New Territories.

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Structural

81. Without the prior written consent of the District Commissioner no licensee shall permit any structural altera- alterations. tions of his premises, nor shall he use his premises for any purpose except a food factory.

82. No animals except cats shall be kept on the pre- Only cats mises of a food factory.

RULES FOR DAIRIES AND MILK SHOPS.

83. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale or use in the preparation of some other article of food for sale any milk or cream other than pasteurized milk or pasteurized cream. For the purpose of this rule "pas- teurized milk or cream" means milk or cream which has been heated to, and retained for a period of not less than thirty minutes at a temperature of not less than 145 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale and not more than 150 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale, and which has then immediately been cooled to a temperature of not more than 55 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale.

allowed in a food factory.

Only

milk to be

pasteurized

sold, etc.

pasteurizing.

84. (1) All pasteurizing, sterilizing, cleansing, cooling, Type of refrigerating, cold storage, bottling, filling or other plant etc. or apparatus used in any dairy shall be of a type approved equipment. by the District Commissioner.

temperature

rization.

(2) Every pasteurizing plant or apparatus shall be Recording equipped with a self-registering thermometer device which of pasteu- 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.

85. (1) Milk shall be sold, offered, or exposed for sale only in containers of a type approved by the District Com- missioner. For the purposes of these rules "container" includes any cover attached to a container.

(2) Sterilized milk or sterilized cream shall be sold, offered or exposed for sale only in receptacles of a type approved by the Council. For the purposes of this rule "receptacle" includes any cap, disc, stopper or attached to a receptacle.

cover

Sale, etc. of approved only.

milk in

containers

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