Long Beach Municipal Code Ch. 8.16 Food Sale Regulations

No dealer shall use or furnish any unsanitary wrapping in the sale, dispensing, giving away, or delivery of any food.

(Prior code § 5520)

No dealer shall keep on his premises any unsanitary wrapping for use in the sale, dispensing, giving away, or delivery of any food.

(Prior code § 5520.1)

The provisions of Sections 8.16.010 and 8.16.020 shall not apply where the purchaser furnishes the wrapping, other than newspaper, for use in wrapping his own purchase.

(Prior code § 5520.2)

No person shall sell, offer for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell any fruit or vegetables infected with scale or other insects, or which has been frozen or affected by frost, wholly decomposed or partially decomposed so as to be unwholesome or unfit for food, or affected in any manner so as to be unwholesome or unfit for food.

(Prior code § 5530)

A. All fruits and vegetables exposed for sale, except the following: Irish spuds, sweet spuds, dry onion, beets, parsnips, carrots, garlic, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, brussels sprouts, green lima beans, string beans, green peas, oyster plant, squash, pumpkin, watermelons, cantaloupes, casaba, bananas, oranges, tangerines, lemons, grapefruit, apples and pineapples, shall at all times be kept covered with gauze, screen wire, mosquito netting, or electric fan or fans to which ribbons of sufficient length are attached so as to protect the same from dirt, dust, flies and other insects; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to the handling of fruit or vegetables in the delivery thereof by wholesale dealers and produce men to the retailer when such fruit or vegetable is enclosed in sanitary boxes or cases, covered with canvas or burlap.

B. All dried, candied or cured fruit shall at all times be kept in a glass case or under glass so as to protect the same from dust, dirt, flies and other insects.

(Prior code § 5530.1)

All places where fruits or vegetables are kept or offered for sale shall be subject at all times to inspection by the Health Officer or other officers appointed for that purpose, and such officers are authorized to enter and inspect all such places.

(Prior code § 5530.2)

No person, whether as principal, agent, servant, employee, or otherwise, shall pack, unpack, crate or uncrate any fresh fruits or vegetables, or keep or store any fresh fruits or vegetables, that have become spoiled or decayed, except within a building or structure so constructed, arranged, and used as to confine all noises and odors within the same.

(Prior code § 5530.3)

No person shall operate, conduct or maintain any grocery market unless located in a building having walls on all four (4) sides.

(Prior code § 5560)