1989 Ed.]
Milk (Urban Council) Bylaws
[CAP. 132
AS 11
[Subsidiary]
19. Requirements as to heat-treatment apparatus
(1) Every such licensee shall cause any plant or apparatus used by him for the heat-treatment of milk or any milk beverage to be equipped with one or more self-registering thermometer devices to indicate and record the temperature to which, and the length of time during which, the milk or the milk beverage has been heated.
(2) No such licensee shall subject any milk or any milk beverage to heat-treatment unless the apparatus used therefor-
(a) is of a type approved by the Council;
(b) is thermostatically controlled; and
(c) save as otherwise permitted in writing by the Council, is provided with an automatic device to divert the flow of any milk or any milk beverage which has not been retained at the requisite temperature for the requisite period of time having regard to the method of heat-treatment used, from the flow of such milk or such milk beverage as has been retained at such temperature for such period of time.
(3) Every thermometer reading taken in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be recorded and retained by the licensee for not less than 2 months, and shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times by any health officer or health inspector.
(L.N. 259 of 1977)
20. Control of heat-treatment of milk or milk beverage from outside Hong Kong
Save with the permission in writing of the Council, no person shall subject any milk or milk beverage to heat-treatment other than milk or a milk beverage produced or reconstituted in Hong Kong.
(L.N. 259 of 1977; 10 of 1986 s. 32(2))
21. Certain ingredients not to be used in the reconstitution of milk or milk beverage
(1) No person shall use for the purpose of reconstituting milk or any milk beverage-
(a) any butter, milk powder, concentrated milk or other ingredient unless the same has been obtained from a source approved by the Council;
(b) any water, except public mains water, unless the same has been obtained from a source approved by the Council; or
(c) any colouring matter which is not a permitted colouring matter within the meaning of the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations (Cap. 132 sub. leg.).