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FOURTH SCHEDULE.
Provisions the contravention of which is an offence.
PART J.
1. Paragraph (1) of regulation 19.
2. Paragraph (2) of regulation 29.
3. Paragraph (3) of regulation 29.
4. Regulation 44.
5. Regulation 45.
6. Regulation 33.
7. Paragraph (1) of regulation 56.
8. Regulation 57.
9. Paragraph (1) of regulation 59. 10. Paragraph (2) of regulation 59.
II. Paragraph (3) of regulation 60. 12. Regulation 62.
13. Regulation 63.
14. Paragraph (1) of regulation 67.
15. Paragraph (1) of regulation 68.
16. Paragraph (2) of regulation 71.
17. Regulation 82.
18. Regulation 9.
19. Paragraph (1) of regulation 93.
20. Paragraph (2) of regulation 97, 21. Paragraph (3) of regulation 104. 22. Regulation 112.
I. Regulation 3.
2. Regulation 4.
PART II
3. Paragraph (b) of regulation 11.
4. Paragraph (2) of regulation 60.
5. Paragraph (1) of regulation 64.
5. Paragraph (1) of regulation 65.
7. Paragraph (2) of regulation 68.
8. Regulation 101.
9. Regulation 103.
10. Paragraph (3) of regulation 105.
11. Paragraph (3) of regulation 107. 12. Paragraph (2) of regulation 110.
1. Regulation 23.
PART III.
2. Paragraph (3) of regulation 59. 3. Paragraph (1) of regulation 60. 4. Paragraph (4) of regulation 60.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
25th August 1970.
[reg. [17]
& Reghey.
Clerk of Councils.
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Explanatory Note.
(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).
These regulations seck to control the export from Hong Kong to countries specifled in the First Schedule, of poultry and poultry products. The only country so far included in the First Schedule to these regulations is the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the U.S.A.). It is possible that in the future it may be necessary to include certain other countries in this Schedule.
2. Legislation has recently been enacted in the USA. prohibiting the importation of poultry or poultry products from other countries unless satisfactory controls and inspection systems are operated under the acgis of the government of the exporting country to ensure that only whole- some poultry and poultry products are exported. The effect of this legisla tion has been to preclude, since 1968, the export of poultry (principally ducks preserved in the Chinese style) from Hong Kong to the U.S.A. These regulations accordingly contain provisions for the necessary con- trols and an inspection system so that the export of poultry and poultry products to the U.S.A. may be resumed,
3. These regulations are of necessity based to a considerable extent upon the corresponding U.S.A. legislation.
5.
Part I contains definitions,
Part II enables the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries in Hong Kong to license factories where poultry and poultry products intended for export to the U.S.A. are slaughtered and prepared and to attach condi tions to the licence. The export of poultry and poultry products to the U.S.A. and any other countries that may hereafter be specified in the First Schedule will be prohibited unless carried out in accordance with these regulations.
6. Part III contains detailed provisions relating to the design and construction of poultry export factories and the equipment to be installed therein.
1. Pan IV deals with standards of hygiene to be observed in poultry export factories and in connexion with the packing and handling of poultry and poultry producIE,
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Part V details procedures to be followed in the slaughter of poultry and requires poultry to be inspected before slaughter.
9. Part VI deals with post-mortem inspections and the processing of poultry and poultry products.
10. Part VII prescribes the methods to be employed for preserving poultry and poultry products, and in certain instances details the manner in which such methods of preserving are to be carried out.
11. Part VIII deals with matters relating to the inspection service to be provided in poultry export factories and details certain of the powers of inspectors.
12. Part IX makes provision for the use of tags, labels, inspection marks and other devices for the identification of poultry and poultry products both during and after processing.