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CAP. 132]
Food Business (Regional Council) Bylaws
[1989 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
by the Council, cause one or more notices prohibiting spitting, written in English and Chinese, to be continuously displayed in a conspicuous manner in every food premises. (10 of 1986 s. 32(2))
10. Protection of food from risk of contamination
Every person engaged in any food business shall, while so engaged, take all such steps as may be reasonably necessary to protect the food from risk of contamination or deterioration, and in particular, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, no person shall-
(a) so place, or cause, suffer or permit any other person so to place,
any open food as to involve any risk of contamination; or
(b) wrap up or otherwise bring any open food into direct contact with any printed newspaper or other unclean paper or wrapping material.
11. Storage of open food
(1) No person in the course of any food business shall store (including display for sale) or suffer or permit the storage of any open food other than uncooked perishable food, except in a suitable container so designed and constructed as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, the access of dust, insects and vermin:
Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent such reasonable exposure of food as may be necessary in the course of carrying on the business.
(2) No person shall knowingly suffer the existence of any dust, insects or vermin within any such container referred to in paragraph (1).
12. Transport of open food
No person in the course of any food business shall transport, or cause, suffer or permit to be transported, any open food in the open air except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of loading or unloading any vehicle or container, unless such open food is adequately protected by suitable material from risk of contamination or deterioration.
13. Restriction on the use of open spaces
(1) No person shall for the purpose of any food business use, or cause, suffer or permit to be used, any yard, alley, street, open space, roof top or open deck space for the preparation or storage of open food or for the washing, cleansing or storage of any equipment or utensil used in the preparation or service of food.