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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 28, 1941.
(iv) He shall not cause or suffer any animal belonging to him or under his control to be milked unless-
(a) at the time of milking the udder and teats of such animal are thoroughly clean.
(b) the hands of the person milking such animal are thoroughly clean and free from all infection and con- tamination.
62. It shall be the duty of every dairyman to use due diligence and care to ascertain the presence of sickness or discase upon his dairy or milk shop premises and to ascer- tain whether such sickness or disease is of a contagious or infectious nature, and he shall be presumed to know of the existence of such sickness or disease, unless and until he shows to the satisfaction of the magistrate, before whom he is charged, that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained such knowledge.
63. Every dairyman shall, when any person residing in his house or being upon his premises is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, give immediate notice thereof in writing to a Health Officer.
64. If at any time disease of an infectious or contagious nature dangerous to animals or mankind or any disease of the udder exists among the cattle belonging to or under the charge of a dairyman or amongst other animals associated with the cattle of such dairyman, he shall notify the same forthwith to a Health Officer.
65. Whenever a Health Officer is of opinion or has reason 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 New Territories, 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 may call upon a Colonial Veterinary Surgeon to inspect and examine the animals therein, and the carcases of any animals that may have died therein.
66. Every dairyman shall take all reasonable and proper precautions in and in connexion with the storage and dis- tribution of milk, and otherwise, to prevent the exposure of the milk to any infection or contamination.
67. No dairyman shall allow any person suffering from an infectious er 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.
68. 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 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.