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0151 �sv r • ORDINANCE NO. J l AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS; FOR THE INSPECTION OF ANIMALS USED IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF SUCH PRODUCTS; PROVIDING A PENALTY, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS: THAT: SECTION 1. Definitions: The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this ordinance: (A.) City shall in all instances used herein mean the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas. (B.) Slaughter house or abattoir: is any place or building and structures in connection therewith where animals are slaughtered for food intended for sale to the public. ` (C.) Carcass: is defined as all parts of a slaughtered animal that are capable of being used for human food. (D.) Meat Product is any part of a carcass which is not manufactured, cured, smoked, processed or otherwise treated. (E.) Meat food product is any article of food which is dex'iVed 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. (F.) Inspected and Passed: is the phrase which shall mean that the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products, when so marked, have been inspected and passed for food under the requirements of this ordinance. (G.) Inspected and Condemned: is the phrase which shall mean that the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products so marked are unfit for food and must be disposed of as provided in this Ordinance. (H.) Meat Inspector shall be any qualified veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine within the State of Arkansas, or his authorized representative. SECTION 2. No meat, meat product, or meat food products shall be sold or offered for sale or brought into the city which has not been slaughtered, prepared and /or inspected and approved by the meat in inspector in accordance with the • Page 2 • } terms and provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 3. Operation and Inspection Procedure: All abattoirs in which animals are slaughtered to be used for food, offered for sale for food in the city shall be operated and inspections conducted in compliance with the following procedures: Item 1. Ante - Mortem Inspection: An ante- mof•tem inspection shall be made at each abattoir, on the day of 11 slaughter, of all animals to be slaughtered for sale in the city. Any animal designated as a suspect, or showing symptoms of disease, or condition that might cause condemnation, shall be slaughtered at such time, or otherwise disposed of, as directed by the meat inspector. Animals condemned on ante - mortem inspection shall not be taken Into any establishment or part thereof, which is used for slaughtering healthy animals, or which edible products are prepared, but shall be disposed of under the supervision and as directed by the meat inspector. Item 2. Post - Mortem Inspection: A careful post- mortem inspection and examination shall be made at the place of slaughter and, if possible, at the time of slaughter, of all carcasses of animals slaughtered at slaughter houses which furnish meat for i sale in the city as otherwise provided herein; and the pro- f praetor of each establishment shall notify the inspection in advance of what hour slaughtering is to begin. Item 3. Carcasses Inspected and Passed: Upon all car - causes or parts of carcasses free from disease and which are sound, clean, wholesome and fit for humagfood there shall be placed by the meat inspector # on the carcass or on the container in which the meat products therefrom are placed the words.: "Inspected and Passed" or an abbreviation thereof. Item 4. Carcasses Inspected and Condemned. Should any lesion of disease or other condition be found which would render a carcass or any part thereof unfit for food on post - mortem examination, the carcass or parts thereof so involved, or its container, shall be marked by the meat inspector with the words "Gnspected and Condemned" or an authorized abbreviation timpolf, and the same shall be # destroyed for food purposes by Page 3 immediate removal to a reduction plant and4isposed of under the direction of the Health Officer or saturated with any chemical which will prevent the use thereof for food. Item 5. Carcasses Inspected and Retained: In case the meat inspector deems it advisable to hold any carcass or parts thereof for further inspection, the said carcass and all parts thereof shall be securely tagged with tags placed on the carcass or an Its container lettered "Inspected and Retained" # which shall not be removed by any person except the meat inspector or his authorized representative. Item 6. Disposal, of Condemned Meat or Meat Products: When meat or meat products are condemned by the meat inspector, the same shall be removed immediately and disposed of in the same manner as a condemned carcass. SECTION 4. Standards of Inspection. The meat inspector, in making his decision on both ante and post mortem examinations of animals and carcasses shall be governed by the current meat inspection rules and regulations of the Federal Meat Inspection Division of the U S. Department of Agriculture and of the State Health Department of the State of Arkansas. The methods and routines of inspection thereof shall be followed insofar as is applicable under the requirements of and not in conflict with this ordinance. SECTIoN 5. It shall be unlasziful for any person to sell, offer for sale or have on hand to sell as food within the city any carcass or part thereof or meat or meat food product which has not been inspected and passed and so under the provisions of, this Ordinance, J ` .. "lia.i S. ✓, +[ �: f 9 .. .._key:.. . tn...lS .,. ..r (—f. 9 Yi i'�iY r.�y ,.ef . 'i. :Y �.: .9. ... "."I F: '.;`r Provided that this shall not apply to cured meat or meat food products arriving in the city in such con - dition they need no further processing and which originate from an establishment receiving approved meat inspection service. It shall be unlawful to sell meat or its products direct to the consumer except through established outlets that meet the sanitary requirements and inspection ## requirements of this ordinance, pertaining to meat sanitation and the selling of meat and its products on the streets or from house to house l • Page 4 is hereby £orbigden. SECTION 6. Access to Premises. Meat Inspectors shall be entitled to access at any time upon proper identification at all regular entrances and to all parts of premises for the purpose of making inspections under this ordinance and are • hereby empowered to collect samples and /or specimens of all products manufactured and /or the ingredients thereof, and to perform all duties and inspections made necessary for com- pliance with this ordinance. SECTION 7. Penalty. Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00; and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 8. Repeal: All ordinances and parts of ordi- nances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 9. Emergency: This ordinance, being necessary for the preservation of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and said ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the dat o f its passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of - " a A.D., 1964. v y.' ATTEST: tit_„.Le i . ts(-4tist- -,-.7-71/0 V irgi,t i i c