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Addition

(c) the addition after paragraph (4) of the following new

paragraph-

4.

"(s) Every container shall bear-

(a) the name in English letters of the dairyman in whose dairy the container was filled; and (b) the word "PASTEURIZED".

In the case of a bottle used as a container the above words shall be printed on the outer cover or, if the outer cover is constructed of transparent material, the disc or & prominent label or labels attached to the bottle."

The principal by-laws are amended by the addition after by-law 4A. by-law 4 of the fullowing new by-law---

of new

Amendment

4A. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale or have in his possession with a view to sale-

(a) any beverage containing milk or compounded of

milk, or

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(b) any beverage, which is described for the purpose of sale, by a name or trade mark including the word "MILK", the Chinese wards "0" or "$" or any other word implying that the beverage is or contains milk, Or

(c) any soya bean juice, bean juice, coconut juice (except in whole coconuts) or other beverage which resembles milk either in colour, taste, appearance or consistency, except in containers of a type approved by the Council. No such container shall be approved unless it is conspicuously and legibly marked in the English and Chinese languages with a true description of the principal ingredients, which description in the opinion of the Council does not constitute a false or misleading description of the contents.'

5. By-law 5 of the principal by-laws is amended by the of by-law 5. deletion of all the words after the word "Council" in the fifth

line thereof.

Amendment af by- law 33.

6. By-law 33 of the principal by-laws is amended by the insertion immediately after the number and comma "4." in the second line of paragraph (1) of the following

"A".

7.

The principal by-laws are amended by the addition after Addition of by-law 33 of the following new by-law-

1954.

**33A. (1) In the case of any conviction under these by-laws the magistrate may order that any container, plant or apparatus, and any milk or other article of food to which the conviction relates shall be forfeited.

(2) Everything so forfeited shall be disposed of as the Council may direct."

Made by the Urban Council this 21st day of December,

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Secretary.

Approved by the Legislative Council this thday of December, 1954-

Council CHAMBER,

agth December, 1954.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

Explanatory Nole.

(This note is not part of the by-laws, but is intended to

indicate their general purporĖ).

Under by-law 2 milk is more fully defined to cover all kinds of milk and cream.

9. Under by-law 3 it is now required that the name and words on the outer covers or the dises of milk bottles shall also be printed an approved milk containers which are nat bottles.

3. By-law 4 is designed to ensure that containers of milk, or liquids which resemble milk, shall be of a type approved by the Council and so marked as to give a true description of the contents, in order to avoid such liquids being sold under misleading descriptions.

4. By-law 7 empowers a magistrate to order the forfeiture of any container, plant or apparatus, and any milk or other article of food relating to any conviction under the Milk and Dairies By-laws

6.

It is not intended by these By-laws to exclude the use of the word "milk" in non-cows milk products provided there is no risk of mis- leading the public and that the product is accurately described.

(Secretariat 13/3231/54}

new by. law SA.

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