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CAP. 132] Food Business (Urban Council) By-laws
[1987 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Cleanliness and repair of food premises.
L.N. 387/87.
Cleanliness of equipment, etc.
Prohibition of preparation of food in domestic premises.
PART II
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO FOOD BUSINESSES
5. (1) Every person who carries on any food business shall, at all times, cause the walls, floors, doors, windows, ceiling, wood-work and all other parts of the structure of any food premises used by him in the course of such food business to be kept clean and free from noxious matters, and to be kept in such good order, repair and condition as to-
(a) enable them to be effectively cleaned; and
(b) prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, infestation by rats, mice and insects and the entry of birds.
(2) No person engaged in any food business shall place, or permit to be placed or to remain placed, any furniture or equipment, other than such as can be moved without difficulty by one man, so near to any wall in any food premises as to obstruct access to any part of such wall, or such furniture or equipment, for the purpose of the cleaning of the same.
(3) No person engaged in any food business shall knowingly suffer or permit-
(a) in any food premises, the presence of rats, mice or insects;
or
(b) in any food room, the presence of live birds or animals.
(4) If it appears to the Council on the report of any health officer or any health inspector that any food premises, or any part thereof, are or is, by reason of uncleanliness or structural repair or condition, in such a state as to be unfit for use in any food business, the Council may cause a notice to be served upon the proprietor of such food business requiring him to cleanse, disinfest, limewash, repair or modify such food premises, or such part thereof, in such manner and within such time as may be specified in the notice and as may, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary to render such premises or such part thereof fit for use as food premises.
(5) Where any proprietor fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notice served under paragraph (4), the Council may cause such work as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the notice to be carried out, and may recover any expenses incurred thereby from the proprietor.
6. Every person who carries on any food business shall, at all times, cause all furniture, articles, equipment and utensils with which food comes into contact, or is liable to come into contact, in the course of such business to be kept clean and free from noxious matters and in proper repair and free from cracks or chipping.
7. No person shall, for the purposes of any food business, give out any food, or arrange for or permit the giving out of any food, for preparation or packing by another person on or about any domestic premises.