HomeMy WebLinkAbout2828 Stryfoam Meat PackingORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9.20.030.A OF
THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE TO PERMIT MEAT
TO BE PACKAGED IN STYROFOAM.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 9.20.030.A of the Ashland Municipal Code is amended to read:
9.20.030 Polystyrene Foam Banned--Food Packaging.
Effective January 1, 1990, no restaurant, retail food vendor or non-
profit food provider shall serve food, and after March 31, 1990 no food
packager shall package eggs, bakery products or other food in
polystyrene foam (PSF) containers, manufactured with
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which do not reduce the potential for
ozone depletion by more than ninty-five percent (95%), compared to
the ozone depletion potential of CFC-12 (dychlorodifluorothane).
Compounds banned include: CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, CFC-114,
CFC-115, Halon-1211, Halon-1301 and Halon-2402. Food vendors
may be required to furnish a written statement from the manufacturer
or supplier of polystyrene foam products used by that food vendor,
indicating that the chemical compounds used in the manufacture of the
vendor's polystyrene foam products meet the provisions of this
ordinance. This section does not apply to meat, including beef, poultry,
seafood or pork, packaged in polystyrene foam containers.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance with Article X,
Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the __
and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this __
Derek D. Severson,
Acting City Recorder
day of /] ~ ~ ¢- , 1998,
day of 5~/D~4¢' , 1998.
SIGNED and APPROVED this
__ day of S~ 4ea~ ~ , 1998.
R~~wed as to fo/~/:
Paul Nolte, City Attorney
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