§ 230. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. The term “refrigeration,” shall mean the storage or keeping of articles of food in a refrigerated warehouse at or below a temperature above zero of forty-five degrees Fahrenheit. 2. The term “refrigerated warehouse” shall mean any establishment or structure, or portion thereof, where space is rented […]
§ 231. Licenses, issuance of. No person or corporation shall maintain or operate any refrigerated warehouse and/or locker plant unless licensed by the commissioner. Application shall be made upon a form prescribed by the commissioner. The applicant shall satisfy the commissioner of his or her character, financial responsibility, and competency to operate a refrigerated warehouse […]
§ 232. Licenses, suspension or revocation of; review. The commissioner may suspend a license if any warehouse or locker plant covered by the license shall be found to be conducted in an insanitary manner, such suspension to continue until the unsatisfactory conditions of sanitation are corrected. The commissioner may, after opportunity be given to the […]
§ 233. Licensee to render financial statements. A licensee shall from time to time, when required by the commissioner, make and file with the commissioner a verified statement exhibiting his or its financial condition as of a date to be prescribed by the commissioner. Such statements shall be received by the commissioner on a confidential […]
§ 234. Records to be kept by refrigerated warehouse licensee. The refrigerated warehouse licensee shall assign to each lot of food, when received for storage in a refrigerated warehouse, a distinguishing lot number for the purpose of identification, and shall keep an accurate record of such lot number, and shall also make and keep a […]
§ 234-a. Records to be kept by locker plant licensee. The locker plant licensee shall assign a designating number to each locker and keep an accurate record of the name and address of lessee of each locker, by its designated number.
§ 235. Marking of food held under refrigeration. No person or corporation shall place, receive or keep in a refrigerated warehouse any article of food, except fruits and vegetables, unless plainly marked or tagged, either upon the container in which it is stored or upon the article of food itself, with the identification lot number […]
§ 236. Removal of marks. It shall be unlawful for any person to alter, mutilate, destroy, obscure, obliterate, or remove any mark or tag required by this article to be placed on any article of food or the container thereof while the same is stored in a refrigerated warehouse.
§ 237. Reports of holdings. Licensed refrigerated warehouses shall submit monthly reports to the commissioner, upon a form to be prescribed by him, setting forth the quantity of each and every food product stored in the refrigerated warehouse of the licensee, except holdings in break-up rooms, processing rooms and ice cream hardening rooms. Such reports […]
§ 238. Exemptions as to locker plants. Sections two hundred thirty-four, two hundred thiryt-five two hundred thirty-six, and two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter shall apply to locker plants, only, when, in addition to their locker operations, such plants conduct a refrigerated warehouse business within the meaning of the law.
§ 239. Unfit food to be condemned. No article of food shall be placed, received, or kept in any refrigerated warehouse or locker plant unless the same is in an apparently pure and wholesome condition. The commissioner may seize and condemn any articles of food in any refrigerated warehouse or locker plant which are found […]
§ 240. Length of storage period. 1. No person or corporation shall keep or permit to remain in any refrigerated warehouse or locker plant any article of food beyond the time when it is sound and wholesome and fit to remain in storage. If any article of food is found to be fit for immediate […]
§ 241. Transfer of food held in refrigerated warehouse. The transfer of any food from one refrigerated warehouse or locker plant to another for the purpose of evading any provisions of this article is hereby prohibited.
§ 242. Power of commissioner to investigate. The commissioner shall have power to investigate any transaction in connection with the operation of any refrigerated warehouse or locker plant, and may examine the records of any person or corporation applying for or holding a license; but information relating to the general business of the applicant or […]
§ 243. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of this article as he may deem necessary. Such rules and regulations shall be filed and open for public inspection at the principal office of the department, and shall have the […]
