THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 13, 1938.
1B.-(a) All pasteurizing, sterilizing, cleansing, cooling, refrigerating, cold storage, bottling, filling or other plant or apparatus used in any dairy shall be of a type approved by the
Council.
(6) Every pasteurizing plant or apparatus shall be equipped with a self-registering thermometer device which will accurately indicate and record the temperature to which and the length of time for which the pasteurized milk has been heated. All such records shall be kept for at least two months and shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times by any Health Officer or Food Officer.
IC.-(a) Except where intended for sale in bulk, milk shall be sold, offered or exposed for sale only in containers of a type approved by the Council. For the purposes of these by-laws "container" includes any cover attached to a
container.
(b) The filling of all containers shall be carried out only in the premises in which the milk was pasteurized and shall be done by machinery or some other means approved by the Council.
(c) All containers shall be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized before use. The cleansing and sterilizing of bottles shall be done with steam or boiling water.
(d) Every bottle used as a container shall be constructed of clear colourless glass and shall be closed with a tightly fitting disc and covered with an outer cover overlapping the lip of and securely fastened to the bottle. The outer cover or, if the outer cover is constructed of transparent material, the disc or a prominent label or labels attached to the bottle shall bear
(i) the name in English letters of the dairyman in whose dairy the milk was pasteurized and bottled.
(ii) the word "PASTEURIZED”.
3. These amendments shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1939.
Made by the Urban Council this 26th day of April, 1938.
J. WATSON,
Secretary.
Approved by the Legislative Council this 12th day of May, 1938.
B. C. K. HAWKINS,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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