1962-HKRS30-8-53_Part03 — Page 3

Permits to sell milk.

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PART П.

SALE OF MILK.

4. No person shall sell any milk for human consumption BAYE under and in accordance with the permission in writing of the Director (L.N. 63/63) granted under regulation 30 of the Food Business (New Territoria)

Regulations, 1963.

Prohibition

5.

of sale of milk in

(a)

(1) No person shall sell any milk for human consumption if— it has been beat-treated more than once; or

certain cases.

Mik to be

heat-treated before salc.

Thickening substances Not to the added to CECAT.

Milk not to be sold except in approved

containers.

Description

of reconstitu- ted milk

and cream.

(6) it contains at any time before heat-treatment, more than 200,000 bacteria per millilitre or any coliform organisms in 1/10001 (0.001) of a millilitre; or

(c) it contains at any time after heat-treatment more than 30,000 bacteria per millilitre or any coliform organisms in 1/10th (0.1) of a millilitre.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, milk shall be deemed to be possessed for the purpose of sale notwithstanding that it is intended that such milk shall be subjected to heat-treatment before sale.

6. No person shall sell for human consumption any milk that bas not been beat-treated:

Provided that nothing in this regulation shall be construed to prevent-

(a) the sale-

(1) of milk by wholesale to a milk factory; or

(ii) of milk that is to be used as an ingredient in any other article of food that requires cooking after the addition of the milk before it can be consumed; or

(b) the possession for the purposes of sale of any such milk.

7. No person shall sell for human consumption any cream to which any kind of thickening substance has been added,

8.

No person shall sell any milk for human consumption save in containers of a type approved by the Director:

Provided that this regulation shall not apply to milk that is sold by wholesale to a milk factory.

9. No person shall advertise, sell or offer or expose for sale, under any name, trade mark or trade description including the word "milk" or "cream", or any Chinese equivalent thereof, any reconstituted milk

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unless the word "milk" or "cream" or such Chinese equivalent thereof, the case may be, is, wherever the same occurs in such name, trade mark or trade description, immediately preceded by the word "recon- nitted" or the Chinese characters "" in lettering or characters of equal size and prominence as the lettering or characters of the word "milk" or "cream" or such Chinese equivalent thereof.

10. (1) No person shall sell for human consumption— (a) any beverage containing milk;

(b) any beverage that is described for the purpose of sale by any oame, trade mark or trade description that includes the word "milk” or “cream" or the Chinese characters “W” or “B” or any word or character implying that such beverage is or contains milk or cream; or

(c) any soya bean juice or coconut juice (except in whole coconuts) or any other beverage that resembles milk either in colour, taste, appearance or consistency,

unless

() it is contained in a container of a type approved by the

Director; and

(ü) every such container is marked in a conspicuous and easily legible manner in the English and Chinese languages with an accurate description of the principal ingredients.

As to beverages resembling, cic, milk.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any beverage specified in that paragraph that is sold for human consumption on premises in respect of which a licence has been granted by the Director under the Food (L.N. 63/63), Business (New Territories) Regulations, 1963, so long as such beverage 3d sold under any description that is false or misleading as to the true nature of its principal ingredients.

pootamina-

11. Every person in possession for the purpose of sale of any milk Precautions or any of the beverages specified in paragraph (1) of regulation 10 shall against ake all reasonable and proper precautions to prevent infection or ton of contamination thereof,

12. (1) No person shall keep any milk, except sterilized milk in sealed containers, for the purpose of sale in any place the temperature of which creeds 50° Fahrenheit.

(2) No person shall transport, or cause to be transported, for the purpose of his trade or business any milk, except sterilized milk in sealed containers, in such manner that the temperature of the milk at any time during transport exceeds 50° Fahrenheit.

milk, etc.

Milk to be 36 Febrca-

kept below

heit pending

ats.