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M.V. ORDINANCE N0. 90- 4 Page -2- dairy products and other natural and processed products offered for sale for human or animal consumption. (b) "Irradiated Food" means any food treated with ioniz- ing radiation from radioactive sources, x-rays or electron beams and includes any food which contains an ingredient that has be irradiated; provided, however, that if the irradiated ingredients of any food consist solely of spices which have been so treated, such food shall not be deemed an irradiated food on account of such irradiated spices. 749.02 SALE OF IRRADIATED FOOD PROHIBITED: EXCEPTION. (a) It shall be unlawful for any merchant, broker or processer to knowingly sell, offer for sale or expose for sale an irradiated food except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, whether or not such food is deemed to be adulterated under provisions of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village. (b) It shall not be unlawful under this subdivision for any merchant, broker or processer to knowingly sell, offer for sale or expose for sale an irradiated food to a hospital, medical clinic, physician or physician's office for use as part of a medical regimen in the care or treatment of persons with immune system deficiency or other disease, provided the irradiated food is packaged with or accompanied by a warning label that it is intended for medical use only by such persons upon physician advice. 749.03 APPLICABILITY. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to irradiated foods purchased prior to the effective date of this section. 749.99 PENALTIES. Whoever violates any provision of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If the offender has been previously convicted of a violation of this Chapter, such second subsequent offense shall consti- tute a misdemeanor of the second degree.