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Type of utensil,
Cleansing of utensils.
Drinking
out of
vessel or
measure
forbidden.
Cleanliness of animals, etc., at railking.
Duty to ascertain
presence of
sickness or disease in premises.
Dairyman's duty
to report disease.
Medical
examioa-
tion of
98. Every dairyman shall cause every vessel and utensil used by him for the reception of milk, butter, cream, et celera to be of such material and design as the District Commissioner shall
approve.
97.
Every dairyman shall cause every vessel, receptacle, or utensil used by him as containers for milk, butter, cream, et ceteri to be cleansed thoroughly with steam or clean boiling water after use and shall maintain such containers in a constanı state of cleanliness.
98.
No dairyman shall permit or suffer any person to drink out of any vessel or measure used by him in purveying milk,
99. to bim
No dairyman shall cause or suffer any animal belonging under his control to be milked unless-
(a) at the time of milking the udder and teats of such
animal are thoroughly clean; and
(b) the hands of the person milking such animal are thoroughly clean and free from all infection and contamination,
100. It shall be the duty of every diaryman to use dur diligence and care to ascertain the presence of sickness or disease, on the premises of his dairy or milk shop and to ascertain whether such sickness or disease is of a contagious or infectious nature, and he shall be presumed to know of the existence of such sickness or disease, unless and until he shows to the satisfaction of a magistrate, before whom he is charged, that he could not with reasonable diligence have obtained such knowledge.
101. Every dairyman shall, when any person residing in his house or being upon his premises is suffering from any disease, give immediate notice thereof in writing to a health officer.
102. (1) Every person engaged or employed in any capacity in any dairy or milk shop shall submit himself for such medical employees. examination at such time and place as may be designated by #
health officer.
Cessation of employment of persona causing or
(2) If, after medical examination, it is the opinion of a health officer that employment in a dairy has caused, or is likely to cause, spread of disease to man or animal, the person so medically examined shall be notified in writing and he shall
cause
forthwith cease to engage himself or to be employed in any dairy likely to until certified by medical certificate to be no longer likely to cause spread of disease to man or animal.
spread of
discase.
(3) I shall be unlawful for the licensee of any dairy to Prohibition employ any person who, in accordance with paragraph (2), is of
employment deemed to have caused, or is likely to cause, spread of disease of certain
o man or animal.
persona.
Persona
103. No dairyman shall allow any person suffering from any Prohibition disease or having recently been in contact with a person so against suffering to reside or enter upon his premises or to milk any suffering animal or handle any vessel used for the reception of milk or in from
disease. any way to take part in the conduct of the production, preparation, storage, distribution or sale of milk.
104. If, at any time any disease dangerous to animals or Notification mankind or any disease of the udder exists among the cattle of diseases. belonging to or under the charge of a dairyman or amongst other animals associated with the cattle of such dairyman, he shall notify the same forthwith to a health officer.
105. The milk of a diseased animal or of animal which has Milk from been in contact with or associated with a diseased animal and diseased
animal. the milk of which is in the opinion of a health officer likely to have become or to become contaminated-
(a) shall not be mixed with other milk;
(b) shall not be sold as human food; and
(c) shall not be sold or used as food for other animals
save with the permission of a health officer.
examina-
106. Whenever a health officer is of opinion or has reason to Power of suspect that any person in the Colony is suffering from disease inspection atributable to milk or other dairy produce supplied from any or milk
of dairy dairy or milk shop situated within the New Territories or that shop and the consumption of milk from any dairy is likely to cause disease tion of to any person, he shall have power to inspect such dairy or milk persona shop and medically to examine any person residing or employed animals. Therein and may call upon a veterinary officer to inspect and examine the animals therein, and the carcasses of any animals that may have died therein.
ur
And
107. If a health officer is of opinion that disease is caused Power to likely to be caused by the consumption of milk supplied from stop supply any dairy or milk shop, or that the public health is or is likely of milk.
and sale