, stale, decayed, rotten, fermented or unwholesome vegetables, fruit, garden or farm produce of any kind. No dead poultry shall be sold or offered for sale that has not been drawn.

No person shall knowingly sell, offer for sale or cause to be sold or offered for sale any ice containing any impure or unwholesome matter or substance within the City limits.

A. Every person who shall keep fresh meat for sale shall keep the place at which the same shall be exposed for sale in a cleanly and wholesome condition and free from all noxious or offensive odors, and when any such place shall be found on inspection to be in an unsanitary condition, the occupant shall correct the same in accordance with the directions of the Department of Health. B. It shall be unlawful to display for sale as human food any chopped or ground meat unless it is kept protected from contamination and under refrigeration at a temperature not higher than 45°F.

[Derived from Art. X of Ch. XXV of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]

A. The Health Commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination on the hoof of all cattle, sheep, swine and goats intended to be slaughtered, within the City of Buffalo, New York, for human consumption. Said inspectors shall mark or tag as inspected and condemned all animals found to be unsound, unhealthful or otherwise unfit for human food and shall cause to be destroyed for food purposes and personally superintend the destruction of all animals found to be unsound, unhealthful or otherwise unfit for human food. Said inspectors shall mark or tag in such manner as will permit no deception or substitution as inspected and suspected all animals which show what appear to be symptoms or evidences of a disease or con...

The Health Commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose a postmortem examination of all cattle, sheep, swine or goats slaughtered within the City of Buffalo, New York, for human consumption, and the carcasses of all said animals found to be sound, healthful and fit for human food shall be marked or tagged as inspected and passed, which mark or tag shall show on its face the date of the inspection. Said inspectors shall mark or tag as inspected and condemned all carcasses and parts of carcasses of animals found to be unsound, unhealthful or otherwise unfit for human food and shall cause to be destroyed for food purposes and personally superintend the destruction of all carcasses or parts of carcasses of animals found to be ...

The Health Commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed by him for that purpose an inspection and examination of all meat food products prepared in any slaughtering, canning, salting, packing, cutting, grinding, rendering or similar establishment within the City of Buffalo, and for the purpose of such examination and inspection, said inspectors shall have access to every part of said establishment. Said inspectors shall mark or tag as inspected and passed all such products as upon inspection are found to be pure, sound, wholesome and made up of healthful ingredients and fit for human food, which mark or tag shall show on its face the date of such inspection. Said inspectors shall mark or tag as inspected and condemn all such products as up...

A. No meat or meat products from any animal slaughtered outside the City of Buffalo shall be brought into the City or offered for sale for human consumption unless such animal is slaughtered in a building inspected and approved by federal authority or by governmental authority of a state or municipality which maintains a standard of postmortem inspection as high as that required by the City of Buffalo. Such meat brought into the City shall be properly stamped or tagged showing such official inspection. B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to canned or tinned meats prepared outside the City of Buffalo nor to poultry. C. It shall be the duty of the Department of Health to enforce the provisions of this section and, for such purpose, to caus...

No cattle, sheep, swine or goats or meat or meat products thereof, except tinned or canned meats, which have not been inspected and marked as inspected and passed, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of the City of Buffalo, shall be sold or offered for sale or in any manner disposed of for human consumption within the City of Buffalo, New York; and no tinned or canned meat products which have not been inspected and marked as inspected and passed, in accordance with the provisions of the Code of the City of Buffalo or in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress relating to the federal inspection of meat and meat products intended for interstate commerce or in accordance with the laws of a state or the ordinances of a municipal divis...

[Derived from Art. II of Ch. V of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]

No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale in the City of Buffalo any fresh, frozen, salt, smoked, cooked or uncooked meat, poultry, fish or any sausage without having obtained a license so to do as provided herein.

[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003] Any person desiring to sell any of the articles mentioned in this article shall make application to the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services for a license to deal in said articles. Such application shall designate the place for which the license is desired and give a description of the building and premises where such business is to be carried on, showing the facilities for refrigeration and the sanitary equipment thereof, in such form and detail as the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services shall require. If the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services, upon examination of said application or after an inspection of the premises, is satisfied that said articles can be handled, dealt in and...