TUS JAY, APRIL 9, 1985
BLITZ ON FOOD OPERATORS IN OPEN SPACES
THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN OUT 225 PROSECUTIONS DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED FEBRUARY THIS YEAR AGAINST FOOD BUSINESS OPERATORS USING PAVEMENTS OR OPEN SPACES OUTSIDE THEIR PREMISES FOR THE PREPARATION OR STORAGE OF OPEN FOOD.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY MR TONG KAM-BIU AT THE URBAN COUNCIL OPEN MEETING TODAY, MR WALTER SULKE, CHAIRMAN OF THE FOOD HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE. WARNED THAT SUCH A MALPRACTICE CONSTITUTED AN OFFENCE UNDER THE EXISTING FOOD BUSINESS BY-LAWS.
+ THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THIS OFFENCE IS A FINE OF
$2 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR THREE MONTHS, HE SAID.
+DISTRICT HEALTH INSPECTORS PAY REGULAR INSPECTIONS TO ALL FOOD PREMISES AND TAKE OUT PROSECUTIONS WHEN THESE AND OTHER BREACHES OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BY-LAWS ARE NOTICED. *
FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS ON VACANT SITES ARE ILLEGAL ******
COOKED FOOD STALLS OR EATING ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING ON PRIVATE LAND OR VACANT BUILDING SITES ARE ILLEGAL.
THIS WAS STATED BY MR WALTER SULKE, CHAIRMAN OF THE FOOD HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY MR TONG KAM-BIU AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
MR SULKE SAID: +LOCATED AS THEY ARE ON PRIVATE LAND, THEY CANNOT BE LICENSED AS HAWKERS. NEITHER CAN THEY BE LICENSED AS FOOD BUSINESSES AS THEY CANNOT POSSIBLY MEET THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
+SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ILLEGAL AND ARE SUBJECT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION. +
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