5464ORDINANCE NO. 5464
AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE A PERMIT AND TO PROVIDE FOR
THE INSPECTION OF ICE CREAK SOLD IN THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, MANUFACTURED OR FROZEN BY THE OWNERS
OF COUNTER FREE7ERS, REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR THE
MANUFACTURE THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR AN IdSPECTION
FEE, AND SETTING A MINIMUM STANDARD FOR ALL ICE
CRE?d.
Be t orde.ined by the City Council of the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 1. Any person, firm or corporation now using
or desiring to install a counter ice cream freezer in the
City of Little Rock shall apply to the City Health Officer
for a permit for such purpcs e. Within three days the City
Health Officer shall inspect his, her or its premises and
equipment and if satisfied of the sanitary conditions he
shall issue a permit to said applicant after same has
paid an annual inspection fee of $20.00 to the City Collect-
or. Said permit shall be countersigned by the City Collect-
or and shall be due and payable on or before August 25th
and expire August 26th of each year.
SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the City Health
Officer to regularly inspect all counter ice cream freezers,
collect samples of the ice cream mix and ice cream for
laboratory analysis.
SECTION 3. All ice cream sold in the City of Little
Rock, Arkansas, regardless cf how manufactured, shall contain
not less than 10% by weight of milk fat, and not more than
0.7 of 1% by Weight of stabilizer, provided that if the ice
cream is made with fruit, fruit juices, candy or nut meats
the milk fat content may be a minimum of e. In no case
shall ice cream weigh less than 44 pounds per gallon. The
bacterial plate count at no time after pasteurization and
until time of delivery shall exceed 50,000 per gram.
Sec. 4. The inspection of ice cream being necessary for the
public peace health and safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after kkft it's passage.
Passed: June 14th, 1937
AttekC t y Clerk.
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Mayor.