GENERAL PROVISIONS (7-40-005 et seq.)

Municipal Code of Chicago tit. 7, ch. 7-40, art. I

in effect

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-005 Protection of food.

7-40-005 Protection of food. All foods shall be protected from contamination in all places, other than a private dwelling, where such foods are displayed, stored, offered, prepared, cooked, or served. Food shall be protected in accordance with this chapter and the rules of the Department of Health. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the necessary exposure of food during the immediate processes of preparation, cooling, assortment or packing in a building or place screened and free from insects, or during loading or unloading, or during the actual process of servicing or selling. (Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 3-10-99, p. 91043; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-010 Unwholesome or adulterated drugs or food.

7-40-010 Unwholesome or adulterated drugs or food. No person shall sell or deliver any drugs not conforming to the rules and standards of the United States Pharmacopoeia, nor any food which is unwholesome, or adulterated. (Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-015 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4, repealed § 7-40-015, which pertained to sale or possession of unwholesome food.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-020 Reporting of unwholesome food.

7-40-020 Reporting of unwholesome food. It shall be the duty of every person knowing of any food being brought into the city or sold in the city which is not sound, healthy or wholesome for such food, to forthwith report such facts and the particulars relating thereto to the Department of Health. (Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-025 Confiscation of unwholesome food.

7-40-025 Confiscation of unwholesome food. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, display, store, prepare, cook, or serve any food which may be deemed unwholesome; and it shall be the duty of the Department of Health to enter at any time and place, other than a private dwelling, to seize and destroy all such food; provided, that in case there is a doubt as to the condition of any such food, the Department of Health may affix or cause to be affixed to the food, or to the container in which it may be enclosed, a seal indicating that the food and its containers have been held for further investigation by the Department of Health. It shall be unlawful for any person to alter, remove, deface or obliterate any seal so affixed, or to remove the food or container so sealed to any other place, or to instigate or permit the changing, removal, defacement or obliteration of the seal or the removal to any other place of the food or the container thereof, so sealed. (Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-030 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4, repealed § 7-40-030, which pertained to storage of food.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-035 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4, repealed § 7-40-035, which pertained to salesrooms – sanitary requirements.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-040 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4, repealed § 7-40-040, which pertained to protection from contamination.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-045 Reserved. Editor’s note – Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4, repealed § 7-40-045, which pertained to breadmaking.

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-050 Misrepresentation prohibited.

7-40-050 Misrepresentation prohibited. (a) No food shall knowingly be bought, sold, labeled, or any representation made in respect thereof, under a false name or quality, or under any false representation whatsoever respecting its wholesomeness, soundness or safety for food or drink. (b) Any retail food establishment which shall treat fresh fruits, fresh vegetables and other raw food with a sulfiting agent must inform consumers of such treatment pursuant to the rules of the Department of Health. (Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-40-060 Animals in retail food establishments.

7-40-060 Animals in retail food establishments. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4-8-031 or any other applicable law, it shall be unlawful for the owner of, or the person having the care or custody of any animal, to suffer or permit such animal to enter any portion of a premises that holds a retail food establishment license; provided, that the person owning or operating such store or place may permit a watchdog to remain therein if chained or bound in such a way that the dog cannot come in contact with any of the foodstuffs; provided, further, that when a person with a disability is accompanied by a service animal, neither shall be denied the right of entry and use of the facilities subject to § 35.136 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (28 C.F.R. § 35.136). Any violation of this provision will be enforced under Section 7-42-090. (Amend Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 147; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-21, p. 41315, § 1)

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