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Title 8 — HEALTH AND SAFETY

Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 8.20 Bread

Blythe Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Blythe

Cite as: Blythe Municipal Code Chapter 8.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04

8.20.010 - Minimum weight.

All loaves of bread made, or procured for the purpose of sale, sold, offered or exposed for sale in the city shall weigh, six hours after baking, not less than eight ounces avoirdupois, except as provided in this chapter, and such weight shall be the standard weight of the small loaf in the city.

(Ord. 510 § 1, 1978: Ord. 45 § 1, 1920)

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8.20.020 - Weight inspection.

All inspections of the weight of bread shall be made on the premises of the maker or manufacturer by averaging the weight of not fewer than twenty loaves of bread of any one unit; and such average weight per loaf shall not be less than the minimum weight fixed by this chapter for such units.

(Ord. 45 § 2 (part), 1920)

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8.20.030 - Exemptions.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to crackers, pretzels, biscuits, buns, scones, rolls or loaves of fancy bread weighing less than a quarter of a pound avoirdupois, or to what is commonly known as stale bread, sold as such, provided that the seller, at the time of sale, shall expressly state to the buyer that the bread so sold is stale bread.

(Ord. 45 § 3, 1920)

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8.20.040 - Violation deemed misdemeanor.

Any person, firm or corporation who makes, or procures for the purpose of sale, sells, offers or exposes for sale within the city any bread in loaves otherwise than as provided for in this chapter, or in conflict with the standard weights of bread when baked as fixed in this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 45 § 2 (part), 1920)

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