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(a) No meat or meat product shall be offered for sale, displayed, sold or kept in any food establishment unless such products have first been inspected and approved by either an authorized agent of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, or of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The Board of Health may, at its discretion, permit the sale of meat or meat products which have been inspected and approved by a duly authorized agent who is a qualified and licensed veterinarian appointed under an ordinance of a municipality of the commonwealth, provided that the procedure followed in conducting inspections, including the facilities for making the same and the requirements for marking, branding or identifying of meat or meat products, conforms with the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture or the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
(b) All meat or meat products offered for sale, displayed, sold or stored in any food establishment shall be marked in a clear and legible manner with an official meat inspection legend.
(Ord. 330, passed 11-15-1967)
(a) The “Regulations for Control of Sanitation in the Shellfish Industry, “ Chapter 4, Article 403, of the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Health of the commonwealth, adopted under the provisions of 7 Pa. Code §§ 49.1 et seq., are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference, as fully as though they were set forth herein at length.
(b) A copy of such regulations shall be kept in the township offices and shall be available for inspection and review on request.
(Ord. 330, passed 11-15-1967)
Samples of food, drink, ingredients, containers or any substance used in connection with the preparation of food or drink may be taken by a duly authorized representative of the Board of Health for examination as often as may be deemed necessary for the detection of an impure or unsanitary condition. Any food, drink or substance used in connection with the preparation of food or drink sold, offered for sale or kept may be condemned, removed or destroyed by, or under the direction of, a duly authorized representative of the Board of Health if, in the judgment of such representative, such food, drink or substance is decomposed, impure, unfit for human consumption or dangerous to the public health. Any such food, drink or other substance may be stopped from being sold or used and placed under an embargo by any such representative of the Board of Health for such reasonable period of time as may be required to make an investigation or examination, if such may be necessary, to determine that such food, drink or other substance is decomposed, Impure, unfit for human consumption or dangerous to the public health. No such food, drink or other substance shall be used, removed, destroyed or otherwise disposed of while under such embargo except by, or under the direction of, a representative of the Board of Health.
(Ord. 330, passed 11-15-1967)
See § 1804.99 for penalty and equitable remedies.