13 ARRESTED, FOOD SEIZED IN RAID ON ILLEGAL VENDORS.Byline: Mary Beth Alexander Daily News Staff Writer Thirteen people were arrested and 10 push carts and 2,000 pounds of oranges, grapefruit grapefruit, pomelo (pŏm`əlō), or pummelo (pum`məlō), citrus fruit (Citrus paradisi) of the family Rutaceae (orange family). , mangoes and other food items were seized during a police sweep Saturday morning targeting illegal street vendors. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police, city building inspectors The following articles relate to the topic of building inspector:
tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. several pieces of equipment used by the vendors in the five-hour raid, which began around 9:30 a.m. in the communities of Panorama City, Van Nuys and Sherman Oaks. ``It's not to crush them. It's to get them to comply with safety rules,'' said Sgt. Ed Brayton of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys station. ``They're selling fruit that's been cut open, it's been sitting out in the sun, people handle it. You buy it, you put it into your mouth. (You) can get all sorts of different diseases from that.'' Thirteen vendors were arrested mostly for operating without a business or health license, and violating safety codes, like storing meat in hazardously warm temperatures, and letting people handle food for sale, Brayton said. All were immediately released, he said. Building and safety officials issued one citation Citation (foaled 1945) U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse. In four seasons he won 32 of 45 races, finished second in ten, and third in two. He won the 1948 Triple Crown, and became the first horse to win $1 million. He set a world record in 1950 by running a mile in 1:33 3/5. and 34 orders to comply with regulations, many of them dealing with signs and swap-meet operations, Brayton said. |
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