Sanitation.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 68-31
in effect68-31. Sanitation.
1. GENERAL. No person shall manufacture, prepare for sale, offer, expose for sale or sell food unless it is securely protected from filth, flies, dust, contamination or other unclean, unhealthful or unsanitary conditions.
2. FOOD WRAPPERS. No person shall give away, sell or offer for sale any food which is pronounced by the commissioner liable to contamination, putrefaction or other types of spoilage, by using wrappers, covers, or containers, or including in the package or wrapping any token or other symbol which may be returned for premiums, or anything of other value.
3. PREMIUMS OR TOKENS. Whenever the condition of sale provides that the token, symbol, or other item, which is to be returned for anything of value, can be mailed only to an office or other location where food is not prepared, processed, stored or offered for sale, and where the premium or other item of value is not an article of primary interest to children, the use of such tokens, symbols or other items shall not be in violation of the provisions of this section.
4. COMMON DRINKING CUPS. The furnishing or use of a common drinking cup or receptacle for drinking water in any public place or in any railroad station is prohibited. Any person who furnishes, installs or offers for public use such common drinking cup or receptacle for drinking water in any public place, or in any public institution, hotel, theater, factory, department store, public hall or public school, or in any railroad station in the city, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $25.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-1/CH68.pdf#page=13Fetched: 10/26/2026