Public Health (Food).

(b) any flavouring matter or condiment; and (c) any colouring matter intended for use in food: Provided that, notwithstanding anything in this definition, the addition of any colouring or flavouring matter or condiment to an article used as food or drink shall be deemed to be the addition of a substance to food; "food canteen" means a building or portion thereof used

for the sale of specified items of food approved by the Council and at retail prices so approved from time to time;

"food factory" means a place where food is prepared for sale and includes bake-houses, food preserving establishments and aerated water manufactories;

"food officer" means any person appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Deputy Director of Health Services for the purposes of this Ordinance; "health officer" includes the Deputy Director of Health Services, any medical officer appointed as a health officer by the Governor, any veterinary officer and any officer for the time being performing the duties of a health officer or veterinary officer;

"marine restaurant" means any vessel approved by the Council, lying at any place within the waters of the Colony and used for the sale of food;

"market" means any place, other than a shop, which is ordinarily used for the sale of food, and includes all land and premises in any way used in conjunction therewith or appurtenant thereto;

"milk shop" includes any premises on which fresh milk is sold in the properly closed and unopened receptacles in which it was delivered to the premises, but does not include a shop or other place in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises only; "officer of the Sanitary Department" includes any food officer, health officer or health inspector or overseer of the Sanitary Department working under the direction of a food officer or health officer for the purposes of this Ordinance;

"premises" includes any land, building or structure of any kind, footway, yard, alley, court, garden, stream, nullah, pond, pool, field, marsh, drain, ditch, or place open, covered or enclosed, cesspool or foreshore, and also any vessel lying within the waters of the Colony;

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