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AN ORDINANCE SAFEGUARDING PERSONS AND PROPERTY AND
PBOHOTING TEZ PUBLIC HEALTH AND W]WAREt MINING
TIM; REQUIRING 'PRAT PERMITS BE OBTAI!® BUORE 3N-
GAGING IN OR OPERATING CERTAIN 3STABLISRXINTS AND
BUSINESSES CONNECTED WITH THZ STORING, XANUYAOTUR-
ING, PROCESSING AND BALE OF HEAT; PROVIDING FOR THE
BENWAL Off' SUCH PICRKITS; PROVIDING FOR M PAYMM
OR A 7= PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OR EkkN WAL OF SUCH
PZRVITS; SETTING STANDARDS FOR ME CONSTNUD'PI03 AND
HAINTINANCS OF PACKING PLANTS, WHOLESALE MCAT PLANTS,
NNAT CANNING PLANTS AND MCAT PROCESSING AND XANUFAC-
TURING PLANTS; k?k MRING CERTAIN MT PRODUOTS AND
MCAT FOOD PRDDUCTB TO BE $TOM IN CONTAINERS BEAR..
ING A DOMTIC k+UQAT LABEL; REQUIRING THAT ALL CON-
TAIXIRB OF THE IMAT PRODUCTS AND HEAT FOOD PRODUCTS
BE LABELED; SETTING OUT CERTAIN REQUIRPlUC 6 PERTAIN-
ING TO SUCH LABELS; MrLTING OUT MRUIRUMTS FOR MCAT
PRODUCTS AND HEAT FOOD PRODUCTS SOLD 11 FORT WORTH;
SETTING OUT ADDITIONAL RZQUI1MMYS FOR FROMM FOOD
LOCEIRS; 3POE3I1DING THE BALE CS HORSE )MT AS A FOOD
FOR HUMAN CONSDRPTION; MIP36T NG ALL OBDINAMCFH AND
PARTS OF ORDINANCZS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING
A SAVING OLAUSZ; FLUNG A PENALTY FOR TBZ VIOLATION
EKMW; AND PROVIDING AN 3011 CTIVE DATZ.
BE IT ORDIINSD BY THE CITY COUNCIL 07 THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TXUSt
SECTION I
The following definitions of worts and terms are hereby specifical-
ly adopted for the purposes of this Ordinance, such definitions beings
"Meat Product" shall mean any edible part of the carcass of
azw cattle, sheep, swine or goat which is not manufactured, cured,
smoked, processed or otherwise treated.
"Meat Food Products" shall mean any article of food or any ar-
ticle which enters into the composition of food for haman consump-
tion, which is derived or prepared, in whole or in part, from day
portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine, or goat, if
such portion is all or a Considerable and definite portion of the
article, except such articles as organotherapentic substances, meat
Juice, meat extract, and the like, which are only for medicinal purer
poses and are advertised only to the medical profession.
"Packing Plant" shall mean an official sisaghtering plant.
Neat Canning Plant" shall mean a plant where meat products
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or meat food products are canned.
*Neat processing and Manufacturing Plant" shall mean a plant
where, in addition to the custdms.ry meat cutting and processing,
seat food products such as fraAkfurtars, vienna and bologna are
processed and. manufactured.
"Wholesale Meat Plant" shall mean a plant where carcass meat
is processed into chili, ground meat, fresh saucage and/or into
the various meat cuts for wholesale trade.
'Frozen food Locker Plant" shall mean a plant where carcass
seat is processed and stored in refrigerated compartments.
"Horse Meat" shall mean the meat or flesh of any animal of
the equine genus.
"Person" shall mean any natural person, firm, association of
persons, organisation of persons, or corporation.
*fiscal year of the City of Fort Worth" shall mean the period
of time beginning on October 1 and ending at midnight the nest ensue•
ing Septesi"er 30the
S30TI0N II
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or engage in any of
the occupations, vocations or businesses hereinabove defined as Packing
Plants, Meat Canning Plant, Meat processing and Manufacturing Plant, Whole-
sale Meat Plant, and frozen Food Locker Plant without first baying made ap-
plication in writing to the Director of the Department of Public Health and
Welfare for a permit so to do and receiving and holding a permit to operate
or engage in such occupation, vocation or business. The application shall
be made upon forms prescribed and furnished by the Department of Public
Health and Welfare, and such application shall show the name of the appli-
cant, the nature of the business, the location of the premises upon which
the business is to be carried on and such other information as may be re-
quired by the Director of the Department of Public Health and Welfare.
♦ written permit to engage in one or more of the hereinabove speci-
fied occupations, as the case may be, shall be issued to the applicant when
an applicant has complied with all applicable federal and state statutes,
city ordinance% and rules and regulations of the Department of Public
Health and Welfare governing sanitation and protection of public health,
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and has furnished satisfactory proof of such compliance, together with
satisfactory proof of future compliance for the term of the permit.
♦by permit granted hereunder shall remain in ititll force and effect
until the end of the fiscal year of the Citj of fort Worth in which said
permit is issued, ulless sooner revolved for cause, and a failure to cos-
piy with atty ordinance of the City of fort Worth, or lrx of the State of
sews, or rule and regulation of the Department of Public Health and Wel-
fare concerning sanitation and public health shall be deemed cause for we-
vocation of the permit.
The Director of Public Health of the City of fort Worth shall have
the full right and power to revoke any permit issued under the terms barw-
of if the permitee shall have given cause for the revocation of such per-
mit,
A renewal permit shall be secured annually in like manner as the
original. The fees hereinafter set out shall be charged for each permit
and each renewal permit, and such fee shall be payable in full for any
fraction of the fiscal year for Mich the permit is granted.
Hach permit granted hereunder shall be nontransferable, and shall
be displayed conspicuously at all times within the place of business for
which the permit is granted.
When a permit is issued by the Director of the Department of Public
Health and Welfare under the terms of this ordinance, an official establish-
ment number shall be assigned to the holder of said permit by the Director
of the Department of Public Health and Welfare.
SDCTICI III
For each perait'isened hereunder a fee shall be charged and paid by
the Permites on the following baslst
Permit to operate a frosen food locker plant -. liv-o Dollars
Permit to operate wholesale meat plant -• live Dollars 05-00)
Before atp permit shall be isou" to operate a packing plant, a neat
canning plant or a seat processing and manufacturing plant, the Depertssat
of Public Health and Welfare shall sake a oarefal study and iavostigation
of such plant and its proposed operations and after such study shall reoom.
mend to the City Council of the City of Port Worth, 2e:as, a reasonable and
fait sehoftla of fees sad eharge>r tD be ru 1W the eppusaxse, sad the
City Council of the City of Fort Worth shall adopt a reasonable schedule
of fees and charges to be paid by said applicant, such schedule to be in
line with similar fees and charges paid by the some or similar basinese
for such a permit.
BWCTION IT
All packing plants. wholesale meat plants, seat canning pleats and
meat processing and manufacturing plants shall be located in a building
and the building, premises and equipment shall be constructed and main-
tained in accord with the following requirementet
1. 1W roew used for the processing or handbag of seat products
and meat food products shall be of a size to provide sufficient
spews for all esrplayess,. egtpsent and storage of neat and meet
food products so that the working areas are not crowded and the
rocs can be operated in a sanitary manner. Walls and ceilings
shall belie smooth, washable, light colored surfaces and
shall be ]Dept clean.
2. Floors shall be constructed of concrete, the or other Imper-
vious material and shall be properly graded to trapped floor
drains.
3. All rooms shall be well lighted.
4. All rooms not refrigerated shall be well ventilated. Xschau-
ical ventilation shall be provided when necessary to exhaust
odere and to prevent condensation,
s. toilet facilities and dressing rooms shall be provided on the
premises for all smpleyses and shall be ample in Omber and
also and conveniently located. the doors of all toilet rooms
eball be self-closing. 'Toilet facilities and dressing rooms
shall be ]Dept clean.
6. Convenient head washing facilities shall be provided, inciwd,.
Lug wars. sannisg water, soap and approved sanitary tewols. the
use of the cosemon towel is prohibited. Wash basins shall bo
kept e2Ss3.
7. Wsildiaga shall be of rat proof censltotisa in accord with
City Ordinance Ho.- 2181 and `mendments thereto and the build—
ing or buildings and premises shall be maintained free of rats
and mice.
8. Sinks of a size and design suitable for washing uteLails and
equipment shall be provided and maintained in a sanitary con.-
dition. Hot water at a temperature of 18001. or steam shall
be prodded and shall be available in sufficient quantities
to meet the needs of cleaning processes.
9. All openings into the cater air shall be effectively screened
and doors shall be self—closing unless other effective mesas
are prodded to prevent the access of flies. Control measures
against flies and other insects shall be effectively carried
out on the entire premises.
10. All plumbing shall be maintained in a sanits 7 manner in accord
with the City Plumbing Ordinance and shall be connected to the
city sanitary sewer.
11. trash and garbage oball be kept in covered containers in accord
with citW ordinances.
I+12. Proper utensils and equipment shall be provided and they shall
be maintained in a sanitary manner and the following specifie
provisions shall be complied with:
a. Chili kettles shall be constructed of stainless steel
or.similar noncorrosive metal and shall be constructed
with a steam jacket and an outlet opening in the bottom.
Valve on outlet shall be so constructed as to be easily
cleanable.
b. All tube, sausage trucks, tables, shelves and other equip.
meat which comes in contact with most predncts and meat
food products shall be. constracted of galvanized sheet
steel, stainless steel or similar non-corrosive metal.
All Joints shall be made smooth so sa to be readily clean.
able. Outting boards and meat blocks shall be constructed
of hard wood and shall be maintained fires of cracks.
c, All grinders, saws, steak machines, knives, steels and
other utensils mad equipment shall tie cleaned at least
daily, and as often morel as is necessary to maintain them
In a sanitary condition.
13. To person shall work in such establishments unless he is free
of any communicable disease and has a valid 14alth certificate
issued by the Director of Public Health and Welfare. All per-
sons working in a meat cutting processing, or canning room
shall wear"suitable head coverings. such as caps or hair nets,
No person shall smoke in a meat cutting, processing or canning
room.
SBDTIOT V
It shall be the duty of every person conducting, operating or mein-
twining a meat products or meat food products establishment of any kind in
the City of Fort Worth to keep the floor, side walls, -pillars. partitions.
ceilinge, receptacles, refrigerators, Implements and machinery of every
such establishment, and all cars, tracks and vehicles used for the trans-
portation of food products closed and in a clean and sanitary condition;
and for the purpose of this chapter, unclean and insanitary conditions
shall be deemed to exist if the food in the process of production, proper-
ation,manufacture, packing, storing, sale distribution or transportation
is not securely protected from flies, vermin, dust. dirt, and from other
foreign or injurious contamination, or if the refuse. dirt or waste pro-
ducts subject to decomposition and fermentation are not removed 'daily, or
if the trucks, trays, boxes, bucket or other receptacles. chutes, platforms,
ranks, tables, shelves, knives, sera, cleavers and other utensils, or the
machinery used in moving, handling, cutting, chopping, mixing, canning or
other processes are not thoroughly cleaned daily, or if the clothing or
hands of the operatives or other persons employed therein is unclean.
SECTIOR VI
Any meat product or meat food product sold in the City of Fort Worth
which is of such character or so mall that it cannot be marked with a
brand or stomp and which has been inspected and passed maybe packed in a
Domestic most label. The domestic meat label shall show the contents of
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the container and the U. S. D. A. establishment number or the name of the
Plant and the City of Tort Worth establishment number.
An meat products and moat foot products sold, offered for sale or
stored in the City, of Port Worth shall either bear an inspectorls mark as
required ig Section 17, Article 7, Ordinance 30. 1271 or shall be within
a container which burs a domestic meat label as required herein, or shall
be within a container which bears a meat label complying with the terms of
the ordinance equivalent to this ordinance passed and enforced by the mad—
cipality within which the establishment from which such meat products or
meat food products originated.
SETION 4II
a. All meat oducts and meat food products sold or offered for sale
in package form in the City of Tort Worth shall be labeled. A11-such labels
@hall show the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor, the true
name of the contealj,a 11et .of the ingredients of said contents shown in
the order of their prominence, the net weight, and the inspection legend.
b. 3o meat product or meat food product and no container thereof
shall be labeled with ate false or deceptive name or wording,
c. Sausage is a comminuted product made from most products seasoned
with condimental proportions of coudimental substance@, provided, that if
cereal, vegetable starch, starchy vegetable flour, soya flour, dried milk
or dried skis milt is added, the label shall show the no of each such add-
ad ingredients, as, for example, "ooreal aided", "soya flour added," etc.
as the case may be, and if more than 3j% by weight of such added ingredients
are added, the label shall plainly show the percent of added cereal or other
allot edible Ingredients*
d. If saasage As made from meat by-produots, the names of the by�-
productss each as beef tripe, beef hearts, sheep livers, pork snouts, beef
Imp, pork bywproducts and cow udders shall be plainly shown as ingredients
on. the labol.
o. When artificial coloring or artificial flavoring is added to
W meat product or seat food prodnot, the label shall plainly show this
fact.
f. !rash ground meat shall consist of chopped fresh seat with or
without seasoning. Such fresh ground meat msy be called "hsaWrd sr",
"ground beef', 'ground chuck° or some similar name. When cereal or any
other edible food is added to such ground most, the nature and mount of
added food shall be plainly shown on the label, or in lieu of a label, a
suitable placard may be displayed with the meat in the most counter so as
to plainly inform the customer as to the ]rind and amount of added foods
contained in the ground meat.
g. The word °fresh" shall not appear on the label of any meat pro-
duct or seat food product to which has been added aq9 preservative as per-
mitted in this ordinance or to which has been added salt in preservative
amounts.
830TION VIII
All neat products and meat food products which we sold or offered
for sale in the City of ?art Worth shall comply with the following regnire-
sentst
a. No preservatives of any kind shall be added to ground fresh
meat except that not over one-tenth of one per vent (0.1%) of
bemsosts of soda any be added, provided the label plainly
shows this fact.
b. It is unlwftal to use any sulfites, such as sodium sulfite,
in any around seat, sausage or any other meat prodnat or
seat food product intended for use by human oonsunption
a. The use of sodium nitrite, potessima nitrite, sodium nitrate,
or combination of nitrites and nitrates in curing processes
shall not result in the presence of more than 200 psrts; per
million in the finished seat foe&product.
d. Water or ice may be used in the preparation of sausage which
Is not 0006d in an amount not to exceed three per vent (3%)
by weight of the total ingredients used. Sausage of the kind
which is cooked after the water or ice is added may contain
not more than ten per cent (10%) of added misture.
OWTION u
In addition to all other requirements of this ordinaaaa, Vrosen rood
Lookers shall comply with the following specific requiresentat
1. No meat product or seat food product can be sold or offered
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for sale except that which hds been inspected and narked in
accordance with Ordinance To. 1271 and this ordinance.
2. It shall be unlawful for any firm, person or corporation to
store, process, handle or keep on the premises of a frozen
locker plant any uninspectod meat unless the following rer
quiresents are complied witht
a. Zarb carcass or piece of carcass of meat shall be labelid
with the name, address and telephone number of the owner.
no mach carcass or piece of carcass of uninspected meat shall
be stored in the cooler separate fro& inspected meat and
protected so that the uninspected meat will not come in
contact with inspected meat.
o. Zpdyment and utensils used for processing uninspected
meat shall be claimed and treated with steam or hot water
at 18007. for one minute before such equipment and uten�
oils are used for processing inspected seat*
d, the manager, owner, or responsible person shall maintain
r000rds sharing the weight and ownership of all uninspected
seat received by the looker plant. 111 such records shall
be available for inspection by the Director of the Depart—
want of Pnblio Health and Welfare or his representative.
SZOTION Z
Anything to the contrary hersinabove contained notwithstanding, the
provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to establishments operating
under inspection by the United states Department, of Agriculture. Further,
the provisions of this ordinance requiring inspection of the plant and
setting out rogalatione for such plants shall not only to establishments
located in a voicipality having a seat ordinance in effect which is at
least the equivalent of this ordinance, if the Health Officer of said city
Is enforcing such ordinance, but mast products and most food products pro—
cessed in such an establishment and sold or offered for sale in the City
of Fort Worth shall beer the inspection legend of the hiealth Department of
the City vhorsis such establishment is located and shall in all respects
oosply with Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this ordinance.
MTIOhp ZI
It shall be valaw111 for any person to sell, offer for sale, exhibit
for sale, or hors in his possession with the intgat to sell any hors* meat
ai'food for hwan coaeasption.
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SICTIOX ZII
It shall be anlavful for say person, firm or corporation to keep,
store, displq, or offer for sale any horse meat in any refrigerator,
meat cooler, or cold storage facility of any type in which there is also
]rapt, stored, displayed or offered for sale any food for human consumption.
SACTIOt 2111
this ordinance shall be and is hereby declared k be c atUtive of
all other ordinances of the City of ?ort Worth, and shall not operate to
repeal or affect any such ordinances or ordinance cmept insofar as the
provisions of such ordinances or ordinance are inconsistent or in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance, in which Instance or instances such
conflicting provisions in said other ordinance or ordinances shall be and
are hereby repealed. •
SECTION ZIT
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this or•
dinsaee is for sny reason held to be unconstitutional., such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and
all the remainder of this' ordisimas not so declared to be invalid shall
continue to be in fall force and affect. The City Council of Port Worth,
Tezas, hereby declares that it mould have passed this ordinance and each
section, sub-section, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of
the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, sentences, e14nre4.
or pkxmsse be declared unconstitutional.
BECTIOY In
yq person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a dsdemeanort and the person or any employee, agent,
manager, or officer thereof, who is guilty of violating or of the previ-
*tens, shall upon conviction thereof, be fined in may amoamt not to sue"
Two Euadred Dollar@ 0200.00) for each a=tense1 and every violation of and
each and evert dayas failare or refneal to comply with the said provision
will seastituto a separate offense.
8MTIOW ZTI
This ordinancs shall be effective from and after its passage and
publieatioa as provided by law.
dMZOTWD AS TO PQRKi
9AULI�Z2�
Assistant City dtternq
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City 8,ecrfitary
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