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Cleunlinesa
etc.
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 au
mice and insects and the entry of birds.
(2) No person engaged in any food business shall place, or perm 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 t 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 sball 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 Counci 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 require ments of a notice served under the provisions of 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 apy expenses incurred thereby from the proprietor.
6. Every person who carries on any food business shall, at að of equipment, 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 crucks or chipping.
Prohibition
of prepara
tion of food in domestic
premises.
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, fr preparation or packing by another person on or about any domestic premises.
& (1) No person shall use, or permit the use of, any food room Prohibition for the purpose of a dwelling place.
food roomS
of use of
(2) No person shall use, or permit the use of, any dwelling place for dwelling as a food room.
purposes.
9. (1) No person shall spit in any food room, and no person shall Restriction spit in any other part of any food premises except into a spittoon or on spitting. other receptacle provided for that purpose.
(2) Where the proprietor of any food business provides in any food premises spittoons or other receptacles, he shall cause each such spittoon or receptacle to contain disinfectant fluid and to be cleansed, and the fluid renewed, not less than once in every twenty-four hours.
() In the case of any food business in respect of which a licence is required under the provisions of Part IV, the proprietor thereof shall, unless exempted in writing by the Council, cause one or more notices, prohibiting spitting and written in English and Chinese, to be continu- ously displayed in a conspicuous manner in every food premises.
risk of
10. Every person engaged in any food business shall, while so Protection of engaged, take all such steps as may be reasonably necessary to protect Food From The food from risk of contamination and deterioration, and, in particular contamina- and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, no person tion. shall-
(a) so place, or cause, suffer or permit any other person so to place, any open food as to involve any risk of the contamina- tion or deterioration thereof; or
(b) wrap up or otherwise bring any open food into direct contact with any printed newspaper or unclean paper or wrapping material
11. (1) No person shall, in the course of any food business, store Storage of (including display for sale), or suffer or permit the storage of, any open
open Foods. 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 or 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,
12. No person shall, in the course of any food business, transport Transport of
or cause, suffer or permit to be transported, any open food in the open open food. air, except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of loading or