It shall be the duty of the owner, proprietor, or person in charge of any restaurant, hotel, tea room, lunch counter, ice cream parlor, soda fountain or any other place where food or drink is sold or served, to thoroughly cleanse all dishes, cups, drinking glasses, and eating utensils immediately after being used by washing them in a strong solution of washing soda or sap in hot water and rinsing in clear hot water, or by thorough sterilization by some other equally effective method approved by the state or local Board of Health. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of paper cups, dishes, or other single service containers, provided that they be used once only and immediately destroyed.
(Prior Code, § 4.0403)