(A) Walls, floors. The floors and walls of the slaughterhouse, factory or processing room where meat, or meat products, fish or poultry are handled, manufactured or processed shall be maintained in a sanitary manner to prevent the surroundings under or about the same from becoming contaminated by filth or offensive matter.
(B) Separation of killing room from feeding room. The slaughterhouse or killing room shall be separated from any room where stock or poultry are fed.
(C) Cooling room; partition. A cooling room shall be provided apart from the killing room and shall be separated from the killing room by a tight partition in the side next or nearest the killing room.
(D) Ventilation; screening of cooling room. The cooling room shall be thoroughly ventilated and well screened so as to exclude flies and other insects therefrom.
(E) Covers for meat taken from slaughterhouse. All trucks and other conveyances used to transport meats, meat products, fish or dressed poultry from the slaughtering establishment must be provided with freshly cleaned canvas or burlap covers sufficient in size to protect and cover the load at every point in its entirety from dust, dirt, flies and vermin.
(F) Poultry slaughterhouses. No person shall conduct, maintain or carry on any poultry slaughterhouse unless such place is maintained and operated so as to conform to the following provisions:
(1) Sanitation of premises, equipment. Every such place and every appurtenance, appliance and utensil maintained and used in connection therewith shall be kept clean and maintained in a sanitary condition.
(2) Removal of waste. All refuse, offal and feathers shall be removed from the premises daily.
(3) Meat containers. Separate metal containers shall be provided for dead fowls and parts.
(4) Feather containers. Separate metal containers shall be provided for feathers.
(1995 Code, § 7.12.160)