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It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use any material in the manufacture of shoddy or cause the same to be used unless such material shall first be disinfected by formaldehyde gas under pressure of at least 50 pounds or steam of at least 320° Fahrenheit, in an air-tight room or chamber.
All machinery used in the manufacture of shoddy and all factories, warehouses, stores or other buildings or enclosures wherein shoddy is manufactured, produced or stored, or sold or exposed for sale, and every factory, warehouse, store or other building or enclosure wherein the raw materials used in the manufacture of shoddy are collected, stored, sold or exposed for sale, shall be at all times subject to the inspection of the Department of Public Health or the officers thereof.
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter establish or maintain any factory, store or warehouse for the manufacture, sale or storing of shoddy without first applying to and obtaining from the Director of Public Health a permit to establish and maintain the same.
All shoddy manufactured without the City and County of San Francisco and brought within the said City and County shall, before being sold or exposed for sale or stored in any factory, warehouse, storeroom or enclosure in this city and county, be disinfected by formaldehyde gas, under pressure of at least 50 pounds, or steam of at least 320Fahrenheit, in an air-tight room or chamber.
Every person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of Section 642 of this Article, or neglecting or refusing to comply with the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 and not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not less than five days or not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
No person, firm or corporation, by him or themselves, his or their servant, or agent, or as the servant or agent of any person, firm or corporation, shall leave, throw or deposit upon the doorstep or premises owned or occupied by another, or deliver to any child under 14 years of age, any patent or proprietary medicine, or any preparation, pill, tablet, powder, cosmetic, disinfectant or antiseptic, or any drug or medicine that contains poison, or any ingredient that is deleterious to health, as a sample, or in any quantity whatever for the purpose of advertising.
The term drug, medicine, patent or proprietary medicine, pill, tablet, powder, cosmetic, disinfectant or antiseptic used in this Section shall include all remedies for internal or external use, either in package or bulk, simple, mixed or compounded.
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