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CITY OF CLEVELAND, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART TWO: HEALTH CODE
TITLE I: NUISANCES AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 241 - FOOD SHOPS
§ 241.01 Rules and Regulations
§ 241.02 Enforcement and Inspection
§ 241.03 Definitions
§ 241.04 Quality and Labeling Standards
§ 241.041 Safe Food Sanitation Standards
§ 241.05 Food Shop Licenses and Fees
§ 241.051 Food Vehicle Permit; Fee - Expired
§ 241.06 License or Permit Disapproval; Revocation; Suspension; Appeals
§ 241.061 Public Health Information Sign Requirements
§ 241.07 Display of License, Permit, and Public Health Information Sign
§ 241.08 Food Shop Sanitation
§ 241.09 Food Handling Premises to be Free of Insects and Rodents
§ 241.10 Animals Prohibited
§ 241.11 Walls, Ceilings, Floors; Light and Ventilation
§ 241.12 Water Supply
§ 241.13 Sanitary Facilities
§ 241.14 Equipment and Utensils
§ 241.15 Wastes
§ 241.16 Living and Sleeping Quarters
§ 241.17 Offensive Substances and Odors
§ 241.18 Reserved
§ 241.19 Transportation
§ 241.20 Display
§ 241.21 Licensing Outdoor Restaurants: Procedure and Fee
§ 241.22 Adulterated or Misbranded Food
§ 241.23 Cleanliness of Food Handlers
§ 241.231 Sale of Irradiated Foods - Repealed
§ 241.232 Perishable food labeling - Repealed
§ 241.24 Adulterated or Misbranded Drugs or Cosmetics
§ 241.25 Vending Machines
§ 241.26 Sources of Poultry and Game
§ 241.27 Sale of Poultry by Weight
§ 241.28 Inspections Required
§ 241.29 Standards for Hamburg or Hamburger
§ 241.30 Standards for Ground Beef, Ground Steak, Ground Chuck, Chopped Beef, Chopped Steak, etc.
§ 241.31 Standards for Pork Sausage and Breakfast Sausage
§ 241.32 Enforcement Requiring Extra Services; Costs
§ 241.33 Perishable Food Labeling
§ 241.34 Safe Food Sanitation Standards
§ 241.35 Categories and Fees
§ 241.36 Mobile Food Shops - Location Permits; Fee
§ 241.37 Mobile Food Shops - Location Restrictions
§ 241.38 Mobile Food Shops - Regulations
§ 241.39 Standards for Pork Sausage and Breakfast Sausage - Repealed
§ 241.40 Enforcement Requiring Extra Services; Costs - Repealed
§ 241.42 Foods Containing Industrially-Produced Trans Fat Restricted
§ 241.43 Beverages Offered with Children's Meals
§ 241.99 Penalty
CHAPTER 243 - OHIO UNIFORM FOOD SAFETY CODE
CHAPTER 245 - FROZEN DESSERTS
TITLE V: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
PART THREE: LAND USE CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND SERVICES CODE
PART SIX: OFFENSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CODE
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
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§ 241.27 Sale of Poultry by Weight
   Poultry shall be sold by weight only.
(Ord. No. 2163-01. Passed 5-20-02, eff. 5-23-02)
§ 241.28 Inspections Required
   (a)   No person, firm or corporation shall sell, keep for sale, store or deliver within the City any meat, meat by-product or meat food product that is adulterated, mislabeled or not labeled if required to be labeled.
   (b)   No uninspected meat, meat by-product or meat food product shall be sold, kept for sale, stored or delivered within the City, and no meat, meat by-product or meat food product shall be brought into the City from any plant or place not having Federal inspection, State inspection or inspection by any other acceptable official agency.
(Ord. No. 2163-01. Passed 5-20-02, eff. 5-23-02)
§ 241.29 Standards for Hamburg or Hamburger
   (a)   As used in this chapter, “hamburg” or “hamburger” means comminuted fresh or fresh frozen skeletal beef, with or without the addition of beef fat as such, containing not more than a total of thirty percent (30%) beef fat or suet, as determined by chemical analysis.
   (b)   No person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall display, sell or offer for sale any hamburg or hamburger containing excessive fat, added chemicals, preservatives, coloring matter or any other matter than beef, beef fat or suet, except that salt, pepper and other seasoning may be added in condimental proportions.
(Ord. No. 2163-01. Passed 5-20-02, eff. 5-23-02)
§ 241.30 Standards for Ground Beef, Ground Steak, Ground Chuck, Chopped Beef, Chopped Steak, etc.
   (a)   As used in this chapter, “ground beef,” “ground meat,” “ground steak,” “ground chuck,” “chopped beef,” “chopped steak,” and similar comminuted beef products means comminuted fresh or fresh frozen skeletal beef, without the addition of beef fat as such, containing not more than a total of thirty percent (30%) beef fat, or suet as determined by chemical analysis.
   (b)   No person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall display, sell or offer for sale any ground beef, ground meat, ground steak, ground chuck, chopped beef, chopped steak and similar comminuted beef products containing excessive fat, added chemicals, preservatives, coloring matter or any other matter, except that salt, pepper and other seasoning may be added in condimental proportions.
(Ord. No. 2163-01. Passed 5-20-02, eff. 5-23-02)
§ 241.31 Standards for Pork Sausage and Breakfast Sausage
   (a)   As used in this chapter, “pork sausage” means comminuted fresh or smoked pork with fat content not more than fifty percent (50%) either in casing or bulk, with or without the addition of seasoning. “Breakfast sausage” shall be composed of fresh or cured meat and fresh fat, with a fat content not more than fifty percent (50%). It may be derived from trimmings of beef, pork, veal, lamb or mutton. It may be seasoned and smoked.
   (b)   No person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall display, sell or offer for sale any pork sausage or breakfast sausage which contains excessive fat or which contains preservative.
   (c)   When comminuted meat contains any pork, it shall be labeled as containing pork.
(Ord. No. 2163-01. Passed 5-20-02, eff. 5-23-02)
§ 241.32 Enforcement Requiring Extra Services; Costs
   Whenever the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter requires extraordinary services, the person, firm or corporation requesting such extraordinary services shall pay the cost of such services as determined by the Department of Public Health.
(Ord. No. 210-11. Passed 4-25-11, eff. 4-25-11)
§ 241.33 Perishable Food Labeling
   (a)   “Person” means any individual, partnership, partner, firm, company, corporation, association or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, assigns, employees or successors.
   (b)   “Perishable food” means any food which has not been frozen, canned or dried, and which has not been prepared by the seller of the food for human consumption without further preparation or cooking.
   (c)   No person shall sell or offer for sale to another person in the City of Cleveland, for human consumption, perishable food:
      (1)   If the perishable food is marked by a sell-by-date, later than six (6) months after said sell-by- date; or
      (2)   If the perishable food is marked by a sale expiration date, later than said sale expiration date.
   (d)   No person shall sell or offer for sale to another person in the City of Cleveland, for human consumption, perishable foods which at one time were marked with a sell-by-date or sale expiration date, if such sell- by-date or sale expiration date has been falsified, removed, concealed, altered, defaced or erased.
   (e)   No person shall sell or offer for sale to another person in the City of Cleveland, for human consumption, perishable food which had at one time been frozen unless a sign has been conspicuously posted which states that the food had been previously frozen and unless the words “PREVIOUSLY FROZEN” appear on all labels and signs on which the price for the food is listed in lettering no less than one- half (1/2) the size of the price. As used in this division, “conspicuously posted sign” means a sign no less than two (2) feet by two (2) feet in size and visible to customers.
   (f)   Nothing in this section shall limit or alter the prohibitions and requirements regarding adulterated or misbranded food.
(Ord. No. 2163-01. Passed 5-20-02, eff. 5-23-02)
§ 241.34 Safe Food Sanitation Standards
   The definitions and standards for safe sanitation in retail food establishments and food service operations shall be any established as the Ohio Uniform Food Safety Code, promulgated by The Ohio Director of Agriculture and Ohio Public Health Council pursuant to RC 3717.05.
(Ord. No. 2163-01. Passed 5-20-02, eff. 5-23-02)
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