sanitary code
- noun
- /ˈsænɪˌtɛri koʊd/
- Formal
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código sanitario
- To ensure public safety, inspectors strictly enforce the sanitary code at all food service establishments.
Examples
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"This can be a combination of a conventional septic tank, tile field, tile bed, or drywell; however, the system cannot be oversized from what is prescribed in the sanitary code," Long said.
Academic text (2002) -
Sanitary Code
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Nonetheless, the restaurant had been inspected four times between 1993 and 1996 by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals without receiving any citation for noncompliance with the sign regulation of the sanitary code.
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Bob Long, Chief of Special Programs for the Oakland (Mich.) County Health Department, said that to him, a standard system is one that meets his local sanitary code related to the amount of trench per bedroom in optimum or acceptable soil conditions.
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By contrast, Gregor concerned liability for careless inspections, an inspector's misunderstanding of the sanitary code, and his subsequent failure to strictly enforce the code's requirements.
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The city updated the sanitary code to improve health standards in all public restaurants.
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The sanitary code mandates that all buildings must have proper waste disposal systems to prevent health hazards.
Synonyms
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3.9
A set of rules that people agree to follow in a job or group
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3.7
Official rules set by the government about public health, like sanitation and food safety
How Strict
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a set of official regulations about sanitation' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sanitary' (promoting health) with 'code' (written rules). This compositional, modifier+noun pattern is common across languages and in English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Sanitary code comes from the words sanitary, meaning 'clean' or 'healthy', and code, a written list of 'rules'. In old times, after big sickness, city leaders wrote down rules about plumbing, waste and food places to stop disease. That's why sanitary code means the official rules people must follow to keep places clean and protect public health.