§ 6.60.080. Vehicles.

A.

Any vehicles transporting meat scraps, bones, offal, fowl feathers, butcher shop fats, packinghouse material, hides, blood, heads, grease and trimmings designated as inedible material shall be easily cleanable, of impervious construction and completely enclosed.

B.

Dead animals may be transported in open trucks; provided, that the truck body shall be leakproof to a side wall depth of at least twelve inches. The truck body shall be constructed with steel decks, sides and front-end walls, and there shall be provided a raised steel rim of adequate height to prevent any spillage from the rear end. When actually transporting dead animals on roads, streets and highways, the truck body shall be covered with a tarpaulin or other heavy canvas cover. Such trucks shall be covered immediately upon loading and be kept covered until emptied, and then shall be cleaned and disinfected.

C.

All vehicles transporting items included under subsections A and B of this section shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each day's use, on a surfaced area properly drained. All owners and operators, including private individuals using vehicles for the transportation of inedible material or dead stock to or from rendering plants, shall be responsible for compliance with the provisions of this section.

D.

The transportation of inedible products in vehicles designated for edible products and the transporting of edible products in vehicles designated for inedible products is prohibited.

(Prior code § 20-1-209)