Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY QENERAL OF TEXAS AIJSYIN
Eonorabla @eo. U. Cox
8t6t@ Health Offiaer
Almla, Taral
iiealth limritea IIPPTOY~ 0f uty ion to th e l xolu- ar reot &Bit188 o pen- d Xlllc Ordinanar 8baptad h y de, doee this law ap ply to rsation6 o r gr o ridone la ch l r o unaonrtitutioml? sOOtion c 0r hdm.~ mob, panal o060, lprovlaerr *2 EOIcn. coo. we car, Page 8
permitted to be erred to tie publlo, shall furnish go aayproon $t illoh, roorpteolo, or otsnoll used in batIn&, drinking, Or .OLL- reying rood if ouch dish. rea edabla, or hca not been washed eaah ervloo otimil arter Until elcan to tke right and touch in warn water aontcinln~g acen o r l lkoll 0leanSer. After dishes, ollveruare, ad ueiming, ell glK88c8, other reaepttalea and otenollo ohall ba plead p wire rakes and fnaneroed ln a St111 bath of clear wetar heated to a lPiBiwur temereture of ppr r t 1804. remora~l rror the hot water. all Vwn or a t 1 t tbr et tinuteo. or two tinuteo ~~~l&~i,~olirerwari, uul other reaip- -h 6aolao an& otenollo shell be stored in ouch a mmner not to become rontaxlaatrd. Froorlded that the State of Eealth may approve other rauelly errectire 16~thods of treatment by steeni Qr hot water thet n;ect with the Qlnimum r.aulr.- me&o ror the octets o? the rmbllc heolth. co prescribed by the 3tete BO d f Eealth. that are not lnccnolatent with %o’Aot when paper rcoeptocles. ice cream ooneo, or okcr olnglo w rood or oarrice utensila em used for oervlx drinks, they mot be ke t in a oaaitary mar, rrom bust, r&0, and other oont5Ielaa- Eeated "Provided provi5lon0 of this 8eo- tion shall not apply to ouch eotabllahmento as described herein thet uou elootriaallT operated &iohwaohlo,g and glaoowoohlng omohine0, that 88- complioh these purposao mechnoloally.~ (Under- l o o rlag ours) 4
The requlrmento of the above quoted oootlon a ,ro alear and omubl~ouo.
Dloheo rea taoleo and uhonoilo, all defined in 8eation 1 (i), (3, anb to) or the Aotp;Y;ytFb vloe, must be umshed *in mrm wet- aonta
allcall @leanoer* berore they oan larfully be uoeb again.
This lo a standard raqulmnant or the Aat.
The Oeoond nqulrermnt lo liter @leeniX% the dioher maoiptaeleo, and utenoilo 'be 9laoed in *in eases aad keroed in a still bath OS aleer watep Of PM- oorlbed taeperature. This is 82.~0 a &andard roqulrement~
Eon4 (ko. U. Cox, Page 8 There are so?tlon t. ,m+msla _- ~.
In the first pleoo, tnere 10 we l anorlty vested lo the &ate Booard of Bealth to wapprete other equally erreetln methods of treatment (lladrrooorlng 0~8) as ray be pnr erd or Xalth anb t&et tre net incons1eten: vltt, the AQt. Seoozdly l otobliahmenta ~81~ eleotrleall~ operated diohveoh& and ~asowiahlng zmohlneo arc exoapted rmc. the repuire- rents of the oactlon. The firat quootion prepouaded is whether the +et
requires the we by mting l otabl~obme&g cp a= car&in gti Of .quimnt ror 0016&dyi116 vith the iritun~:on of the Qeotio8 I! nqulreo %ira aoges* r0r l8aeroioii or Board of Eetilth apprmeo da8fng Purpooeo aaleon the %tate equally effeotl~e uthedo or treatoient by atoe& Other hot water that meet with the a113.a rswtra;;snts for the Mt@tT of the publla haslth.
There oan be PO question but thet the law nakbo to rinse 418hr8, moeptholerr, and utenollo itaaadatorr ‘Uter rl*aning” l If the Who Board or Boelth l pprovoo oubstltute nwthod of diobwaoti5 and riaoth6 - by otoum or hct water treakent to tbat set out In Smat$on t, as it is on~owerhl to do, it In5 tbe reaponoiblll~~ of seelag the prpoos~~ of the Aat aa the alntaun! r@qulrueato .ror the flUSty of the publio health are pot OOntroTenOd.
The answer to your rirat queotion is thst Artiolfl OOOb 0r tbe Penal Cots, Vtrnan~o Aoo. GriPline1 Ytatuteo, doer not require the uee of any oertain kind of *q&meat ter om~lytng ,r;ftb the pnr4mnmt objective of the law 1. w the otorilloetion of dishes, ceaept4aleo, utenollo, 4th the oa5eon ror lmeroing purpooeo where the eraoption OS *tire method okplop!& ror sterilization 10 the standard ~thob Of washing r& rintfng pteocribed in Seotlon t of Jet and where the Btcto Board oi Beclth has not unotioned a diil@r- oat an4 equally effective method of treatment br otmzd or hot aster ror aarrying cut lntentlon of the LtglfllsfPre authorized in 8eetion B of Artiole 7OOb. osaond question Ia wltothor not atat or Health is linited under Artlale 700b to the ifloU- log of approval anf steam or hot rater torilioatien tc the excluolan of all obomiool otoano.
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wr again th e rirat p reYh e l r 08atfon Br quote th8 che8e*ra 0r mhith r~ Vrovidab -_ .__ -. ._ mrzote omer mua11y~ err~ectave aiathoaa or traat- a&t by steam or hct water that Qa6t with the rinl- 'mm zeaulrtumt.8 for tba ra?ctY of the oublit htalUI, a8 ~raacrlba& by State Boi& 0f~Eaei1 th, art not inaonaiattnt with this h@. (mldrraaorlng ours). language la olaar an? oxplialt to 't& ofroot
that if tha Board of Raalth authgrizra a aubatituta method r0r the atendardmathod af waa~in"umnwater eoontalnioing 8oap or alktli ~tlaanatP+ and rlnaln6 by lmnmralon in water of a praaoribed temparatura, l ald aubatituta n&hod of treat- aeat must b8 *br steam hot water*.
To aaoertain~tht true intent of the Legi&letura nQ to bateralne whether or not washing and terilisatlon of dlahea, reorptaolaa, and utanalla by ohaxdoalauna is ax- oludod Wler~Artlrla ?OOb, m m8t look to tht history of the rtcrniretlon of JiBhas sot.
The origlnel lawwts H. 9. I%. 645, hag. Sea., 48th La!. , &eta 1937, pg 667, oh. .S53 ktlale 7OOa of tha Panal 00d0, V*~O~*S ReYlSd CriUl~l &tUtaa.
seation 8 reads l m followar *5 Ron. ho. 8. Cox, Page 8
"ProvIUeii the prwIalona tbia 6aotloa Shall not apply to auah l atebllahmtnta, de- oorlbvd horein, that we l leatrleally operated diabmshlng, en5 glaaawaahIn6 meohlnaa, l ooo?zpllsh thsae $mrpoaaa mooheDIoaU~.n It till be noted In 8oatloa 8 of the sow re- pea108 krtlclt 700a there matho ab l toriliaatlon warn p- rided for: firat, washing in map l lkal.ine solution aM rlnalng In clean wster; aacond, l teriliration by hbat boiling waf*r; third, ~aot’klng la a ablorlno aolutlon a 8trangth of not leas than one htwlrad (100) parts per tillloa ror not leas than rive (S) minutes, aubaequent to us..*
&title 7008 ma rSp88ld by Art1818 1OOb. WsUon L: of Artiolt 7OOb 8dopt.8 tbt rfrat method of &otlorr 8 (d &tic18 7008, quoted above, as a #tnndar&, but authorleoa the of Health to approrc the l eo onfl mSthob or Sectlo& 8 o? Article 700s as a aubatltute nethod. The new Act makes no reference to the third method of Article 700(a), Seetlon t, 1. ?. ohlorlnb 8olutIon sotkIng.
There Is no eactpe iron the oonolution that the ~w~ayra crcluded tibia pit&hoc l lthar by Int0ntIon or br wisdom of t particular law Is not far thhr oourtc or'tho Attornef~ kitral*a t¶epart?pant to decide. It ma wlthlr! the power of tba Leglalatura to lirrilaate a8 a method of agitation ~tbc 8OakIng at alahsa in a ahlorine o- lutlon*
In answer to your question Ifumber EC, thareforo, it Is our opinion Wit under the ergrsaa wording of SectIOn g 05 Artlale 700b the Stats Boa& of Health 18 lImIted to is- aufng cf approml to nwthoda of trwttment by storm or hot water alone in lieu of the standard rcethod of treatment mot out In said section.
In ennwer to ymr third woatIon, it IS our opinion tbat QaLrlea and paatmrIzIng plants fall within th6 dsfini- tlon of *fsotorp In &t&on 1 (f) o?.hrti6la 9OOb rvhleh 1~ oludsa all plaosa In which la osrrlsd on btaSimSS ot mmu- taoturing or preparing food f?r himan oonrumption, *ad M thererora nubjtot to terms, provIsIona, raqufmment~, a oonditlone of Article OOOb.
Station li reads as rollowe!
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340 pcraoas, firm, 6orporation, or 6raool6- tlon orerating, xuanagliry, or conducting my food feotory or Naee where r00t la aanuraotured ahau 080 or keep for use cay blah otsnall, ladlo, or any foe d grlnSlng mohine 6~~ other lnetment, implesnt that has not been mashed 6nd aterllized, a8 ~nmidcd in the FreOedlXW s00tion this 4t r0r dish68 sad oth6r artlolea before each uae, of keep for uwt. or u6e any illah, utensil, or other ticle ror r00a that 1s oreaekod, brcktn, ohipp.6, othorwiao dmagod IE a mnaer to render proper 0166nlng or aterlllzlng doubtful or lmpoa~lblo.~
A ml1 doaerlptloa or the word. Velr~ 16 gl~en in tha oaae of Aaaooaioted fndolznity Corporttion ~0. alaon (Tax.) 51 s. w. (ma) si4, 319, at r0im8: ward *dairy* 1s betine& in ~obator*a
#aw fntornctlonnl Dlotlonery aa fcllowat The place, roost, ar hourr whore milk la kept and tooaverted into butter or oheeao; the dopart- zeent 0r rsmln~ or q a rem ttit is ooncsrnod with t% pmluctlon of ndlk, butt6r, end ohooaot Ana In the century Dlctlomry end Cyalopidla publlahed in January, lg99,' la d6flrieC aa: branoh ar ramlng which 1s 6oonoaxns& with That production of dlk en0 It8 oomor6ion intO butter annd ohesse; a house or room whore ore60 and rnllk are kept end me&o into butter rob ohooao; a ahop where butter, silk, etc., era aold.*
A m&elryw peateurizine plnnt I6 plainly a W66e whore toed is mnutsaturedw under A.rtlclo 900b Sootlon 5, or plsoe *in whiab 1s oerrlsd 00 the business of &BnUf6Otudag or preparing rood ror oormmptlon* under hrtiolo 900b (f).
It 18 uot to bt read tat0 the 8tatUtO t?let it8 term end pruvialona apply aloly to plaoea where the food preperetl or proooas6a la to be aonsuxed cn the prwidaoa. ‘I%0 bet IS a sanitary meeaure for the rotootlon of the publio health, ana la not aimed exolt~sl~e E y at the rterllla6tion Of ln oat&~ plasoa where r00u la 008mi7iee on the pr6- afahoa El8.8. Furthermore, the tom8 wutenal16C and "r6osp~~l~~" aa roll am ~dishtaw auggeet broad en4 all-rmbmcl~ 860 0 or the statute which hue rar ts purpoee publi0 awl- a maaaer which mulb t6tPon 6nb should not b6 aonatrusa in *7 .
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Qefest its aelutsry ~-~oaca ?.I&? the obvloca intention or the &Fd Sleturc. There 1~ absolutely no wia ror roaoon aak:ng my exceytlcns urder tkt hot.
ha for your fourth question, we dam it lnadvla- able ta answer it because bi Its gtnarcl netwe, but in- fom you that if there la apecltlo Frovlclcr: of the A&, the mlldlty of which you heYe grcuda fcr quobtion, we would be glad to haYt #aEd pOffite& out to UB and 8 re- quo& mabe to u ru.lfEg on its conatltutlonallty.
Trurtlng that we have rullg nnswereE the first three inquirier or your request, we are
Yours very truly ATTCFRZY OLrn?L. CP ?Zxh!3 By (8) DI!X STiXJT Clok Stout Aaaiatant