Ordinance Regulating and Licensing the Selling of Food

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SECTION 21. That the Director of Public Health and City Food Inspector and their deputies of the City of South Bend shall have full power at all times to enter every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used, or which they have reason- able cause to believe is being used for the production, manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of food, for the purpose of inspecting the premises and the utensils, fixtures, furniture and machinery used therein as aforesaid, and, if, upon,inspection any POWER TO ENFORCE food producing or distributing establishment, convey- VESTED IN DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC BEALTH AND CITY ance, enr loyee, operator, employer, clerk, driver, FCOD INSPECTOR or any other person is found to be violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, or if the production, preparation, manufactuf'4 packing, storing, sale, dis- tribution, or transportation of any such food products is being conducted in a manner detrimental to the health of the employees and operators or injurious to the quality and food value of such food therein being produced, manu- factured, packed, stored, sold or distributed, the officer or inspector making such examination or inspection shall thereupon issue an order to the person or persons in author- ity or in charge or control of such place, directing that the condition or conditions be corrected within such reason- able time as in his discretion he deems proper, and unless such person, firm, or corporation shall make such improve- ments as required by such order within the time so limited, it shall be the duty of the Director of Public Health or City Food Inspector to institute proceedings against the person for the violation of this ordinance, and close the business of such person until such improvements and repairs shall have been made and approved by the Department of Public Health. Provided, that should the unsanitary con- dition found warrant such action, establishment may be Page %q 19