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Item 15, -- Storage, Display, and Serving of Food and Drink—All food and
<br />drink- shall be so stored, displayed, and served as to be protected from dust,'
<br />flies, vermin, depredation and pollution by rodents, unnecessary handling, drop -
<br />let infection, overhead leakage, and other contamination. No animals or fowls
<br />shall be kept or allowed in any room in which food or drink is prepared or stored.
<br />ill means necessary for the elimination of flies, roaches, and rodents shall be
<br />used.
<br />Item 16. -- Cleanliness of Employees-- All employees engaged in handling
<br />food, drink, utensils or equipment shall be required to secure a health certificate
<br />approved by the health officer, at least every 12 months, or as often as raay be
<br />deemed necessary by the health officer, showing that they are free from any in-
<br />fectious or transmittable disease. A blood test for syphilis shall be provided
<br />the health officer by all such employees at least once annually. Examinations
<br />for such h -'alth certificates shall be made and issued by a reputable, licensed
<br />physician. All eraploy..es shall wear clean outer garments and shall keep their
<br />hands clean at all times while engaged in handling food, drink, utensils., or
<br />equipment and shall, while engaged in the preparation or serving of food, wear
<br />a suitable head covering to protect the food from cuntarrination from huraan hair.
<br />Employees shall not expectorate or use tobacco in any form in rouras in which
<br />food is prepared.
<br />Item 17. -- Miscellaneous.— The premises of all restaurants shall be kept
<br />clean and free of litter or rubbish. None of the operations connected with a
<br />restaurant shall be conducted in any room used as living or sleeping quarters.
<br />Adequate lockers or dressing rooms shall be provided for employee's clothing and
<br />shall be kept clean. Soiled linens, coats, and aprons shall be kept in containers
<br />provided for this purpose.
<br />( Grade B restaurants. -- Grade B restaurants are those which fail to coisply
<br />with item, 11 2, 4, 5, or 17, but which conform with all other iteras of sanita-
<br />tion required for Grade;A restaurants.)
<br />(Grade C restaurants. -- Grade C restaurants are those which fail.to comply
<br />with either the Grade A or the Grade B requirements)
<br />Itinerant restaurants. -- Itinerant restaurants shall be constructed and
<br />operated in an approved zmanner,
<br />Section 7. -- Grades of restaurants which may operate. -- From and after 12
<br />months from the date on which this ordinance takes effect no restaurant shall
<br />be operated within the city of South Bend or its police jurisdiction, unless it
<br />conforms with the Grade j;, or Grace B, or approved itinerant restaurant require-
<br />ments of this ordinance; Provided, That vitren any restaurant fails to qualify
<br />for any of these gr,..des the health officer is authorized to suspend the permit
<br />or in lieu thereof to degrade the restaurant and permit its operation during a
<br />temporary period not exceeding 30 dayso Provided, That if 'material and supplies
<br />are not available to meet the requireratnts of this ordinance at the end of 12
<br />• months. Then the health officer may extend the placarding of restaurants until
<br />such a time as he may decin necessary.
<br />Section 8. Reinstatement of permit; supplementary regrading -- Any rest-
<br />aurant, the grade of which iras been lowered, and all grade displays have been
<br />changed accordingly, or the permit of which has been suspended may at any time
<br />make application £or,regrading or the reinstatement of the permit.
<br />Within one week after the receipt of a satisfactory application, accompanied
<br />by a statement signed by the applicant to the effect that the violated pro-
<br />vision or provisions of this ordinance have been conformed with, the health
<br />officer, shall make a reinspection, and thereafter as many additional reinspec-
<br />tions as he may deem necessary to assure himself that the applicant is again
<br />complying with the higher grade requirements, and, in case the findings indicate
<br />compliance; shall award the higher grade or reinstate the perrait.
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