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. ORD..NANCE TO 1LEGULATE THE MANUFACTURE C_LT
RE ATID
``ALE OF ICE CREAiA WITHIN THE LI14iITS OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH.
�E IT ORDA?11IED BY THE BOARD OF COMJMISSjrjN,:RS OF
THE CITY OF FORT F'OR'TH:
Section 1:
NaPoison, firm or corporation small manufacture
for sale, keep for sale, sell, barter, exchange or deal in
-ice cream which shall contain any substance other than milk,
cream, eggs, sugar and some neutral flavoring gelatin or
veEetable g-aiis which contain other than the required az::ount
of milk fat as herein provided.
Sect
No person, firz:z or corporation shall manufacture
for sale, keep for sale, sell, barter or deal in ice cream
adulterated within the meaning of this ordinance.
Section 3 :
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n shall be deemed adulterated within the �
meaning of this ordinance, first, if it shall contain boric ,.
acid, formaldehyde, saccharin, or any other sutstallce or
compound that i.s ieleterious to health; Second, if it shall
contain salts of copper, iron oxidem ocres or any colorin
substance deleterious to health; Provided-"that this parara-_,h
shall not be construed to prohibit the use of harr:zless
coloring matter in ice cream when not used for fraudulent
purposes; 'Third, if it shall contain any deleterious flavoring
matter or flavoring matter not true to name; Fourth, if it be
an imitation of, or offered for sale under the naYue of another
article; Fifth, if it contains less than #*-e3-ve per centum of
milk fat, except wnere fruits orjuts az; usethe purpose
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of flavoring when it shall contain not less than err per
centum of milk fat. Nothing in this ordinance :3-hall be
construed to prohibit the use of not to exceed seven-
tenths of Orme per centUM of pure gelatin, guiz tragacanth
or other vegetable gums.
Section 4:
The standard of ice ereai.� in this city and for
the purpose of this ordinance, is hereby declared to be a
frozen product ..ade from milk, cream, eggs and sugar with
or without a natural flavoring, and the Gums mentioned in
the preceding section, and contain not leas than e eight
per centum of milk fat.
Fruit ice cream is a frozen product crude from
railk, cream, eggs and sugar, and sound, clean, mature
six
fruits, and contain not less than 'gyp per centum of milk fat.
Nut ice cream is a frozen product rade froiil milk,
cream, eggs, sugar and sound non-rancid nuts, and contains
six
not less than teM per centum of millz fat.
Section 5:
it shall be unlawful for any person, f i ren or
corporation to sell, offer for sale, ex3ose for sale, or
have in possession with intent to sell, any ice creaca in
any ccmtainer which is falsely labeled or branded as to
the name of the manufacture thereof or to misrepresent in
any way the place of manufacture of ice creaizi or manufacture
thereof.
Section 6:
Any place where ice-cream is manufactured for
sale in the City of Fort Worth shall be so constructed as to
have separate rooms for the washing and sterilizing of the
cans and utensils used in the manufacture of ice cream.
There shall be proper 10liE�ht and ventilat.Lon YYllr1. doors and
wir_dow ' jjijx� screened, concrete floors and pro-er drains.
Employees and attendants handling or helping in the manufacture
of ice cream: shall wear clean white washable suits. There
shall be proper toilet facilities in separate rooms for
attendants. All amnployees and attendants shall be vaccinated
against typhoid and small-pox, and shall be subject to medical
examination.
ice cream shall not be pedaled or sold on streets
of the city of Fort Worth:
section' s:
Each person, firm or cor]oration engaged in the
nia�zufacture of ice cre�;ni as a business within this Gity shall
file with the dairy and food Dep��.rt,.�ent, an a��plicaticn for
a license accompanied bir a fee o . . . . . . . and on recol-A of
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such application the Dairy and Food Department shall issue to
the per.3011, firm or corporation making such appiicet �cn a
license to make ice crear. as provided in this ordine-nce.
Ahich license shall run one year from the date of atiplication
and snall be renewed annually thereafter. the money so collected
,shall be paid into the City Treasury and be used to help defray
the expenses of the Dairy and Food Department.
Section 8:
Any -Daxson, firm or coryporaticn who shall violate
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed ,guilty
of a, misdemeanor and upon conviction shall oe fined not less
than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hu_ u:'red dollars.
Section '10:
All Ordinances in violation of the terms of this
ordinance heretofore passed by the City of Fort +,o 'th are
rlereby repealed.
Section 10:
'ihis ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its NaSsageyr--"L
1 hereb, that the above and fore going Ordinance was
(iU 11,r r,resented and unanirriously jpazrccl. and aI-orted by the, Poar,'.
of COMY411issionor's of the City of Fort 7orth.Te \-,-,s at la
session of said Boar held Tuesday April 2n,-!-.,A.D-.191--..