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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1952)
ORDINANCE REGULATING EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS An ordinance defining res¬ taurant, itinerant restaurant, employee, utensils, health of¬ ficer, etc., requiring permits for the operation of such estab¬ lishments, prohibiting the sale of adulterated, unwholesome or misbranded food or drink, re¬ gulating the inspection, grad¬ ing, regrading and placarding of such establishments, the en¬ forcement of this ordinance, and the fixing of penalties. Be it ordained bv the Board of Health of the County of Dade as follows: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS— The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement of this ordi¬ nance A Restaurant. — The term “restaurant” shall mean res¬ taurant. coffee shop, cafeteria, short order cafe, luncheonette, tavern, sandwich stand, soda fountain, and all other eating or drinking establishments, as well as kitchens or other places in which food or drinks is pre¬ pared for sale elsewhere. B Itinerant resaurant. —The term “itinerant restaurant” shall mean one operating for a temporary period in connection with a fair, carnival, circus, public exhibition, or other si¬ milar gathering. term “em¬ C Employee.—The ployee” shall mean anv person who handles food or drink dur¬ ing preparation or serving, or who comes in contact with anv eating or cooking utensils, or who is employed in a room in which food or drink is prepared or served. D. Utensils.—“Utensils” shall include any kitchenware, table w r are, glassware, cutlery, uten¬ sils. containers, or other equip¬ ment with which food or drink comes in contact during star- age, preparation, or serving. E Health Officer.—The term “health officer” shall mean the Board of Health of the County of Dade or its authorized re¬ presentative. The word "per¬ F. Person. — son” shall mean person, firm, corporation, or association SECTION 2. PERMIT S —It shall be unlawful for any per¬ son to operate a restaurant in the County of Dade who does not possess an unrevoked per¬ mit from the health officer. Such permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place. Only per¬ sons who comply with the re¬ quirements of this ordinance shall be entitle to receive and retain such a permit. A person conducting an itinerant res¬ taurant shall also be required to secure a permit. Such a permit may be tem¬ porarily suspended bv the health officer upon the viola¬ tion by tbe holder of any of the terms of this ordinance, or irevoked after an opportunity for a hearing by the health of¬ ficer upon serious or repeated violation. OR SECTION 3 PLACARING PUBLIC DISPLAY OF GRADE NOTICE. — Every restaurant shall display at all times in a place designated bv the health officer, a notice approved bv the health officer, stating the grade of the establishment. SECTION 4 EXAMINATION AND CONDEMNATION OF UN¬ WHOLESOME OR ADULTER¬ ATED FOOD OR DRINK. — Samples of food, drink, and other substances may be taken and examined by the health officer as often as may be ne¬ cessary for the detection of un¬ wholesomeness or adulteration. The health officer may con¬ demn and forbid the sale of. or cause to be removed or des¬ troyed, any food or drink which Is unwholesome or adulterated. SECTION 5. INSPECTION OF RESTAURANTS. —At least once every 6 months the health of¬ ficer shall inspect every res¬ taurant located within the County of Dade. In case the health officer discovers the violation of any item of sani¬ tation requited for the grade then held, he shall make a se¬ cond inspection after the lapse of such time as he deems ne¬ cessary for the defect to be re¬ medied. ancL the second in¬ spection "811311 be used in deter¬ mining compliance with the grade requirements of this or¬ dinance. Any violation of the same item of this ordinance on such second inspection shall call for immediate degrading or suspension of permit One copy of the inspection report shall be posted by the health officer upon an inside wall of the restaurant, and said inspection repoit shall not be defaced or removed by | any person except the health officer. Another copy of the inspection report shall be filed with the records of the health department. The person operating the restaurant shall upon request of the health officer permit access to all parts of the estab¬ lishment and shall permit copying any or all records of food puchased. SECTION 6 THE GRADING OF RESTAURANTS. — The grading of all restaurants shall be based upon the following standards. SANITATION REQUIRE¬ MENTS FOR GRADE A RES¬ TAURANTS--All Grade A restaurants shall comply with all of the following items of sa¬ nitation . Item 1. Floors. — The floors of all rooms in which food or drink is stored, prepared, or served se: or in which utensils are washed, wr shall be of such con¬ struction as to be easily clean¬ ed, shall be smooth, and shall .be kept clean and in good re- air. * Item 2 Walls and Ceilings.— v 'alls and ceilings of all rooms ! shall be kept clean. and in good repair. All walls and ceilings of rooms in which food or drink Is stored or prepared shall be finished in light color. The walls of all rooms in which food or drink is prepared or utensils are washed shall have a smooth, washable surface ud to the level reached by splash or spray. Item 3. Doors and Windows, —When flies are prevalent, all openings into the outei air shall be effectively screened and doors shall be self-closing, uless other effective means are provided to revent the entrance of flies. Item 4. Lighting. —All rooms in which food or drink is stored or prepared or in which uten¬ sils are washed shall be well lighted. Items 5. Ventilation. — All rooms in which food or drink is stored, prepared, or served, or in which utensils are wasn- ed, shall be well venthated. Item 6 Toilet Facilities. — Every restaurant shall be pro¬ vided with adequate and con¬ veniently located toilet facil- nies for its employees, con¬ forming with the ordinances of the County of Dade. In res¬ taurants hereafter constructed toilet rooms shall not open di¬ rectly into anv room in which food, drink, or utensils are handled or stored. The doors of all toilet rooms shall be self- 1 losing. Toilet rooms shall be kept in a clean condition, in good repair, and well lighted and ventilated. Hand-washing signs shall be posted in each toilet rooms used bv employees, in case privies or earth closets a.re permitted and used, they shall be separate from the res¬ taurant building, and shall be of a sanitary type constructed and operated in conformity with the standards of the State Board of Health. Item 7. Water Supply.—Run¬ ning water under pressure shall be easily accessible to all rooms in which food is pre¬ pared or utensils are washed, and the water supply shall be adequate, and of a safe, sani¬ tary quality. Item 8. Lavatory Facilities.— Adequate and convenient hand washing facilities shall be provided, including hot and cold running water, soap, and approved sanitary towels. The use of a common towel is pro¬ hibited. No employee shall re¬ sume work after using the toi¬ let room without first washing his hands. Item 9. Construction of Uten¬ sils and Equipment. — All mul¬ ti-use utensils and all show and display cases or windows, counters, shelves tables, refri¬ gerating equipment, sinks, and other equipment or utensils used in connection with the operation of a restaurant shall be so constructed as to be easily cleaned and shall be kept in good repair. Utensils contain¬ ing or plated with cadmium or lead shall not be used: Pro¬ vided, That solder containing lead may be used for jointing. Item 10. Cleaning and bacte¬ ricidal treatment of utensils and equipment. — All equip¬ ment, including display cases or windows, counters, shelves, tables, refrigerators, stoves hoods, and sinks shall be kept clean and free from dust. dirt, insects, and other contamin¬ ating material. All cloths used by waiters, chefs, and other employees shall be clean. Sin¬ gle service containers shall be used only once. All multi-use eating and drinking utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and ef¬ fectively subjected to an ap¬ proved bactericidal process af¬ ter each usage. All multi-use utensils used in the prepara¬ tion or serving of food and drink shall be thoroughly cleaned and effectively sub¬ jected to an approved bacteri¬ cidal process immediately fol¬ Drying lowing the day’s operation. cloths, if used, shall be clean and shall be used for no other purpose. No article, polish, or other substance containing anv cya¬ nide preparation or other poi for the cleaning or polishing ofi utensils ■ Item 11. Storage and handl¬ ing of utensils and equipment. —After bactricidal and treat¬ ment utensils shall be stored in a clean, dry place protected from flies, dust, and other con¬ tamination, and shall be handled in such a manner as to prevent contamination as far as practicable. Single-ser¬ vice utensils shall be purchased only in sanitary containers, shall be stored in a clean, dry place until used, and shall be handled in a sanitary manner. Item 12. Disposal of Wastes. All wastes shall be properly disposed of, and all garbage a J}d trash shall be kept in suit- a hle receptacles, in such man- nor 35 n °t to become a nui¬ sance . Item 13. Refrigeration. All readily perishable food and drink shall be kept at or below 50 degrees F, except when be¬ ing prepared or served. Waste water from refrigeration equip¬ ment shall be properly disposed of. Item 14. Wholesomeness of food and drink. — All food and drink shall be clean, whole¬ some, free from spoilage, and so prepared as to be safe for human consumption. All milk, fluid milk products, ice cream, and other frozen deserts served shall be from approved sources. Milk and fluid milk products shall be served in the individual containers in which they were received from the distributor or from a bulk con¬ tainer equipped with an ap¬ proved dispensing device: Pro¬ vided. That this requirement shall not apply to cream, which may be served from the ori¬ ginal bottle or from a dispen- ser approved for such service All oysters, clams, and mussels shall be from approved sources and if shucked shall be kept until used in the containers in T HE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1952 j which they were placed at the j shucking plant, Item 15. Storage, display, and J t serving of food and drink.— All food and drink shall be so ( stored, displayed, and served as to be proteetd from dust, aies, vermin, depredation and pollution by rodents, unneces sary handling, droplet infec¬ tion, overhead leakage, and contamination. No animals or fowls shall be kept or allowed in any room in which food or drink is prepared or stored. All means necessary for the elimi¬ nation of flies, roaches or ro¬ dents shall be used. Item 16. Cleanliness of em¬ ployees. All employees shall wear clean outer garments and shall keep their hands clean at all times while engaged in handling food, drink, utensils, or equipment. Employees shall not expectorate or use tobacco in any form In rooms in which food Is prepared. Item 17. Miscellaneous.—The premises of all restaurants shall be kept clean and tree of litter or rubbish. None of the operations connected with a restaurant shall be conducted in any rooms used as living or sleepiog quarters. Adequate lockers or dressing rooms shall be provided for employees’ clothing and shall be kept clean. Soiled linens, coats, and aprons shall be kept in con¬ tainers provided lor this pur¬ pose. Grade B Restaurants.— Grade B restaurants are thu-->e which lall to comply with it-m 1, 2. 4, 5, or 17. but which conlorm with all other items of sanita¬ tion required for grade A res¬ taurants. G*ade C Restaurants.—Grade C Restaurants are those which fail to comply with ‘either the grade A or me graue B require¬ ments. itinerant Restaurants. — Iti¬ nerant restaurants shall be cnostructed and operated in an approved manner. fcjECTION 7. GRADES OF RESTAURANTS WHICH MAY Operate. From and after 3 months lrom the date on which this ordinance takes effect no restaurant shall be operated within the County of Dade or its police jurisdiction, unless it comorms with the grade A, or grade B, or approved itinerant restaurant requirements of this ordinance: Provided, That when any restaurant fails to qualify for any of these grades the health officer is authorized to suspend the permit or in lieu thereof to degrade the restau¬ rant and permit its operation during a temporary period not exceeding 30 days. SECTION 8. REINSTATE¬ MENT OF PERMIT; SUPPLE¬ MENTARY REGRADING —Any restaurant the grade of which has been lowered and all grade displays have been changed ac¬ cordingly, or the permit of which has been suspendtd may at any time make application for regrading or the reinstate¬ ment of the permit. Within one week after the re¬ ceipt of a satisfactory applica¬ tion, accompanied by a state¬ ment signed by the applicant to the effect that the violated provision or provisions of this ordinance have been conform¬ ed with, the health officer shall make a reinspection, and thereafter as many additional reinspections as he may deem necessary to assure himself that the applicant Is again complying with the higher grade requirements, and. in case the findings indicate compliance, shall award the higher grade or reinstate the permit. SECTION 9. DISEASE CON¬ TROL. — No person who is af¬ fected with any disease in a comunicable form or Is a car¬ rier of such disease shall work in any restaurant, and no res¬ taurant shall employ any such person or any person suspect¬ ed of being affected with any disease in a communicable form or of being a carrier of suc h disease. If the restaurant manager ployee suspects that any em has contracted any di sease in a communicabl form or has become a carrier of such disease he shall notify the health officer immediately. A placard containing this section shall be posted in all toilet rooms. SECTION 10. PROCEDURE WHEN INFECTION SUSPECT¬ ED. — When suspicion arises as 10 tne possibility of tran¬ smission of infection from any restaurant employee the health officer is authorized to require any or all of the following mea¬ sures: (1) the immediate exclu¬ sion of the employee from all restaurants; (2) the immediate closing of the restaurant con¬ cerned until no further danger of disease outbreak exists, in the opinion of the health of¬ ficer; (3) adequate medical examination of the employee ana of his associates, with such laboratory examinations as may be indicated. SECTION 11. ENFORCEMENT INTERPRETATION.— This or¬ dinance shall be enforced by the health officer in accord¬ ance with the interpretations thereof contained in the 1943 edition of the U. S. Public Health Service Code Regulating Eating and Drinking Establish¬ ments. a certified copy of which shall be on file at the office of the Ordinary of Dade County. SECTION 12. PENALTIES — Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not more than $250.00 at the discretion of the court having jurisdiction. Each and every violation of the pro¬ visions of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 13. REPEAL AND DATE OF EFFECT — All ordi¬ nance and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance hereby repealed, and this IONGLEY CHAIRMAN FOR GA. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Mr. Julian M, Longley, Pre¬ sident of Dalton Spring Bed Company, Dalton, Georgia, has been appointed an Area Chair¬ man for the forthcoming state¬ wide Business Mobilization of the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce, it was announced today. Mr. Longley will serve as Chairman for Dade, Walker, Chattooga, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and Catoosa coun- tirs. The Business Mobilization, to be held in October, is for the purpose of assuring greater strength, influence and effect¬ iveness for the State Chamber’s expanding activities. DADE HIGH GLEE CLUB ELECTS 1952 OFFICERS The Glee Club of Dade High School met September 18 with director Mrs. Tony Dyess and elected officers for the coming y c ar. Joan Craig was elected pre¬ sident, Bernadine Moore vice president, Glenda Breedlove secretary, Bettye Price trea¬ sure*, and Ray Bobo reporter. The Glee Club is looking for¬ ward to a succesful year under Mrs. Dyess’ direction. PMA ELECTIONS . . . (Continued from front page) man. Robert Frlske, Member. L. C. Hawkins, First Alter¬ nate. Claude Smith, Second Alter¬ nate. At the same time he an¬ nounced the delegates elected to attend the county conven¬ tion which was held Sept. 22 at the courthouse in Trenton for the purpose of electing a county PMA Committee for the 1953 program year. New Salem Community Art E Moore, Delegate. Grady G. Bradford, Alter¬ nate . Trenton Community Jules A Case, Delegate. Joe Blevins, Alternate. Avans Community D. P. Hood, Delegate. Myron Gass, Alternate. Wildwood Community Lawrence M. Dugan, Dele¬ gate . J. E. Cole, Alternate. Rising Fawn Community G. V. Green, Delegate. W. L. Fannin, Alternate New Home Community W. J. Nixon, Delegate. ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adoption and its publication as provided by law. SECTION 14. UNCONSTITU¬ TIONALITY CLAUSE.— Should any section, paragraph, sen¬ tence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance be declared uncon¬ stitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of said ordinance shall not be affected thereby. BY THE DADE ADOPTED COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH THIS 22nd DAY OF SEPTEM¬ BER 1952 IN THE CITY OF TRENTON. D. S. Middleton, M. D. A. W. Peck, Ordinary. Roy Moore, C. S. &. 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