4987 Slaughtering of AnimalsORDINANCE N0, 4987
Published in the Salina Journal
AN ORDINANCE providing for the licensing and regulation of the slaughtering of animals
in the City of Salina and for the appointment of a Meat Inspector and pro-
viding penalties for the violation of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
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Section 1. For the purpose of/ordinance the following words, phrases, names and
terms shall be construed repsec:tively to mean:
(a) PERSON. Any person* firm or corporation,
(b) INSPECTOR. Either the chief meat inspector or a deputy inspector
(c) ESTABLISI-LENT. Any place in the City of Salina where animals are slaughtered
for market together with such lines of business carried on in connection therewith,
such as meat canning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering and other similar
processes wherein meat, meat foods and meat food products are prepared for resale.
(d) INSPECTED AND PASSED. That the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat products
or meat food products so marked have been inspected and passed under this ordinance.
(e) PASSED FOR STERILIZATION. That the carcassAs, parts of carcasses, meat or
meat products so marked have been inspected and passed on condition that they be rendered
into lard or tallow, or otherwise sterilized by methods approved by the City Health
Officer.
(f) COND&1NED. That the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, meat products or
meat food products so designated are unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome or otherwise
unfit for human food.
(g) CARCASS. All parts including the viscera of a slaughtered animal that are
capable of being used for human food.
(h) MEAT PRUDUCTS. Any edible part of a carcass of any cattle, sheep, swine,
goats, horses or mules, which is not manufactured, cured, smoked, processed or other-
wise treated.
(i) 1;EAT FOOD PRODUCTS. Any article of food, or any article which may enter into
the composition of food for human consumption, which is derived or prepared in whole
or in part from any portion of a carcass, if such portion is all or a considerable and
definite portion of the article.
(j) PRODUCT. Shall be construed to mean either meat products or meat food pro-
ducts or both of them.
(k) ANIMALS. Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses or mules.
Section 2. Establishments, within the meaning of this ordinance, shall conform
to the following requirements:
(a) The establishment shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.
(b) There shall be abundant light and sufficient ventilation for all rooms and
compartments to insure sanitary conditions.
(c) There shall be an efficient drainage and plumbing system for the establish-
ment and premises, and all drains and gutters shall be properly installed, with approved
traps and vents.
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(d) The water supply shall be ample, clean and potable, with adequate facili-
ties for its distribution in the plant.
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(e) The floors, walls, ceiling, partitions, posts, doors, and other parts of all
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structures shall be of such materials, construction and finish as will make them
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susceptible of being readily and thoroughly cleansed. The floors shall be kept water
tight. The rooms and compartments used for edible products shall be separate and
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distinct from those used for inedible products.
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(f) The rooms and compartments in which any meat or meat products is prepared
or handled, shall be free from odors from dressing and toilet rooms, catch basins,
hide cellars, casing rooms, inedible tank and fertilizer rooms and stables.
(g) Adequate sanitary facilities and accommodations for employees shall be furnished
by every establishment.
jh) In all other cases not covered by these requirements, the preparation or
j handling of meat, meat products or meat food products shall conform to regulations
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prescribed by the City Health Officer, which regulations shall conform as far as
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practicable to the regulations governing meat inspections of the United States
Department of Agriculture. Such regulations promulgated by the City Health Officer
shall be approved by the Board of Commissioners.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the City Yanager to appoint a duly qualified
person as a meat inspector and in addition thereto to deputy
appoint such inspectors
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as may be necessary to effectively carry out the provisions of this ordinance. No
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person shall be appointed to any such office who has not had at least one years
actual experience as a meat inspector under the United States Department of Agricul-
ture or under some municipality having regulations substantially sind lar to those
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provided for in this ordinance.
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It shall be the duty of such inspectors to;
(a) At all establishments make an ante mortem inspection of all animals to be
slaughtered for food and a post mortem inspection of all carcasses or parts of car-
casses to be sold or offered for sale within the corporate limits of the City of
Salina, and to make such other inspections of such establishments as may be necessary
to effectively carry out the provisions of this ordinance.
All such carcasses and meat products so inspected which are fit for human food
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shall be plainly marked or tagged either under the supervision of such inspector or
by other approved inspection authorities to show that they have been inspected and
passed.
All such carcasses and meat products as are unfit for human food shall be plain-
ly marked or tagged by such inspector to show that they have been condemned; provided
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that if any carcass or part thereof shall have been found to be fit for human food
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only after being sterilized, such part shall be plainly marked or tagged to indicate
it has been passed for sterilization and provided further that where a carcass or
part thereof is fit for human food, with the exception of a small and inconsiderable
portion thereof, which is unfit for human food, such portion shall be plainly marked
or tagued to indicate it is unfit for human food and the last mentioned mark or tag shall
not be removed therefrom until such portion so indicated is separated from the balance
of the carcass or part thereof.
Carcasses, meat, meat products and meat food products which have been inspected
and passed and plainly marked or tagged by the Inspector of the Bureau of Animal In-
dustry of the United States Department of Agriculture or have been inspected and passed
by inspectors of other municipalities, as is provided for in this ordinance, shall ex-
cept as otherwise provided for in this ordinance, be exempt from inspection by the in-
spectors of the City of Salina.
Section 4. An ante mortem examination shall be made of all cattle, sheep, swine,
goats, horses or mules about to be slaughtered in an establishment before their slkughter
shall be allowed, and when it is apparent, upon such inspection, that for any sufficient
reason the meat of such animal is unfit for human food, such animal shall be plainly
tagged "condemned", and whn it is killed its carcass shall at once be marked or tagged
"condemned"; and when, on ante mortem inspection of an animal the inspector has good
reason to believe, but is not entirely satisfied, that the meat of such animal is un-
fit for human food, _t shall be tagged as a suspect and if such animal shall be
slaughtered at the establishment where the ante mortem inspection was made, the whole of
the carcass shall be finally inspected before the tag indicating the animal is suspected,
is removed. Provided expressly, that all "condemned" animals shall be immediately dis-
posed of at the place of condemnation in a manner approved by the City Health Officer
of the City of Salina.
Section 5. It shall be unlawful to slaughter horses or mules or handle the meat
or meat products thereof in establishments engaged in the slaughter of cattle, sheep,
swine or goats or in the manufacture of meat food products therefrom*
Section 6. All carcasses, or parts thereof, meat, meat products and meat food
products condemned by the inspector as unfit for human food shall be destroyed for food
purposes by tanking or other adequate means approved by the City Health Officer.
Section 7. The carcasses or parts thereof, passed for sterilization, which are
not rendered into lard or tallow may be utilized for food purposes, provided they are
first sterilized by methods and marked and tagged by a method approved by the City
Health Officer.
Section 8. Each establishment shall inform the inspector in charge, when work in
each department has been concluded for the day, and of the day and hour when work will
be resumed therein. Whenever any meat or meat product requires inspection in any es-
tablishment during unusual hours, the establishment shall, a reasonable time in advance,
notify the inspector in charge of the day and hour when such work will be commenced.
Section 9. All slaughtering in establisments shall be done between the hours
of six o'clock A. IV. and six o'clock P. M. and at such other hours as may be approved
and agreed upon by the inspector.
Section 10. Facilities and conditions essential to the efficient conduct of in-
spection shall be provided and maintained by each establishment.
Section 11. Every handler of meat in any such establishment and every person
whose work brings him in contact with the slaughter, marketing, storage, transportation
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i or sale of meat, meat products or meat food products, in bulk or in unwrapped packages,
in any such establishment, shall have, within twelve months, passed a medical examina-
tion made by the City health Officer, or by a licensed physician approved by the City
Health Officer and to submit for examination such specimens of bodily discharge as
the City Health Officer may require.
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Section 12. No establishment, or any part thereof, shall be used or occupied as
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a residence or lodging place for any person and no slaughter or processing of live-
stock shall be permitted in a house, building or place used as a residence or lodging
place for human beings
Section 13. Equipment and utensils used for preparing, processing, or otherwise
handling any meat, meat products or meat food products in any such establishment shall
be of such materials and construction as will make them susceptible of being readily
and thoroughly cleaned. Trucks and receptacles used for inedible products shall bear
some conspicuous and distinctive mark, and shall not be used for handling the edible
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products. Edible products shall be transported only in closed vehicles or otherwise
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be protected from dust, dirt, or contamination, and in such manner as shall be pre-
scribed and approved by the City Health Officer.
Section 14. All processes used in curing, pickling, rendering, canning, or other-
wise preparing any meat or products thereof in an establishment shall be subject to
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inspection.
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Section 15. No meat or meat product shall contain any substance which impairs
its wholesomeness, or contains any dye, preservative or any chemical injurious to
health. Only harmless coloring matters may be used and these only with the approval
of and in the manner approved by the City Health Officer.
Section 16. The use of sulphide, any preparation containing sulphur diozide, or
any secret preparation, the ingredients of which, in the manufacture or preparation
of any meat products and the manufacture, selling or offering for sale of any meat
products containing sulphide, sulphur dioxide, or any secret preparation is hereby
prohibited.
Section 17. Any meat products to which there have been added cereals or any other
meat substitutes, shall be plainly so labeled in all establishments where meat pro-
ducts are prepared or processed for sale.
Section 18. Inasmuch as it carLiot certainly be determined by any present known
method of inspection whether the muscle tissue of pork contains trichinae, and inas-
much as live trichinae are dangerous to health, no article of a kind prepared customarily
to be eaten without cooking shall contain any muscle tissue of pork, unless the pork
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has been subjected to a temperature sufficient to destroy all live trichinae, or other
treatment approved by the City Health Officer.
Section 19. Samples of meat products, water, dyes, chemicals, preservatives, spices,
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or other articles in any establishment shall be taken without cost to the City Health
Department for examination as often as may be deemed necessary by the Chief Inspector.
Section 20. No person shall in any such establishment within the City of Salina,
manufacture, purchase, sell, expose for sale, for human consumption or have in his
possession with an intent to sell for human consumption, any meat, meat products or
meat food products which is misbranded within the meaning of this ordinance.
Section 21. The term "misbranded" as used in this ordinance shall apply to all meat,
meat products, or meat food products, the label of which shall bear any statements, de-
sign or device regarding such article or the ingredients or substitutes contained there-
in which shall be false or misleading in any particular, or which is falsely branded as
to the state, territory or country in which it was manufactured or produced.
Section 22. Before any person shallcperate an establishment in the City of Salina
from which meat, meat products, or meat food or meat food products are to be sold or
offered for sale in the City of Salina, he shall first apply for and obtain from the
City Health Officer a permit to engage in such business. All such permits shall expire
on the 31st day of December of each year, unless sooner revoked. Provided, however, that
no such permit nor any inspections herein called for pursuant to such permit, shall be
required of establishments that are regularly inspected by the Bureau of Animal Industry
of the Department of Agriculture,
Section 23. Every application for a permit provided for by this ordinance shall be
in form approved by the City Health Officer and shall state the name and address of the
applicant; the precise nature of the business to be carried on, the extent of his in-
terest in the business for which the permit is desired, and, if the applicant is not the
owner of such business, then the application shall state the name and address of the owner.
Said application shall state the address of the business for which the permit is desired
together with such other information as shall be required by the City Health Officer.
Section 24. The City Health Officer shall issue to the applicant a permit to engage
in the business of operating an establishment for preparing meat products, when, upon
inspection of the premises where it is proposed to conduct the business, the inspector
has found the applicant has complied with the provisions of the ordinance and all laws,
ordinances and regulations of the City Health Officer, applicable to such business. The
City of Salina shall furnish such inspection as the City H ealth Officer shall deem ade-
quate and sufficient to such establishments.
For the issuance of such permit the applicant shall pay a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00)
for an establishment.
Section 25. T#e Board of Commissioners, upon recommendation of the City Health
Officer, shall have power, upon reasonable notice and a hearing thereon, to suspend any
permit issued pursuant to this ordinance. If the establishment operating under such per-
mit, does not comply with its provisions and with all ordinances and all lawful regula-
tions the City Health Officer applicable to such establishments, or if the holder of the
permit shall have been repeately convicted of violating the ordinances of the City of
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Salina, relating to the business in which he is engaged, or if any false or misleading
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statements upon a material matter shall be made by the applicant in connection with the
issuance of such permit.
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Section 26. No such establishment in the City of Salina shall sell, offer for sale,
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or keep for sale, or have on hand for human consumption, the meat or other product of
any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses or mules other than that bearing the official
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inspection mark of the Inspector of the City of Salina, or the Inspector of the Bureau
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of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, or the inspector
of such other cities inspecting meat and approved under regulations substantially
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similar to those provided for in this ordinance.
Section 27. Establishments now in operation shall be subject to the provisions
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of this ordinance.
Section 28. The City Health Officer is hereby authorized and empowered, with the
approval of the Board of Com:_issioners of the City of Salina t6 make such regulations
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as may be reasonably necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 29. That for the purpose of this ordinance wherever the term City Health
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Officer is used, the same shall be deemed to refer to the City Yilk Inspector and the
regularly appointed and actint. Milk Inspector of the City of Salina shall be deemed
to be the City Health Officer for the this
purposes of ordinance.
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Section 30. The salary of the Meat Inspector provided for by this ordinance shall
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be $100.00 per month which sum shall be paid by the establishment or establishments
requiring his services under the provisions of this ordinance and to which establish-
ments or establis#ments permits under this ordinance have been issued, and shall be
pro rated to such establishments, if there be more than one, as directed by the City
Health Officer; and the establishment or establishments paying such salary as so directed
shall within five days after the last day of each month file with the City Clerk a
receipt, executed by such Bleat Inspector, showing the payment to him by such establish-
ment of the salary as paid by such establishment to the Meat Inspector of such pro-
portionate amount thereof as it has been directed to pay by the City Health Officer,
or the whole thereof if there be only one such establishment.
Section 31. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not less than Five Dollars (05.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars
(,$200.00), and each days' violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 32. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
is held to be unreasonable or uncontitutional, the validity of the remaining portion
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thereof shall not be affected.
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Section 33. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after 10 days
after its passage, approval and publication in the official city paper.
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Introduced, December 30, 1940
Passed, January 6, 1941
Ed Morgenstern
Mayor
Attest: Chas. E. Banker
City Clerk
STATE OF KANSAS
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COUNTY OF SALINE
I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 4987 passed and
approved by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina January 6, 1941; and a record
of the vote on its final adoption is found on page Journal No. 15.
City Clerk
Published in the Salina Journal
ORDII,41ANCE NO. 4987
1941)
AN URDL,,'AILCE providing for the licensing and regulation of the slaughtering
of animals in the City of Salina and for the a-pointment of a &:eat in-
spector and providing penalties for the violation of this ordinance.
BE I^1 URDAI1ID by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Ef sas:
Section 1. For the purpose of this ordinance the following words, phrases,
namesanJ terms shall be construed respectively to mean:
(a) PERSON. Any person, firm or corporation.
(b) INSPECTOR. .dither the chief meet inspector A a deputy inspector.
(c) ESTABLISI:IENT. 4ny place in the City of Salina where animals are
slaughtered for market together with such kindred lines of business carried
on in connection therewith, such as meat canning, curing, smor:ing, salting,
packing, rendering and other similar processes wherein meat, meat foods and
meat food products are prepared for resale.
(d) INSPECTED A10 PASSED. That the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat
products or meat food products so marked have been inspected and xassed under
this ordinance.
(e) PASSIED FOR STERILIZATION. That the carcasses, parts of carcasses,
meat or meat products so marked have been inspected and passed on condition
that they be rendered into lard or tallow, or otherwise sterilized by methods
approved by the City Health Officer.
(f) CONDEMNED. That the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, meat
products or meat food products so designated are unsound, unhealthful, un-
wholesome or otherwise unfit for human food.
(g) CARCASS. All parts including; the viscera of a slaughtered animal
that are capable of being used for human food.
(h) IeMhT PRODUCTS. Any edible part of a carcass of any cattle, sheep,
swine, goats, horses or mules, which is not manufactured, cured,smoked, pro-
cessed or otherwise treated.
(i) !��-T FOOD PrIODUCTS. Any article of food, or any article which 1r:ay
enter into the composition of food for human consumption, ti*.hich is derived or
prepared in whole or in part from any portion of a carcass, if .,^Lich portion is
all or a considerable and definite portion of the article.
W PRODUCT. Shall be construed to mean either meat products or meat
food products or both of them.
(k) ANDiALS. Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses or mules.
Section 2. Establishments, within the meaning of this ordinance shall
conform to the following requirements:
(a) The establishment shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.
(b) There shall be abundant light and sufficient ventilation for all
uooms and compartments to insure sanitary conditions.
(c) There shall be an erficient drainage and plumbing system for the
establishment and premises, and all drains and gutters spall be properly
installed, with approved traps and vents.
(d) The ti;ater supply shall be ample, clean and notable, with adequate
facilities for its distribution in the plant.
(e) The floors, walls, ceiling, partitions, posts, doors, and other
parts of all structures shall be of such materials, construction and finish
as will make them susceptible of being readily and thoroughly cleansed. The
floors shall be kept water tight. The rooms and compartments used for edible
products shall be separate and distinct from those used for inedible products.
(f) The rooms and compartments in which any meat or meat product is pre-
pared or handled, shall be free from odors from dressing and toilet rooms,
catch basins, hide cellars, casing rooms, inedible tank and fertilizer rooms
and stables.
(g) Adequate sanitary facilities and accorrriodations for employes shall
be furnished by every establishment.
(h) In all other cases not covered by these requirenents, the preparation
or handling of meat, meat products or meat food products shall conform to regula-
tions prescribed by the City Health Officer, which regl_!letions shall conform
as far as practicable to the regulations overning meat inspections cf the
United States Department of Agriculture. Such regulations promulgated by the
City Health Officer shall be approved by the Board of Conuniss_oners.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the City Manager to appoint a duly
qualified person as a meat inspector and in addition thereto to appoint such
deputy inspectors as may be necessary to effectively carry out the provisions
of this ordinance. No person shall be appointed to any such office who has
not had at least one years actual experience as a neat inspector under the
United States Department of Agriculture or under some municipality having
rep-ul�-tions substantially similar to those provided for in this ordinance.
It shall be the duty of such inspectors to:
(a) At all establishments make an ante mortem inspection of all animals
to be slaughtered for food and a post mortem inspection of all carcasses or
parts of carcasses to be sold or offered for sale wit#in the corporate limits
of the City of Salina, and to make such other inspections of such establishments
as may be necessary to effectively carry out the provisions of this ordinance.
All such carcasses and meat products so inspected which are fit for human
food shall be plainly marked or tagged either under the supervision of such in-
spector or by other approved inspection aut-.orities to show that they have been
inspected and passed.
All such carcasses and meat products as are unfit for human food shall be
plainly marked or tagged by such inspector to show that they ha e been con-
demned; provided that if any carcass or part thereof shall have been found
to be fit for human food only after being sterilized, such part shall be plainly
marked or tagged to indicate it has been passed for sterilization and provided
further that where a carcass or part thereof is fit for human food, with the
exception of a smell and inconsiderable portion thereof, which is unfit for
human food, such :portion shall be plainly marked or Caged to indicate it is
unfit for human food and the last mentioned mark or tag shall not be removed
therefrom until such portion so indicated is separated from the balance of the
carcass or part, thereof.
Carcasses, mett, Treat products and meat food products which have been in-
spected and passed and plainly marked or tagged by the Inspector of the Bureau
of Animal I dustry of the United States Departrient of Agriculture or have been
inspected and passed by inspectors of other municipalities, as is provided SSr
in this ordinance, shall except as otherwise provided for in this ordinance, be
exempt from inspection by the inspectors of the City of Salina.
Section 4. An ante mortem examination shall be made of all c-.ttle, sileep,
swine, goats, horses or mules about to be slaughtered in an establishment be-
fore their slaughter shall be allowed, and when it is apparent, upon such in-
specticn, that for any sufficient reason the meat of such animal is unfit for
human food, such animal shallbe plainly tagged "condemned", and when it is killed
its carcass shall at once be marked or tagged "condemned"; and when, on ante
mortem inspection of an animal the i spector has good reason to believe, but is
not entirely satisfied, that the meat of such animal is unfit for human food,
it shall be tagged as a suspect, and if such animal shall be slaughtered at the
establishment where the ante mortem inspection was made, the i,. -hole of the carcass
shall be finally inspected before the tag indicating the animal is suspected, is
removed. Provided expressly, that all "condemned" animals shall be immediately
disposed of at the place of condemnation in a manner approved by the City Health
Officer of the City of Salina
Section 5. It shall be unlawful to slaughter horses or miules or handle
the meat or meat products thereof in establishments engaged in the slaughter
of cattle, sheep, swine or goats or in the nanufacture of meat food products
the ref vam.
Section 6. All carcasses, or parts thereof, meat, meat products and meat
food products condemned by the inspector as unfit for human food shall be.des-
troyed for food purposes by tanking or other adequate means approved by the
City Health Officer.
Section 7. The carcasses or parts thereof, passed for sterilization,
3,ahich are not rendered into lard or tallow may be utilized for food purposes,
provided they are first sterilized by methods and :narked and taged by a method
approved by the City Health Officer.
Section 8. Each establishment shall inform the inspector in charge, when
work in each department has been concluded fcr the day, and of tine day aria hour
then work vdll be resumed therein. Vvhenever any meat or meat product requires
inspection in any establishment during unusual hours, the establishment shall,
a reasonable time in advance, notify the inspector in cnarge of the aay and hour
when such work willbe conmienced.
Section 9. All slaughtering in establishments shall be done between the
hours of six o'clock A. M. and six o'clock P. 1;1. and at such other hours as
may be approved and agreed upon by the inspector.
Section 10. Facilities and conditions essential to the efficient conduct
of inspection shall be provided and maintained by each establishment.
Section 11. Every handler of meat xx ±xxtk ►xgjj F=±x2xk± ![ in any stAch
establishment and every person whose work brings him in contact with the -
slaughter, marketing, storage, transportation or sale of meat, meat products
or meat food products, in bulk or in unwrapped packages, in any such establish-
ment, shall have, within twelve months, passed a medical examination made by
the City Health Officer, or by a licensed physician approved by the City Health
Of'f'icer and to subrAt for examination such specimens of bodily discharge as the
City Health Officer may require.
Section 12. No establishment, or any part thereof, shall be used or
occupied as a residence or lodging place for any person and no slaughter or
processing of livestock shall be permitted in a house, building or place
used as a residence or lodging place for human beings.
Section 13. Equipment and utensils used for preparing, processing, or
otherwise handling any meat, meat product or meat food product in any such
establishment shall be of such materials and construction as will make them
susceptible of being readily and thoroughly cleaned. Trucks and receptacles
used for inedible products shall bear some conspicuous and distinctive mark,
and shall not be used for handling the edible products. Edible products shall
be transported only in closed vehicles or otherwise be protected from dust,
dirt, or contamination, and in such manner as shall be prescribed and approved
by the City Health Officer.
Section 14. All processes used in curing, pickling, rendering, canning,
or otherwise preparing any meat or product thereof in an establislcient shall
be subject to inspection.
Section 15. No meat or meat product shall contain any substance which
impairs its wholesomeness, or contains any dye, preservative or any chemical
injurious to health. Only harmless coloring matters may be used and these
only with the approval of and in the manner approved by the City Health Officer.
Section 16. The use of sulphide, any preparation containing sulphur
dioxide, or any secret preparation, the ingredients of which, in the manufacture
or preparation of any meat products and the manufacture, selling or offering
for sale of any meat products containing sulphide, sulphur dioxide, or any
secret preparation is hereby prohibited.
Section 17. Any meat products to which there have been added cereals
or any other meat substitutes, shall be plainly so labeled in all establishments
where meat products are prepared or processed for sale
Section 18. Inasmuch as it cannot certinal y be determined by any present
known method of inspection whether the muscle tissue of pork contains trichinae,
and inasmuch as live trichinae are dangerous to health, no article of a kind
prepared customarily to be eaten without cooking shall contain any muscle tissue
of ;cork, unless the park has been subjected to a temperature sufficient to
destroy all live trichinae, or other treatment approved by the City Health
Officer.
Section 19. Samples of meat products, water, dyes, chemicals, preserva-
tives, spices, or other articles in any establishment shall be taken :-Without
cott to the City Health Department for examination as often as may be deemed
necessary by the Chief Inspector.
in any such establisIzient
Section 20. IIo person shall,/within the City of Salina, manufacture,
purchase, sell, expose for sale, ^99.,- *-R R
e-12%xe for human conswnp-
tion or have in his possession with an intent to sell for human con-
sumption, any meat, meat products or meat food products wPLich is misbranded
within the meaning of this ordinance.
Section 21. The term "misbranded" as used in this ordinance shall apply
to all meat, meat products, or meat food products, the la -el of which shall
bear any statements, design or device regarding such article or the ingredients
or substitutes contained therein which shall be false or misleading in any
particular, or which is falsely branded as to the state, territory or country
in i�vhich it was manufactured or produced.
Section 'z2. Before any person shall operate an establishment in the city
of Salina from which cleat, meat products, or meat food or neat food-;roducts
are to be sold or offered for sale in the City of Salina, he shall first a,-ly
for and obtain from the City Health Officer a permit to enga;Efe in such business.
All such 9ermits shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year, unless
sooner revoked. Provided, however, that no such permit nor any inspections
herein called for pursuant to such permit, shall be required of establishments
that are regularly inspected by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department
of Agriculture.
Section 23. Every application for a permit provided for by this ordinance
shall be in form approved by the City Health Officer and shall state the name
and address of the applicant; the precise nature of the business to be carried
on, the extent of his interest in the business for wnich the permit is desired,
and, if the applicant is not the owner of such business, then the application
shall state the name and address of the owner. Said application shall state
the address of the business for which the permit is desired together with such
other information as shall be required by the City Health Officer,
Section 24. The City Health Officer shall issue to the a_-plicant a permit
to engage in the business of or�erating an establishment for :;repaving meat
�)roducts, when, upon inspection of the premises where�t is proposed to con-
duct the business, the inspector has found the applicant has complied with
the provisions of the ordinance and all laws, ordinances and re«ulations of
the City Health Officer, applicable to such business. The City of Salina
shall fury.ish such inspection as the City Health Officer shall dee adequate
and sufficient to such axtaktI establishments.
For the issuance of such -permit the applicant sh�:i11 pay a fee of Ten
Dollars (�10.00) for an establisrunent., .
Section 25. The Board of Coriiiss_oners, upon recommendation of the City
Health Officer, shall have power, upon reasonable notice and a hearing thereon,
to suspend any permit issued pursuant to this ordinance. If the establishment
operating under such permit, does not comply with its provisions and with all
ordinances and all lawful regulationsof the City Health Officer applicable to
such establishments or ro4ai Ist@vo, or if the holder of the permit shall have
been repeatedly convicted of violating the ordinances of the City of Salina,
relating to the business in which he is engRged, or if' any false or misleading
statements upon a material matter shall be made by the applicant in connection
ovi.th the issuance of such permit.
Section 26. No such establisYunent in the City of Salina shall sell, offers
for sale, or keep for sale, or have on hand for human consumption, the meat or
other product of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses or mules other than
that bearing the official inspection mark of the Inspector of the City of Salinaj W
the Inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Departrient
of Agriculture, or the inspector of such other cities inspecting meat and
approved under regulatirns
substantially similar to those*p o vi ed�s ordinance.
Section 27. Establishments now in operation shall be subject to the
;provisions of this ordinance.
Section 28. The City Health. Officer is hereby authorized and esapowered,
with the approval of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina to make
such regulations as may be reasonably necessary to carry into effect the pro-
visions of this ordinance.
Section 20. That for the purpose of this ordinance wherever the term
City Health Officer is used, the same shall be deemed to refer to the City
Liilk Inspector and the regularly appointed and acting Milk Inspector of the
City of Salina shall be deemed to be the City Health Officer for the purposes
of this ordinance.
Section 30. The salary of the ileat Inspector provided for by this
ordinance shall be $100.00 per month ivhich sum shall be ;paid by the establish-
ment or establishments requiring his services under the provisions of this
ordinance and to which VW establishment or establishments permits under this
ordinance have been issued, and snall be pro rated opmmou such establishments,
if there be more than one, as directed by the City Health Officer; and the
establishment or establishments paying such salary as so directed shall within
five days after the last day of each month file with the City Clerk a receipt
executed by such Meat Inspector showing the payment to him by such establishments
of the salary as paid by such establishment# to the ,Teat Inspector of such
�ror amount thereof as it has been directed to pay by the City Health
Offices.) or the whole thereof if there be only one such establishment.
Section 31. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be deemed Suilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con-
viction thereof, shall be fined not less than Five Dollars (45.00) nor more than
Two Hundred Dollars (200.00) and each day's violation shall constitute a separate
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offense.
Section 32. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is held to be unreasonable or unconstitutional, the validity cc
the remaining portion thereof shall not be affected.
Section 33. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
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after 41� days after its passage, approval and publication in the official city
paper,
Introduced, December 30, 1940
Passed,
Attest;
City er
January 6, 1941
Y,'ayor