(a) Any meat, fish, vegetables, ice, milk or other foodstuffs or drinks in the possession of, or held or kept by, a person dealing in food or drink shall prima-facie be deemed to be possessed, held or kept with intent to sell for human consumption. No person shall, either as principal or agent, sell, offer or exhibit for sale, or have in his or her possession, charge or control, any meat, fish, vegetables, milk or any other article of human food or drink, either raw, manufactured or otherwise prepared, which is putrid, decayed, infected, contaminated, adulterated or unwholesome for human consumption. No food intended for human consumption shall be kept, sold, offered for sale, displayed or transported unless it is protected from dust, dirt, flies or other contamination.
(b) No person, firm or corporation shall dispense, sell, give away or otherwise distribute to any other person, firm or corporation any item of food or other substance designed for human consumption which has been adulterated in any way by the insertion of foreign or harmful objects or substances.
(Ord. 218-1972. Passed 10-2-72.)