1960-HKRS30-8-50_Part02 — Page 8

Restriction

on use of milk from diseased Animal

Registered dairymen to give notice of illness in certain cases,

Licensee to give notice

of disease among caule la dairy or

among

primala

associated therewith.

Register of

berd to be kept.

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(3) No person suffering from a disease or having recently been in contact with a person so suffering shall be in any dairy or milk any animal or handle any vessel used for the reception of milk or in any way take part in the conduct of the production, preparation, storage, distribution or sale of milk.

23. The milk of a diseased animal or of any animal which has been in contact with or associated with a diseased animal and any milk which is in the opinion of a health officer likely to have become or to become contaminated--

(4) shall not be mixed with other milk:

(5) shall not be sold as human food; and

(c) shall not be sold or used as food for animals save with the

permission of a bealth officer.

24. Where any registered dairyman knows that be or any perios who resides in the premises in which he resides or who is employed by him in any dairy is suffering from any disease, he shall forthwith give notice in writing thereof to a health officer.

25. Where the licensee of any dairy knows that any disease exists among any of the cattle kept in the dairy, or among other animals associated with such cattle, he shall forthwith give notice in writing thereof to the Director or the Senior Veterinary Officer.

26. (1) Every registered dairyman shall keep a herd register on a form to be supplied by the Director. He shall enter therein in blad ink particulars of each and every animal kept or received by him. He shall make all necessary entries therein promptly so that the register forms an up-to-date record of bis herd. In the case of any animal which ceases to be kept by him, the dairyman shall cancel the particulars aforesaid by means of a thin line in red ink in such a munpor as not to render such particulars illegible. In addition, he shall enter In red ink in the remarks column, the date of the departure of such animal from the dairy and the place to which it has been sent and, i required by any inspector, shall produce a receipt or other documen verifying the date of departure of the animal and its destination. In the case of the death of an animal, the date and cause of death, and the manner and place of disposal of the carcase, shall be entered in rel ink in the appropriate columns and the registered dairyman shall. W required by any inspector, produce documentary evidence verifying such particulars. All entries shall be in the English language. All entries shall be complete and accurate.

(2) Any such register shall be produced by the registered dairyman for inspection on demand by any inspector.

(3) The loss of any such register shall be reported by the registered dairyman without delay to the Director or to an inspector.

PART IV.

Offences and penalties.

27. (1) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph Offences and (2) of regulation 3 or of regulation 6 or 7 shall be guilty of an offence penaltics. and shall be hable on summary conviction to a fins of two thousand dollars.

(2) Any person who-

(a) contravenes the provisions of regulation 20 or of paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 21 or paragraph (1) or (3) of regulation 22;

(b) fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notification published in the Gazette under the provisions of paragraph (2) of regulation 22 or of an order made under the provisions of paragraph (1) of regulation 29 or paragraph (1) of regulation 30; (c) engages in the business of, or is employed in, any dairy in

contravention of paragraph (2) of regulation 29; or

(d) contravenes any terms or conditions imposed by the Director under the provisions of paragraph (5) of regulation 8 or any conditions specified in an order made under the provisions of paragraph (1) of regulation 30,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.

(3) Any registered dairyman who contravenes any of the provi- sions of regulation 5, 24 or 26 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.

(4) lo the event of any contravention of any of the provisions of regulation 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23 or 2$ or of paragraph (3). (4) or (5) of regulation 21, the licensee of the dairy in which, or in respect of which, such contravention occurred shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one bousand dollars.

(5) Where any offence under these regulations is a continuing offence, any person who is guilty of such offence shall, in addition to the penalty provided therefor under paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4), as the case may be, be liable to a fine of fifty dollars for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offence bas continued.