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19. Whenever Health Officer is of opinion or has rea son to suspect that any person in the Colony is suffering from an infectious disease attributable to milk supplied from any dairy or milk shop situated within the Colony, or that the consumption of milk from any dairy is likely to cause infectious disease to any person, he shall have power to inspect such dairy or milk shop and medically to examine any person residing or employed therein and, if accompanied by a Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, to inspect and examine the animals therein, and the carcases of any animals that may have died therein.
20. Every dairyman shall take all reasonable and proper pre- cautions in and in connection with the storage and distribution of milk, and otherwise, to prevent the exposure of the milk to any infection or contamination.
21. No dairyman shall allow any person suffering from an infectious or contagious disease or having recently been in contact with a person so suffering to reside or enter upon his premises or to milk any animal or handle any vessel used for the reception of milk or in any way to take part in the conduct of the production, preparation, storage, distribution or sale of milk,
22. The milk of a diseased animal or of any animal which has been in contact with or associated with a diseased animal and the milk of which is in the opinion of a Health Officer or Colonial Veterinary Surgeon likely to have become or to become contaminated :-
(a) shall not be mixed with other milk;
(b) shall not be sold as human food; and
(c) shall not be sold or used as food for other animals save with
the permission of a Health Officer.
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23. If Health Officer
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Veterinary Surgeon is of opinion that infectious disease is caused or likely to be caused by the consumption of the milk supplied from any dairy, or that the public health is or is likely to be endangered by any act or default of any dairyman, such Health Officer or Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may make an order in writing with a view to stopping the supply, distribution or sale of such milk, absolutely or under conditions laid down in such order.
24. If an order prohibiting the supply, distribution, or sale of milk is made against a dairyman under the provisions of the preceding by-law, he shall not be entitied to claim compensation for any damage or loss which he may sustain thereby.
25. Any person aggrieved by any order made by the Urban Council or any Officer may appeal to the Governor-in-Council.
26.-(a) No person shall spit in any dairy or milk shop except into spittoons provided for the purpose.
(b) The registered proprietor of every dairy and milk shop shall cause to be conuously displayed, in a conspicuous position on every floor of his registered premises, a notice or notices of a size and form approved by the Council, and in a language prescribed by the Council. requiring all persons present on the premises not to spit on the floor: Provided that the Council may, in its discretion, exempt in writing any premises from the above requirement as to display of notice, and revoke in writing any such exemption.
(c) The registered proprietor of every dairy and milk shop shall cause any phlegm, spittle or saliva found on the floor of his premises to be promptly swept up and removed; and, in the event of his providing one or more spittoons, shall cause a sufficient quantity of a disinfectant fluid to be kept continuously in such spittoons while in use, and shall thoroughly cleanse them daily at the close of business.
Food Factories.
A. General.
1. No building or part of a building shall be used as factory unless licensed by the Council.
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2. Every keeper of a food factory shall cause the floor thereof to be thoroughly washed and cleansed at least once every day.
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