Whosoever offers, exposes or has in his or her possession for sale to dealers or consumers in the city, any article of food, shall upon application of the Health Officer or his or her assistant or agent, upon tender of the value thereto, furnish a sample sufficient for the analysis of the article of food. Whosoever is convicted of a refusal to sell or give the sample as provided herein shall be fined for the offense.
(`90 Code, § 11-22)