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Friday, August 21, 1970
STORAGE OF FROZEN FOODS
Operation Of Restaurants In Rural areas
New regulations to control the storage of frozen foods in the New
Territories are published in the Gazette today,
Amending legislation is also published today to regulate the sale
of certain types of imported foods and tinned foodstuffs and on the operation
of restaurants in rural areas.
These regulations are being introduced to bring the laws governing
such matters in the New Territories into line with the new by-laws approved
by the Legislative Council last Wednesday under the Public Health and Urban
Services Ordinance. These by-laws are also published in the Gazette for
general information.
Under the Food Business (New Territories) (amendment) Regulations
1970, a licence is required for keeping a frozen food store. Certain
conditions must also be observed. These include the setting aside of spaces
for the thawing of frozen foods and the provision of facilities for inspection.
The regulations governing the sale of imported foodstuffs, such as
dried meat, sausages and leung fan, are now amended to allow them to be sold
without a permit, provided they are contained in unopened hermetically-sealed
containers.
But cooked meats, such as siu mei and lo mei, cannot be sold in
premises which sell fresh meat.
The new regulations specify the conditions under which restaurants
licensed to sell light refreshment may also serve hot Chinese dishes.
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