Public Health (Food).
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(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 contamination.
20. It shall be the duty of every dairyman to use due diligence and care to ascertain the presence of sickness or disease upon his dairy or milk shop premises and to ascertain 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.
21. 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.
22. 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 or senior veterinary officer.
23. (1) Every dairyman shall keep a herd register in the form furnished to him by the Urban Council. He shall enter therein in black ink particulars of each and every animal kept or received on his premises. He shall make all necessary entries in the herd register promptly so that such register forms an up-to-date record of his herd. In the case of any animal which ceases to be kept on the premises, the dairyman shall cancel the particulars aforesaid by means of a thin line in red ink in such a manner as not to render such particulars illegible. In addition, he shall enter in red ink in the remarks column, the date of departure from the dairy and the place to which such animal has been sent and, if required, shall produce a receipt or other document verifying the date of departure and destination of the animal. In the case of death of an animal, the date and cause of death and
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