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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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The delegates to the county
convention elected the county
committee as follows:
C. L. Ivey, Chairman.
D P Hood, Vice-chairman.
Joe Blevins, Member.
P C. Thomas, First Alter¬
nate.
H. G. Haw'kins, Second Al¬
ternate.
Chairman Bible emphasizes
’hat, the n^wly elected commit¬
teemen will have greater than
usual responsibilities in the
coming year. Every known
farmer in Dade ounty must be
contacted by the community
committeemen to discuss the
needs of his farm and make a
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