(a) All food that is offered for sale or sold at a farmers market shall be protected from contamination and from the elements at all times while such food is being stored, displayed or sold at a farmers market and during its transportation to the market.
(b) All food that is offered for sale or sold at a farmers market shall be clean, wholesome, free from spoilage, adulteration, contamination or misbranding, and safe for human consumption. The standards for judging the wholesomeness of food for human consumption shall be those promulgated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, and published in the Code of Federal Regulations at 21 C.F.R. 130, as amended.
(c) All permitted prepackaged and non-perishable food or beverages offered for sale or sold at a farmers market shall have been processed in an approved food- processing establishment.
(d) Without the express written permission of the Commissioner pursuant to Section 4-12-090, no grower or producer shall cook, cut or otherwise prepare food at a farmers market.
(Added Coun. J. 11-4-98, p. 81181; Amend Coun. J. 1-20-99, p. 88037; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 3.1; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-10, p. 106597, Art. VII, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 3-13-19, p. 96592, § 15)