Ord 3292 3/7/1978 4
ORDINANCE NO. �,�o'4 )
ICE CREAM, FROZEN DESSERTS ORDINANCE AND CODE
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING "ICE CREAM," "FROZEN DESSERTS," "MIX,"
"PASTEURIZATION," "FROZEN DESSERTS PLANTS," "FROZEN YOGURT," "SOFT
SERVE YOGURT," ETC.; PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ADULTERATED OR
MISBRANDED MIX OR FROZEN DESSERTS; REGULATING THE ISSUING,
SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF PERMITS FOR THE SALE OF MIX AND
FROZEN DESSERTS, THE LABELING OF CONTAINERS, THE INSPECTION OF
FROZEN DESSERTS PLANTS, ETC.; THE EXAMINATION OF FROZEN DESSERTS
AND THEIR INGREDIENTS, THE INSPECTION OF RECORDS, THE TRANSFER OF
FROZEN DESSERTS, THE SALE OF MIX AND FROZEN DESSERTS FROM DISTANT
POINTS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF FUTURE PLANTS, THE REPORTING AND
CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AT PLANTS, THE ENFORCEMENT OF
THIS ORDINANCE, AND THE FIXING OF PENALTIES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement
of this article:
(A) ICE CREAM. Ice Cream is a frozen dairy product made with sweet
milk, cream, skim milk, evaporated or condensed milk, evaporated or
condensed skim milk, dry milk, nonfat dry milk solids, dried buttermilk,
milk fat, or sweet butter made from sweet cream, or any combination of
any such products with or without sweetening, clean eggs or egg
products, and with or without the use of flavoring and coloring. Except
as hereinafter provided, ice cream shall contain not less than ten percent
of milk fat.
(1) FLAVORED ICE CREAM/FRUIT ICE CREAM. Flavored Ice
cream and Fruit ice cream is ice cream containing not less than eight
percent of milk fat and not less than three percent by weight of mature
fruit,fruit juices or imitation fruit juices, chocolate or others.
(2) CONFECTION ICE CREAM. Confection ice cream shall conform
in all respects to the definition of ice cream hereinbefore set forth except
that it shall contain candy or confections, and its milk fat content shall
not be less than eight percent of the fat of the finished product.
(3) ICE CREAM MIX. Ice cream mix is a combination of the
unfrozen products used in the manufacture of ice cream. It shall comply
with all the requirements of ice cream as hereinbefore set forth.
(4) SOFT—SERV. Soft-Sery is the frozen combination of two or
more ingredients used in the manufacture of frozen dessert, with or
without fruit, fruit juices, candy, nut meats, flavors, or coloring. It shall
comply with all requirements of frozen desserts hereinbefore set forth
and contain not less than four percent milk fat.
(B) FROZEN DESSERTS. A frozen dessert is any frozen or partially
frozen combination of two or more of the following: Milk or milk
products, edible oil or fat, eggs or egg products, sugar water, fruit or fruit
juices, imitation fruit juices, candy, or other food products, flavors,
coloring or stabilizer, and shall be deemed to include soft-sery desserts,
ice milk, sherbet, novelties, ices, mellorine, and other similar products.
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(1) ICE MILK. Ice milk is a frozen product containing less milk fat than ice cream and
shall be made with sweet milk, cream, skim milk, evaporated or condensed milk, evaporated
or condensed skim milk, dry milk, nonfat dry milk solids, powdered buttermilk, milk fat or
sweet butter made from sweet cream or any combination of any such products, with or
without sweetening, eggs or egg products, and with or without the use of flavoring and
coloring and containing not less than two percent but not more than seven percent of milk
fat.
(2) SHERBET. Sherbet is a frozen product containing milk or milk products, with or
without sweetening, with or without the use of flavoring and coloring, with or without milk
fat.
(3) NOVELTIES. Novelties, as known to the trade, shall conform in all respects to the
definition of ice cream and/or frozen desserts hereinbefore set forth except that ice cream
and/or frozen dessert novelties are frozen in molds or in combination with cones, and may
or may not be coated with chocolate or other confections.
(4) SOFT—SERV MIX. Soft—sery mix is the unfrozen combination of two or more
ingredients used in the manufacture of frozen dessert, with or without fruit, fruit juices,
candy, nut meats, flavors, or coloring. It shall comply with all the requirements of frozen
desserts hereinbefore set forth and contain not less than four percent milk fat.
(5) MIXED PRODUCTS. Liquid and/or dry mix to be frozen and dispensed within the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas.
(6) MELLORINE. Mellorine is a frozen or unfrozen product made from edible fat, milk
solids, and sugar, with or without a natural flavoring, and contains not less than six percent
of edible fat, and not less than thirty percent of all solid including fats.
(7) FLAVORED MELLORINE. Flavored mellorine is a frozen or unfrozen product
made from edible fat, milk, milk solids, and sugar with flavoring, and contains not less than
four percent of edible fat.
(8) SOFT—SERV PROCESSOR. A soft—sery processor is any person who freezes any
pasteurized mix in semi-solid or solid form, for distribution or sale as a frozen dessert.
(9) FROZEN DESSERT DISTRIBUTOR. A frozen dessert distributor is any person who
offers for sale or sells to another any frozen dessert for human consumption in a final
package.
(10) MOBILE UNIT. The term mobile unit shall be taken to mean any vehicle or
temporary establishment that shall travel from place to place in which a frozen desserts
processor freezes and/or packages frozen dessert.
(11) COMMISSARY OR DEPOT. The terms "commissary" or "depot" shall mean any
place, premises or establishment in which pasteurized mix, ingredients, containers, or
supplies are prepared, or stored for the servicing of one or more mobile units and where
facilities are provided.
(12) OFFICIAL LABORATORY. An official laboratory is a biological, chemical or
physical laboratory which is under the direct supervision of the State or local health
authority, which has been approved by the appropriate State laboratory agency.
(13) DIABETIC OR DIETETIC ICE CREAM. Is a mixture of ice cream which has been
sweetened by an approved sweetener other than sugar.
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(14) DIABETIC OR DIETETIC ICE MILK. Is a mixture of ice milk which has been
sweetened by an approved sweetener other than sugar.
(15) AND/OR. Where the term "and/or" is used, "and" shall apply where possible;
otherwise, "or" shall apply.
(16) SALES THROUGH VENDING MACHINES. When frozed desserts are sold or
dispensed through vending machines, such vending machines, including any labeling on the
selector devices, shall clearly and correctly indicate the product or products vended. If more
than one product is vended, the names of each product shall be in letters of the same size
and style.
(17) UTENSILS. Dippers, spoons, scoops, and other utensils, containers or apparatus
used for the dispensing of frozen desserts must be kept clean, free from contamination,
handled in a sanitary manner, washed in clean hot water containing alkaline detergent or
other equivalent material, rinsed in clean water and sterilized by one of the methods
prescribed in this section and if stored, the sterilization shall be performed immediately
before reuse, unless stored in such a manner that contamination will not occur. Dippers,
scoops, spoons or other dispensing equipment, when used intermittently for serving
customers, shall be kept clean, running water between use, provided, however that such
dispensing utensils may be kept in the container of frozen dessert which is being dispensed if
the handle of the utensil does not touch the product and if it is cleaned and sanitized daily.
Badly worn, rusted or corroded utensils, containers, or equipment shall not be used.
(18) FROZEN YOGURT AND/OR SOFT SERVE YOGURT. Is either a firm bodied or
semi-liquid product produced by the culturing of dairy ingredients or other supplemental
fermentation culture commonly used in lactic fermentation.
(a) Other frozen or unfrozen products which contain any edible oil or fat, milk
solids, and sweetening, with or without a natural flavoring, which are sold or offered
for sale under a trade name shall comply in all respects to be definition of frozen
desserts hereinbefore set forth.
(b) The labeling shall conform to all the requirements of the State of Texas and in
addition shall have printed on the label in legible print the ingredients used in its
manufacture.
(c) No person shall use the name "creamery" or "dairy"nor the representation of a
cow or any breed of dairy cattle of any combination of such words, symbols, marks,
design or representation commonly used in the sale, advertising or distribution of ice
cream, in connection with the sale, advertising or distribution of any frozen dessert in
which any edible oil or fat other than milk fat has been used.
(19) MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS. Milk and milk products used in ice cream, ice cream
mix, and frozen dessert mix shall include milk, cream, frozen cream, fluid skim milk, butter,
sweetened and unsweetened evaporated milk, sweetened and unsweetened evaporated skim
milk, powdered whole milk, powdered skim milk, sweet cream buttermilk, sweet cream
condensed buttermilk, sweet cream powdered buttermilk, or any of these products from
which lactose has been wholly or partially removed.
(20) PASTEURIZATION. The terms "pasteurization," "pasteurized," and similar terms
shall be taken to refer to the process of heating every particle of mix to at least one hundred
and fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit and holding at such temperature for at least thirty minutes
in approved and properly operated equipment; provided, that nothing contained in this
definition shall be construed as disbarring any other process which has been demonstrated
to be equally efficient and is approved by the state health officer.
(21) MANUFACTURER. The work "manufacturer" as used in this article shall mean any
person who manufactures, processes, or freezes ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen desserts or
frozen desserts mix, for distribution or sale.
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(22) PLANTS. A "plant" as used in this article is hereby defined as any place or premises
where ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen desserts or frozen desserts mix are manufactured,
processed or frozen for distribution of sale.
(23) FOUNTAIN AND/OR COUNTER FREEZER. A fountain and/or counter freezer is
a freezer which is installed and used in the processing or manufacturing of ice cream, ice
cream mix, frozen dessert, or frozen dessert mix, which is held in the freezer under
refrigeration until it is dispensed.
(24) OTHER FREEZERS. Other types of freezers which may be used to process or
manufacture ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen dessert, or frozen dessert mix, having a hard
or a soft consistency, for the purposes of this article shall be considered as continuous or
batch freezers.
(25) FREEZER. Freezer is a piece of equipment which converts milk and/or other
ingredients to a hardened or semi-hardened state using the technique of freezing during
processing or manufacturing of those products commonly known as ice cream, ice cream
mix, frozen desserts, and frozen dessert mix.
(26) MILK PRODUCTS PLANTS. A milk products plant shall mean any place or
premises where milk or milk products are skimmed, condensed, evaporated, powdered,
manufactured into butter, or otherwise processed for subsequent manufacture of ice cream
or frozen desserts.
(27) RECEIVING STATION. A receiving station shall mean any place or premises where
milk or milk products are received for subsequent delivery to milk products plant or ice
cream or frozen desserts plants.
(28) DAIRY FARM. A dairy farm is a place or premises where one or more cows are
kept, a part or all of the milk or milk products from which are sold or offered for sale.
(29) ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM MIX, FROZEN
DESSERTS OR FROZEN DESSERTS MIX. Any ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen dessert
or frozen dessert mix which contains any unwholesome substance, or which if defined in
this article, or which if defined in the Texas food and drug laws does not conform with its
definition, shall be deemed adulterated and/or misbranded.
SECTION 2. SALE, MANUFACTURE, POSSESSION, ETC., OF ADULTERATED OR
MISBRANDED ICE CREAM OR FROZEN DESSERTS.
No person shall, within the city or its police jurisdiction, manufacture, freeze, sell,
offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, any ice cream, ice cream
mix, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix which are adulterated or misbranded.
SECTION 3. PERMITS — REQUIRED TO SELL, PRODUCE, ETC.
It shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess a permit from the director of
public health, to deliver directly or indirectly into or receive into the city or its police
jurisdiction, for sale, or to produce, sell or offer for sale therein, or to have in storage where
ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen desserts,or frozen dessert mixes are sold or served, any ice
cream, ice cream mix, frozen dessert or frozen dessert mixes.
SECTION 4. SAME —APPLICATION
Every operator of an ice cream plant or frozen dessert plant or both, whether
operated by an individual or as a firm, association partnership or corporation, shall make
application in writing to the director of public health, for a permit to manufacture or
distribute, or both, ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix, and
operate and do business in the city.
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SECTION 5. SAME — SUSPENSION;REVOCATION;REISSUANCE.
A permit as required by this article may be suspended by the director of public health
of the city or revoked after an opportunity for a hearing by such director, upon the
violation by the holder of any of the terms of this ordinance.
Any person whose permit has been suspended by the director of public health, may at
any time make application for the reissuing of such permit.
Upon receipt of a satisfactory application, in case the suspension of permit is the
result of an unsatisfactory bacterial condition of cooling temperature, the director of public
health shall take further samples at the rate of not more than two samples per week. The
director of public health shall reissue the permit whenever the average of the last four
sample results indicate the necessary compliance.
SECTION 6. POSSESSING OR RECEIVING FROM MANUFACTURER WHO DOES
NOT HAVE A PERMIT.
It shall be unlawful for any person to receive into the city or its police jurisdiction,
for sale, or to offer for sale therein, or to have in storage where ice cream, ice cream mix,
frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix are sold or served without first applying for a permit
from the director of public health.
SECTION 7. LABELING
All cans, packages, and other containers enclosing ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen
dessert, frozen dessert mixes or their ingredients derived from milk, except those filled from
labeled bulk containers in retail dispensing, shall be plainly labeled or marked with:
(1) The name of the contents;
(2) In the case of mix, the word "pasteurized" if the contents have been
pasteurized and the work "raw"if the contents have not been pasteurized;
(3) The name and the street address of the plant at which the contents were placed
in the containers.
A descriptive work or phrase indicating in more detail the composition or flavoring of
the ice cream or frozen dessert, such as strawberry, chocolate, custard etc., may be used on
the label. The label or mark shall be in letters of a size, kind and color approved by the
director of public health.
Trade names and trademarks may be permitted. Products which contain less than
eight percent butter fat sold or offered for sale under a trade name in which the generic
term does not appear, shall have printed on the label in legible print the ingredients used in
its manufacture.
The label shall contain no marks or words which are misleading.
SECTION 8. INSPECTION OF MANUFACTURING PLANTS.
During each six-months period four inspection of each ice cream and frozen desserts
plant, the products of which are intended for consumption within the city or its police
jurisdiction, shall be made by the director of public health. In case the director of public
health discovers the violation of any item of sanitation, he shall make a second inspection
after a lapse of such time as he deems necessary for the defect to be remedied, but not
before the lapse of three days, and the second inspection shall be used in determining
compliance with the requirements of this article. Any violation of the same item of this
article on two consecutive inspections shall call for immediate suspension of the permit. One
copy of the inspection report shall be delivered to the owner of the premises inspected, or
his agent, and shall be readily available at any time for a period of twelve months. Another
copy of the inspection report shall be filed with the records of the city public health
department.
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SECTION 9. EXAMINATION OF PRODUCTS AND INGREDIENTS.
During each six-months period at least four samples of mix or the frozen product
from each plant, or both, shall be tested by the director of public health. Samples of mix or
the frozen products, or both, may be taken by the director of public health at any time
prior to final delivery. Samples of ingredients may be tested as often as the director of
public health may require. Samples of the frozen product from stores, cafes, soda fountains,
restaurants and other places where ice cream and frozen desserts, or both, are sold, may be
tested as often as the director of public health may require. Bacterial plate counts and direct
microscopic counts shall be made in conformity with the latest standard methods
recommended by the American Public Health Association. Examinations may include such
other chemical and physical determinations as the director of public health may deem
necessary for the detection of adulteration, these examinations to be made in conformity
with the latest standard methods of the American Public Health Association and the
association of official agricultural chemists. All proprietors of plants, stores, cafes,
restaurants, soda fountains and other similar places shall furnish the director of public
health, upon his request, the names of all persons from whom their ice cream, ice cream
mix, or frozen desserts or frozen desserts mix are obtained. Whenever the average bacterial
plate count, the average reduction time or the average cooling temperature falls beyond the
limit, the director of public health shall send written notice thereof to the person
concerned, and shall take an additional sample, but not before the lapse of three days, for
determining a new average. Violation of the requirements by the new average or by any
subsequent average during the remainder of the current six-months period shall call for
immediate suspension of the permit, unless the last individual results is within the limit.
(A) BACTERIAL, COLIFORM, AND TEMPERATURE STANDARDS
FOR MILK, CREAM, MILK PRODUCTS, PASTEURIZED MIX AND FROZEN
DESSERTS
Raw For Pasteurization Pasteurized
Bacteria Temperature Bacteria Coliform Temperature
Counts Counts Determination
Milk 100,000 45° F 20,000 10 45° F
Cream 100,000 45° F 50,000 10 45° F
Milk
Products 100,000 45° F 20,000 10 45° F
Mix 100,000 45° F 50,000 10 45° F
Ice Cream 20,000 10 12° F
Frozen
Desserts 100,000 45° F 50,000 10 24° F
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SECTION 10. SANITARY REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANTS.
All ice cream and frozen desserts plants shall comply with the following items of
sanitation:
Item 1 p. Floors. The floors of all rooms in which ice cream,ice cream mix,frozen
desserts, frozen desserts mix or their ingredients are manufactured, frozen or stored, in
which containers and utensils are washed, shall be constructed of concrete or other equally
impervious and easily cleaned material, and shall be smooth, properly drained, provided
with trapped drains and kept clean; provided, cold-storage rooms need not be provided with
drains; provided further, the construction requirements of this item shall be waived in ice
cream and frozen desserts plants which freeze and sell only at retail on the premises, if the
portion of the room in which the freezer is installed and the room in which the containers
or utensils are washed have impervious floors or solid floors, covered with tight linoleum or
other approved, washable material.
Item 2p. Walls and Ceilings. Walls and ceilings of rooms in which ice cream, ice
cream mix, frozen desserts, frozen desserts mix or their ingredients are manufactured or
frozen, or in which containers or utensils are washed, shall have a smooth, washable
light-colored surface, and shall be kept clean.
Item 3p. Doors and Windows. Unless other effective means are provided to
prevent the access of flies, all openings to the outer air shall be effectively screened and
doors shall be self-closing.
Item 4p. Lighting and Ventilation. All rooms shall be well lighted and ventilated.
Item 5p. Miscellaneous protection from contamination. The various plant
operations shall be so located and conducted as to prevent any contamination of ice cream,
ice cream mix, frozen desserts, frozen desserts mix or their ingredients, cleaned equipment
or containers. All necessary means for the elimination of flies shall be used. Separate rooms
shall be provided for (a) the pasteurizing, processing, cooling, freezing and packaging
operations, and (b) the washing and bactericidal treatment of containers; provided,
requirement (a) shall be satisfied in ice cream and frozen desserts plants where the freezing
of ice cream or frozen desserts, or both, are held in the freezer under refrigeration until they
are served for immediate consumption, if protected from the public by a transparent shield
or other sanitary enclosure, having a top line of five feet six inches from the floor and
provided with a semi-circular opening having a radius of not to exceed ten inches, through
which the product is passed to the customer. Containers of ice cream, frozen desserts or
their ingredients shall not be unloaded directly into the room used for pasteurization, or
subsequent processes. Pasteurized mix or the frozen product shall not be permitted to come
in contact with equipment with which unpasteurized mix, the frozen product, milk or milk
products have been in contact, unless such equipment has first been thoroughly cleaned and
subjected to bactericidal treatment. None of the operations connected with an ice cream or
frozen desserts plant shall be conducted in a room used for domestic purposes.
Item 6p. Toilet Facilities. There shall be provided toilet facilities conforming with
this Code and the ordinances of the city and which are kept clean, well-ventilated and in
good repair. Toilet rooms shall not open directly into any room in which mix, the frozen
products, or their ingredients, or equipment or containers are handled or stored. The doors
of all toilet rooms shall be self-closing. Incase privies or earth closets are permitted and used,
they shall be separated from the building, and shall be of a sanitary type constructed and
operated in conformity with the requirements of the state board of health.
Item 7p. Water Supply. The water supply shall be easily accessible, adequate, and
of a safe, sanitary quality.
Item 8p. Hand-Washing Facilities. Convenient hand-washing facilities shall be
provided, including warm running water, soap and approved sanitary towels. The use of a
common towel is prohibited. No employee shall resume work after using the toilet room
without first washing his hands.
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• Item 9p. Sanitary Piping. All piping used to conduct mix, the frozen products or
their ingredients shall be sanitary milk piping of a type which can be easily cleaned with a
brush.
Item lop. Construction and repair of containers and equipment. All multi-use
containers and equipment with which mix, the frozen products or their ingredients come in
contact shall be constructed in such a manner as to be easily cleaned, and shall be kept in
good repair.
(A) DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND USE CODE FOR
CONTINUOUS FREEZERS AND BATCH FREEZERS.
(1) DEFINITION. "Continuous freezers" and "batch freezers" are
different types of a freezer which is installed and used in the processing
or manufacturing of ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen desserts or frozen
desserts mix, which is hardened in cold storage after removal from the
freezer.
(2) NOMENCLATURE.
(a) The dasher is that part of the freezing chamber which rotates in
the chamber and is in contact with the food products.
(b) The dasher shaft is that part which drives the dasher and which
comes in contact with the food products.
(c) The freezer front is that part which closes the freezer chamber and
is in contact with the food products.
(d) The freezer gate is that part which is used to close the opening in
the freezer front through which the food product is drawn for
serving and which comes in contact with the food products.
(e) The freezer front cover is that part which closes the freezer front
where the food product ingredients are added to the freezer and
which comes in contact with the food products.
(f) The freezer drip tray is that part which is provided to catch any
spillage during the use of the freezer.
(g) The front panel of the freezer is that part which may become
soiled with the food product or by spillage during the use of the
equipment.
(h) The food product is that ice cream or frozen dessert which shall
subsequently be served to the public.
(3) MATERIAL. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
(a) Only such materials shall be used which will withstand wear,
penetration by vermin, and the corrosive action of foods, cleaning
compounds and other elements found in the equipment and
environment. That portion which shall come in contact with the
food product shall be made of nontoxic materials.
(b) All parts which come in contact with the food product shall be
fabricated in one piece or shall be made to be taken apart by hand
without the use of tools or shall be permanently joined and any
cracks or crevices shall be filled and smoothed so as not to provide
a place to harbor bacteria.
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(c) All parts that are in contact with the food products shall be
plainly visible for inspection, accessible for cleaning, sterilization
and brushing. There shall be no closed bottom holes or tubes.
There shall be no holes smaller than three-sixteenths of an inch in
diameter. There shall be no radius in corners of less than
one-sixteenth of an inch.
(d) All finished on parts which come in contact with the food
products shall be such as not to provide a surface that will freely
harbor bacteria or be difficult to clean. This should be equal or
better than a number four finish as applied to commercial
stainless-steel sheets.
(e) The use of screw threads as a method of fastening is to be
discouraged whenever such threads come in contact with the food
product. If threads are used under such conditions, there shall be
no more than two threads, of thirteen threads per inch or larger,
which has a finish equal or better than a class three thread and so
arranged that the parts may be easily brushed.
(f) Any casting or surface defects shall be properly filled to give a
finish that is equal to that provided for in other parts of this
section.
(g) Stainless steel, monel, dairy metal, chromium, tin, or their equal
are generally considered the most desirable metals for any
construction that will come in contact with the food product.
(h) Hard or soft solders, plating .or finishes shall be of a type
commonly considered nontoxic and as free as possible of
antimony, cadmium, lead and zinc whenever they may come in
contact with food product.
(i) Material which is commonly known as nontoxic in the food and
dairy industries shall be used as the nonmetallic material for any
construction that will come in contact with the food product.
(j) Angle construction shall not be used where food or refuse may
accumulate on the ledges or the corners.
(k) Attachment on the freezer front panel between the inlet of the
freezer and the drip tray shall be moisture - tight sealed to the
panel to prevent dripping or leakage from flowing behind the
attachments, unless all such attachments shall be removable
without tools for daily cleaning. All surfaces shall overlap to
provide free drainage in the direction of flow.
(1) Provisions shall be made to attach pipe legs so the equipment may
be installed with four inches of clear space below it for cleaning,
unless the unit shall be provided with bases that may be secured
and sealed to the floor.
(4) USE AND INSTALLATION OF CONTINUOUS FREEZERS AND
BATCH FREEZERS.
(a) The freezer front cover shall cover the opening at all times that a
food product is in the freezer, except when actually filling the
freezer.
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(b) The freezer gate shall be kept in a closed position so all surfaces in
contact with the food product shall be protected from
contamination, except when actually drawing the food product
from the freezer.
(c) All food products which come in contact with the machine shall
be kept at a temperature of fifty degrees Fahrenheit or less until
they are used.
(d) All parts of the freezer, with the exception of the freezing
chamber, which come in contact with the food product shall be
removed each day or whenever it is no longer under refrigerated
condition, to be completely dismantled, brush cleaned, washed
and sterilized in accordance with the public health department
requirements for cleaning multi-use utensils. The freezer chamber
shall be thoroughly cleaned, brushed, rinsed and sterilized daily.
(e) Wherever continuous freezers and batch freezers are installed,
provisions shall be made for an ample supply of hot(one hundred
and seventy degrees Fahrenheit) water to be used for cleaning.
Facilities such as required for the cleaning of multi-use utensils
shall be provided that are large enough to accommodate and
completely submerge the largest part of the freezer that is to be
dismantled for daily cleaning.
(B) DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND USE CODE FOR
FOUNTAIN AND/OR COUNTER FREEZERS.
(1) DEFINITION. A "fountain and/or counter freezer" is a freezer which
is installed and used in the processing and manufacturing of ice cream,
ice cream mix, frozen dessert or frozen desserts mix, which has a soft
consistency and which is held in the freezer under refrigeration until it is
dispensed.
(2) NOMENCLATURE.
(a) The dasher is that part of the freezing chamber which rotates in
the chamber and is in contact with the food product.
(b) The dasher shaft is that part which drives the dasher and which
comes in contact with the food product.
(c) The freezer front is that part which closes the freezer chamber and
is in contact with the food product.
(d) The freezer gate is that part which is used to close the opening in
the freezer front through which the food product is drawn for
serving and which comes in contact with the food product.
(e) The freezer front cover is that part which closes the freezer front
where the food product ingredients are added to the freezer and
which comes in contact with the food product.
(f) The freezer chamber is that part of the machine which cannot be
removed and submerged for daily cleaning and which comes in
contact with the food product.
(g) The freezer drip tray is that part which is provided to catch any
spillage during the use of the freezer.
(h) The front panel of the freezer is that part which may become
soiled with the food product or by spillage during the use of the
equipment.
(i) The food product is that ice cream or frozen dessert which shall
subsequently be served to the public.
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(3) MATERIALS, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
(a) Only such materials shall be used which will withstand wear,
penetration by vermin, and the corrosive action of foods, cleaning
compounds and other elements found in the equipment and
environment. That portion which shall come in contact with the
food product shall be made of nontoxic materials.
(b) All parts which come in contact with the food product shall be
fabricated in one piece or shall be made to be taken apart by hand
without the use of tools or shall be permanently joined and any
cracks or crevices shall be filled and smoothed so as not to provide
a place to harbor bacteria.
(c) All parts that are in contact with the food product shall be plainly
visible for inspection, accessible for cleaning, sterilization and
brushing. There shall be no holes smaller than three-sixteenths of
an inch in diameter. There shall be no radius in corners less than
one-sixteenth of an inch.
(d) All finishes on parts which come in contact with the food product
shall be such as not to provide a surface that will freely harbor
bacteria or be difficult to clean. This should be equal or better
than a number four finish as applied to commercial stainless steel
sheets.
(e) The use of screw threads as a method of fastening is to be
discouraged whenever such threads come in contact with the food
product. If threads are used under such conditions there shall be
no more than two threads, of thirteen thread per inch or larger,
with a finish equal or better than a class three thread and so
arranged that the parts may easily be brushed.
(f) Any casting or surface defects shall be properly
filled to give a
finish that is equal to the provided for in other parts of this
section.
(g) Stainless steel, monel, dairy metal, chromium, tin or their equal
are generally considered the most desirable metals for any
construction that will come in contact with the food product.
(h) Hard or soft solders, plating or finishes shall be of a type
commonly considered nontoxic and as free as possible of
antimony, cadmium, lead or zinc whenever they may come in
contact with the food product.
(i) Material which is commonly known as nontoxic in the food and
dairy industries shall be used as the non-metallic material for any
construction that will come in contact with the food products.
(j) Angle construction shall not be used where food or refuse may
accumulate on the ledges or the corners.
(k) Attachments on the freezer front panel between the inlet of the
freezer and the drip tray shall be moisture - tight sealed to the
panel to prevent drippage or leakage from flowing behind the
attachments, unless all such attachments shall be removable
without tools for daily cleaning. All surfaces shall overlap to
provide free drainage in the direction of flow.
(I) Provisions shall be made to attach pipe legs so that equipment may
be installed with four inches of clear space below it for cleaning,
unless the unit shall be provided with bases that may be secured
and sealed to the floor.
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(4) USE AND INSTALLATION OF FOUNTAINS AND/OR COUNTER
FREEZERS.
(a) Fountain and/or counter freezers shall be protected from the
public by a transparent shield or other sanitary enclosure, having a
top line five feet six inches from the floor and provided with a
semi-circular opening having radius of not to exceed ten inches
through which the product may be passed to the customer.
(b) The freezer front cover shall cover the opening at all times that a
food product is in the freezer, except when actually filling the
freezer.
(c) The freezer gate shall be kept in a closed position so all surfaces in
contact with the food product shall be protected from
contamination, except when actually drawing the food product
from the freezer.
(d) All food products which come in contact with the machine shall
be kept at a temperature of fifty degrees Fahrenheit or less until
they are used.
(e) All parts of the freezer, with the exception of the freezing
chamber, which come in contact with the food product shall be
removed each day or, whenever it is no longer under refrigerated
condition, shall be completely dismantled, brush-cleaned, washed
and sterilized in accordance with the public health department
requirements for cleaning multi-use utensils. The freezer chamber
shall be thoroughly cleaned, brushed, rinsed and sterilized daily.
(f) Wherever fountain freezers are installed, provisions shall be made
for an ample supply of heated (one hundred and seventy degrees
Fahrenheit) water to be used for cleaning. Facilities such as
required for the cleaning of multi-use utensils shall be provided
that are large enough to accommodate and completely submerge
the largest part of the freezer that is to be dismantled for daily
cleaning.
Item lip. Disposal of Waste. Waste disposal shall conform with this Code and the
ordinances of the city.
Item 12p. Cleaning and Bactericidal Treatment of Containers and Equipment. All
multi-service containers and equipment for mix, the frozen products or their ingredients
shall be thoroughly cleaned after each usage. All containers shall be subjected to an
approved bactericidal process after each cleaning and all equipment immediately before each
use. When empty and before being returned by an ice cream or frozen desserts plant, each
milk and milk products container shall be effectively cleaned and subjected to bactericidal
treatment.
Item 13p. Storage of Containers. After bactericidal treatment all multi-use
containers of mix, the frozen products and their ingredients shall be stored in such a manner
as to be protected from contamination.
Item 14p. Handling of Containers and Equipment. Between bactericidal treatment
and usage, and during usage, containers and equipment shall not be handled or operated in
such manner as to permit contamination of the mix, the frozen product or their ingredients.
Item 15p. Storage and Handling of Single-Service Containers and Utensils. Caps,
parchment paper, wrappers, can liners and single-service sticks, spoons and containers for
mix, the frozen products or their ingredients shall be purchased only in sanitary containers,
shall be kept therein in a clean, dry place and shall be handled in a sanitary manner.
Item 16p. Pasteurization of Mix. All mix shall be pasteurized.
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Item 17p. Cooling and Handling. All milk and fluid milk products received at an
ice cream or frozen desserts plant for use in the mix or frozen product shall immediately be
cooled in approved equipment to fifty degrees Fahrenheit or less and maintained at that
temperature until pasteurized, unless they are to be pasteurized mix shall immediately be
cooled in approved equipment to an average temperature of fifty degree Fahrenheit or less.
All mix which is not frozen at the plant at which it was pasteurized shall be
transported to the place of manufacturing or freezing in sealed containers and the mix shall
be handled in a sanitary manner. Dipping from containers of pasteurized mix is prohibited.
Item 18p. Packaging, etc. Packaging, cutting, molding, dipping, freezing, '
hardening and other preparation of mix, the frozen products or their ingredients shall be
done in an approved manner. Containers shall be adequately covered immediately after
filling. Caps or covers shall be handled in such manner as to prevent contamination of the
package contents.
Item 19p. Overflow or Spillage. Products drip, overflow, spilled mix or their
ingredients shall not be sold for human consumption.
Item 20p. Returns. Mix or the frozen product in open or broken containers may,
after delivery, be returned to the plant for inspection, but shall not be used for making mix
or the frozen product.
Item 21p. Personnel;health. The director of public health or physician authorized
by him shall examine and take a careful morbidity history of every person connected with
ice cream and frozen desserts plant, or about to be employed, whose work brings him in
contact with production, handling or storage of mix, the frozen product, containers or
equipment. If such examinations suggest that such person may be a carrier of or infected
with the organisms of typhoid or paratyphoid fever or any other communicable diseases
likely to be transmitted through the frozen product, he shall secure appropriate specimens
of body discharges and cause them to be examined in a laboratory approved by him or by
the state health officer for such examination and if the results justify, such person shall be
barred from such employment. Such persons shall furnish such information, submit to such
physical exminations, and submit such laboratory specimens as the director of public health
may require for the purpose of determining freedom from infection.
Item 22p. Personnel; cleanliness. All persons coming in contact with mix, the
frozen products, or their ingredients, containers, or equipment shall wear clean outer
garments and shall keep their hands clean at all times while thus engaged.
Item 23p. Miscellaneous. All vehicles used for the transportation of mix, the
frozen products or their ingredients shall be so constructed and operated as to protect their
contents from the sun and from contamination. Such vehicles shall be kept clean, and no
substance capable of contaminating mix, the frozen products or their ingredients shall be
transported therewith. All vehicles used for the distribution of mix or the frozen products
shall have the name of the distributor prominently displayed.
The immediate surroundings of all ice cream and frozen desserts plants shall be kept
in a neat, clean condition.
Item 24p. Bacterial plate count of pasteurized mix and the frozen product. The
average bacterial plate count of the pasteurized mix or the frozen product shall at no time
prior to delivery exceed fifty thousand per gram.
Item 25p. Ingredients. Ingredients used in the manufacture of mix or the frozen
product shall conform to the following standards:
(1) Milk and milk products used as ingredients in the raw state shall be produced
on premises on which buildings, installation, equipment, water supply,
facilities, methods and procedures incident to production, handling, storage
and transportation of raw milk will assure a wholesome milk having an average
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standard plate count not to exceed 50,000 per milliliter. Milk and milk
products used as ingredients in the pasteurized, condensed, evaporated or dried
state shall have an average bacterial plate count not exceeding fifty thousand
per cubic centimeter or per gram;provided, that these limits shall be doubled in
the case of cream.
(2) The skim milk shall be separated from fresh whole milk which has been
produced under conditions described in item 25p (1). The fresh skim milk shall
be pasteurized by heating to a temperature of not less than one hundred and
forty-three degrees Fahrenheit and holding at such temperature for not less
than thirty minutes;or to a temperature of not less than one hundred and sixty
degrees Fahrenheit and holding at such temperature for not less than fifteen
seconds or by other approved processes giving equivalent results. In
establishments where milk is customarily flash-heated in a pre-warmer or
pre-heater at a temperature of approximately one hundred and eighty degrees
Fahrenheit before the milk is condensed under vacuum, such flash-heating shall
be acceptable in lieu of pasteurization.
(3) The concentrated milk shall be condensed under vacuum in accordance with
good commercial practice, be of uniform consistency, of normal flavor, color
and odor, and free from granulation or sediment. It shall contain not more than
five-tenths per cent milk fat and not less than twenty-six percent total milk
solids. The standard plate count of the finished product shall not exceed fifty
thousand per milliliter. The concentrated milk shall be stored in the original
containers at temperature not less than thirty-three degrees Fahrenheit nor
more than forty degrees Fahrenheit and shall be used within eight days after
date of processing.
(4) The fresh cream shall be separated from fresh whole milk of a quality that will
comply with all of the requirements of item 25p (1). The cream shall be
pasteurized by heating every particle to at least one hundred and fifty-five
degrees Fahrenheit and holding at such temperature for thirty minutes or other
approved processes giving equivalent results. It shall be stored in the original
containers at temperature not less than thirty-three degrees Fahrenheit nor
more than forty degrees Fahrenheit until used. The pasteurized cream shall be
used within eight days after the date of processing. The bacterial plate count or
the direct microscopic clump count of which, as delivered from the farm, does
not exceed 50,000 per milliliter.
(5) Nuts, fruits, and confections shall have a fresh, wholesome flavor and odor and
be normal in appearance, and shall have been handled and processed in
accordance with good commercial practice.
SECTION 11. TRANSFERRING AND PACKAGING; PERMIT FOR VEHICLE;
REQUISITIES FOR VEHICLE.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer frozen or unfrozen
dairy food products from one container to another or freeze and package the
same on the street or in any vehicle that does not possess a permit, issued by
the director of public health, to operate said vehicle. No such permit shall be
issued unless the vehicle in question has the following equipment:
(1) Approved sanitary water storage tank with not less than forty (40)
gallon capacity, water inlet easily accessible with hose attachment
for filling.
(2) A ten (10) gallon capacity hot water heater, or an instantaneous
heater, capable of producing 180° F hot water.
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(3) Waste water storage of not less than forty (40) gallon capacity
and/or equal to the water supply tank, with outlet easily accessible
and hose and attachments available for drainage into sanitary
sewer connection in an approved manner.
(4) Counters and/or work tables with three compartment fountain
type wash sink, each compartment of adequate size to take largest
piece of equipment necessary to wash, (piped with both hot and
cold water) to be constructed of sanitary material (stainless steel
or equivalent) in an approved manner.
(5) Counter type freezer to be constructed of materials and operated
in compliance with the recommendations of the United States
Public Health Services as approved by the director of public
health.
(6) Adequate storage space for supplies with refrigerated storage space
to maintain 45° F temperature on unfrozen milk or food products,
and below 10° F storage for frozen food products.
(7) Adequate ventilation (as fans and refrigeration) shall be provided
as required, self-closing doors and service windows to be open only
when products are dispensed to the counter.
(8) Hand-washing facilities with hot and cold running water in a
mixing faucet (other than equipment wash sink) with soap and
sanitary towels shall be provided and installed as approved by the
health officer.
(9) A properly covered container for the disposal of waste paper,
unused containers, etc.
(10) Any additional equipment or the arrangement thereof other than
approved when the permit was issued shall be prohibited unless
• approved by the health officer.
(11) Floors in the workers'area constructed of metal or other approved
impervious material and graded to trapped floor drain connected
in an approved manner to the waste water tank.
(12) Only milk, milk products, and ice cream; ice cream products and
frozen yogurt shall be sold or offered for sale on mobile units.
(b) The permit holder will be required to have a central depot within
the corporate limits of the city so that health inspectors can check such
depot. Said depot to be used for cleaning such vehicles and equipment
and to provide sanitary storage of items necessary for proper operation
of this vehicle.
(c) Cleaning of vehicle shall be done within an area provided with
facilities, approved by the director of public health, as often as necessary
but not less than once every twenty-four hours, under the rules
established by the director of public health.
(d) Said vehicle or vehicles shall have a proposed route of operation,
approved beforehand by the director of public health, and no changes in
routes, zone, equipment, vehicle, or base of operations shall be made
without the prior approval of the director of public health.
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SECTION 12. FROM POINTS BEYOND LIMITS OF ROUTINE
INSPECTION.
Ice cream, ice cream mix, frozen desserts or frozen desserts mix from
points beyond the limits of routine inspection of the city may not be sold in
the city, or its police jurisdiction,unless controlled under provisions equivalent
to the requirements of this article; provided, the director of public health shall
satisfy himself that such provisions are being properly enforced.
SECTION 13. FUTURE PLANTS.
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All ice cream and frozen desserts plants from which ice cream, ice cream
mix, frozen desserts or frozen desserts mix are offered for sale within the city
which are constructed, reconstructed, or extensively altered shall conform in
their construction to the requirements of this article. Properly prepared plans
for all ice cream and frozen desserts plants which are hereafter constructed,
reconstructed or extensively altered shall be submitted for approval before
work is begun, and signed approval shall be obtained from the director of
public health.
SECTION 14. PENALTIES.
The violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding $200. Each day that any violation of this ordinance shall
continue shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 15. EMERGENCY.
The fact that the manufacture, distribution and sale of the products
covered herein are not now regulated in the City of Wichita Falls creates a
health hazard, and this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure
which shall go into effect immediately- upon its passage. B�
Passed and approved this 7tX-c,day of 1978.
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Attest:
City Clerk vv
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Affidavit of Publication.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WICHITA
(Paste Clipping Here)
On this . 15th day of May
A.D. 1978 personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority
Katherine Parrish , bookkeeper
for the Times Publishing Company of Wichita Falls, publishers of the
Wichita Falls Record News, a newspaper published at Wichita Falls in
Wichita County, Texas, and upon being duly sworn by me, on oath states
that the attached.advertisement is a true and correct copy of advertising
published in One (1) issues thereof on the following
dates:
April 20, 1978
Bookkeeper for Times Publishing Company
of Wichita Falls
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above
(SEAL) written.
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' L. REAVES, Notary Public
for Wichita County, Taxai
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1 _ ` L PUBLIC NOTICES I 1 I PUBLIC NOTICES S' V I PUBLIC NOTICES [1 ] PUBIS
tTFhit4 Folio (junco -L.e9ei Notices III 3-Legal Notices ,
Tv-. ~ i•ORDINANCE NO:3292 3—Legal Notices 3--ire
lrtla. R MA#'W5 ICE CREAM, FROZEN DESSERTS ORDINANCE AND CODE 1
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING "ICE CREAM, "FROZEN DE- It shall be unlawful for any person who doge,
CLASSIFIED INDEX SSERTS," "MLX," "PASTEURIZATION," FROZEN DESSERT from the director of public health,fo delivei
Motor Clgsaifications PLANTS," "FROZEN YOGURT," "SOFT SERVE YOGURT," into or receive into the city or Its police lurid
ETC.; PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ADULTERATED OR MIS- produce,sell or offer for sale therein,ortohai
.BRANDED MIX OR FROZEN DESSERTS; REGULATING THE cream,ice creammix,fro*endesserts,orfrtt
r ISSUING,SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF PERMITS FOR sold or served, any Ice cream, ice cream 0
PUBLIC NOTICES T Ito THF,SALE OF MIX AND FROZEN DESSERTS,THE LABELING frozen dessert mixes.
��'}',, OF CONTAINERS,THE INSPECTION OF,FROZEN DESSERTS SECTION 4. SAME •APPLICATIQN
1 PLANTS; ETC.; THE EXAMINATION OF FROZEN DESSERTS Everyoperaforofanicecre3amplantorfro;e1'i
to AND THEIR INGREDIENTS,THE INSPECTION OF RECORDS, whether operated by an individual or as a fire
THE TRANSFER OF FROZEN DESSERTS,THE SALE OF MIX ship or corporation,shall make application in'
TRANSPORTATION I iRi, AND FROZEN DESSERTS FROM DISTANT POINTS,THE CON- of public health,for a permit to manufacture,
STRUCTION OF FUTURE PLANTS THE REPORTING AND ice cream, ice cream mix,frozen desserts o
CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AT PLANTS, THE and operate and do business in the city.
6 to 13 SECTION 5. SAME . SUSPENSION; R7 ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE,AND THE FIXING OF
SUANCE
4E IT ORDAINED E ALDERMEN D A permit as required by this article M•
ANIK6U14EEMENTS IT ROAIN D BY THE BOARD OF OF THE revoke
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,TEXAS director of public health of the city or revoke
SECTION T.DEFINITIONS for a hearing by such director,upon the viola
16 to it The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the any of the teems of this ordinance.
BUSINESS SERVICES
enforcement of this article: Any person whose Permit has been 5uspef I
• (A) ICE CREAM. Ice Cream is a frozen dairy product made public h @alth,may at any time make eppllcd
with sweet milk,cream,skim milk,evaporated or condens such permit.Upon receipt of a satisfactory al
rd milk, evaporated or condensed skim milk,Dry milk, Suspension of permit is the result of an uni
23'4 to 23471 .nonfat dry milk solids,dried buttermilk,milk fat,or sweet condition of cooling temperature,the dlratter
f;i,.; . .�,; .,, ,.;,., butter made from sweet cream,or any combination of any take further samples at the rate of net more i
such products with or without sweetening,clean eggs or week.The director of public health shall vets$;
C EpIJCATlON egg products,and with or without Ih$use of flavoring and er the average Of the last four sample results
coloring. Except as hereinafter provided,ice cream shall compliance.
contain not less than ten percent of milk fat. SECTION 6. POSSESSING OR RECEIViNCI
24 (1) FLAVORED ICE CREAM/FRUIT ICE CREAM. Flavored TURER WHO DOES NOT bas
Ice cream and Fruit ice cream is ice cream containing not less than It shall be unlawful for any person to retell/
EMPLOYMENT eight Percent of Milk fat and not less than three percent by weight of Police iyrfsdictlon,for sale,or to offer for Selo,
mature fruit, fruit juices or imitation fruit juices,Chocolate or storage where ice Cream,Ice cream mix,frtt
, others. dessert mix are sold or served without first 4
25 to 28 (2) CONFECTION ICE CREAM. Confection ice cream shall from the director of public health.
conform in all respects to the definition of ice cream hereinbefore SECTION 7. LABELING
set forth except that it shall contain candy or confections,and Its All cans,Packages,and other containers ene;
MERCHANDISE milk fat content shall not be less than eight percent of the fat of the cream mix,frozen dessert,frozen dessert mix"'
finished product. derived from milk,except those filled from ii
(3) ICE CREAM MIX. Ice cream mix is a combination of the in retail dispensing,shall be plainly labeled!
33-t0. unfrozen products used In the manufacture of Ice cream. It shall 0) The name Of the contents;
�,, comply with all the requirements of ice cream as hereinbefore set (2) In the case of mix,the word"past(
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FARM&GARDEN "0 forth. "raw" if the contents have not been'
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. C 60 (4)SOFT-SERV.Soft-Sery is the frozen combination of two or name and the Street address of the
1 to 60 more ingredients used in the manufacture of frozen desert,with or contents were placed in the contained
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without fruit,fruit juices,candy,nut meats,flavors,or coloring.it A descriptive work or phrase Indicating in ma';
• shall comply with all requirements of frozen desserts hereinbefore tion or flavoring of the ice cream or frog
gee FINANCIAL set forth and contain not less than four percent milk fat. Strawberry,chocolate,custard etc.,may be r,
MM// • (B) FROZEN DESSERTS. A frozen dessert is any frozen or label or mask shall be in 1 @tter;Of asize,kind
c partially frozen cennbinatien of two or more of the follow, the director of public health.
62 to 66 Inca: Milk or milk products,edible oil or fat,eggs or'egg Trade names and trademarks may be permitt
products,sugar water,fruit or fruit juices,imitation fruit contain less than eight Percent butter fat sot
RENTALS juices,candy,or other food products,flavors,coloring or under a trade name In which the generic term
stabilizer, and shall be deemed to include 5oft.Sery de have printed on the label in legible print the I
sserts, ice milk, sherbet, novelties, ices, meilorine, and manufacture.
70 to 80 Other similar products. The label shall contain no marks or Words w'.
(1)ICE MILK.Ice milk is a frozen product containing less milk fat SECTION 8. INSPECTION OF MANUFACTI
than lie cream and shall be made with sweet milk,cream,skim During each slx=months period four inspect
r REAL ESTATE FOR milk,evaporated or condensed milk,evaporated or condensed skim and frozen dessert*plant,the products of .
Ill, SALE milk,dry milk,nonfat dry milk solids,powdered buttermilk,milk consumption within the city or its police Iurisp
fat or sweet butter made from sweet cream or any combination of by the director of public health.In case the dal
• 81 to 4't w any such products, with or without sweetening,eggs or egg Pro- discovers the violation of any item of sanitat
ducts, and with or without the use of flavoring and coloring and -second inspection after a lapse of such time at
containing not less than two percent but not more than seven for the defect to pe remedied,but not before it
Classified Adertising percent 4f milk fat. and the second inspection Shall be used in dot
(Z)SHERBET.Sherbet is a frozen product containing milk Or milk with the requirements of this article.Any vlQii
• LOvAi..WANT AD RATES products,with or without sweetening, with or without the use of of this article on two Consecutive inspectia
Times & Record News flavoring and coloring,with or without milk fat. mediate suspension of the permit,One Copy of
(3) NOVELTIES. Novelties,as known to the trade,shall conform shall be delivered to the owner of the preml
These rates apply only to residents of the in all respects to the definition of Ice cream and/or frozen desserts agent and shall be readily available at any,'
Slate of Texas and the State of Oklahoma. hereinbefore set forth except that ice cream and/or frozen dessert twelve months.Another copy of the inspectitii
WORDS I Day 3 Days 4 Dais novelties are frozen in molds or in combination with cones,and may with the records of the city public health de
Up to 15 52.73 t6.75 F or may not be coated with chocolate or other confections. SECTION 9. EXAMINATION OF PRODU{
16 to 20 S3 64 59.00 (4)SOFT-SERV MIX.Soft-sery mix is the unfrozen combination of Di ENTS.
aj to 5 ?;4 S5 5i 1"5 R two or more ingredients used in the manufacture of frozen dessert. During each Six-months period at least four
26 to 37 $SA6 $t3.s0 with pr without fruit, fruit juices, candy, nut meats,flavors, or
frozen product from each Dlanf, or both. st
E coloring.It shall comply with all the requirements of frozen desserts director of public health.Samples of mix or 0 31 10 35 56.37 515.75 hereinbefore Set forth and contain not less than four percent milk both,may be taken by the director of public hf,E fat• to final delivery. Samples of ingredients may
Above sin placed for (5) MIXED PRODUCTS. Liquid andior dry mix to be frozen and the director of public health may require.S
Advertising placed for nonconsecaralea• dispensed within the City of Wichita Falls,Texas. product from stores,cafes,soda fountains,f
pertions i the one•dmefrsenionrate°f (r$)ME4.LORINE.Mellorine is a frozen or unfrozen product made places where ice cream and frozen desserts,I
• id lot each insertion. from edible fat, Milk solids,and sugar,with or without a natural be tested as often as the director of public'.
Classified advertisements originate in flavoring,and contains not less than six percent of edible fat,and Bacterial plate counts and direct microseopiC
the morning Record News then appear in - not less than thirty percent of all solid including fats, in conformity with the latest standard meth(
, the lining ningrinselthe 5eday.Adver• (7) FLAVORED MELLORlNE.Flavored mellorine is a frozen or the American Public Health Association. El
lining Appearing in the Sunday Times unfrozen product made from edible fat,milk,milk solids,and sugar
dude such other chemical and physical dl,
counts as one full insertion.Proportionate rtines with flavoring,and contains not less than four percent of edible fat. director of public health May deem neeessar.
tedueh RVfor 1.34-8 and$9 Insertions. ($)SOFT-SERV PROCESSOR.A soft-sery processor is any person adulteration,these examinations to be mad@ 11
BOX SERVICE CHARGE 52.00 a 3$.50. who freezes any Pasteurized mix in semisolid or solid form,for latest standard methods of the American Pubi
•lolifed Display an Spate Rates distribution or sale as a frozen dessert. and the association of Official agricultural chi
volumeolumninch.Spedaldiscounts • (9) FROZEN DESSERT DISTRIBUTOR. A frozen dessert dis- pt plants, stores, cafes, restaurants,
or rite or. iributor is any person who offers for sate or sells to another any similar places shall furnish the dlrttfor Of phi
Wre or eau Classified Advertising Oe• frozen dessert for human consumption in a final package. request,the names of all tsersons from whom
panment for details. (i0)MOBILE UNIT.The term mobile unit shall be taken to mean cream mix,or frozen desserts or frozen dess(t
Classified Ads atter being ordered can- Whenever the average bacterial plate count,
any vehicle or temporary establishment that shall travel from place
not bechanaedN tan;elled until published to place in which a frozen desserts processor freezes andior pack- time or the average cooling tere,Peratur@ fall
one day. c' ages frozen dessert, director of public health shall send written)
The newspaper reserves the right to edit. (11)COMMISSARY OR DEPOT.The terms"commissary"or"de- person concerned, and shall take an add(tit
repast and properly classify all ads. pot" shall mean any place. oremispc nr nctahlichmant in u,hir•h before the lapse of three rids$, for determif