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Amendment of by-law 18.

Addition of by-law 21A.

Amendment of by-law 40.

Amendment of First Schedule,

(Cxp. 131. FUN. JE

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(3) This by-law does not apply where any milk is processed or reconstituted on premises in relation to which a restaurant licence has been granted by the Council under the Food Business By-laws and such milk is for consumption on the licensed premises.".

5. By-law 18 of the principal by-laws is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following-

"(1) No licensee under this Part shall distribute in the course of the business in respect of which such licence was granted, or shall have in bis possession for the purpose of such distribution, any milk which—

(Cap. 132 nub. Sep.)

(a) has been heat-treated more than once;

(b) Contains at any time before heat-treatment more than 200,000 bacteria per millilitre or any coliform organisms in 1/1000th (0.001) of a millilitre: (c) after having been subjected to heat-treatment whether by him or any other person, contains at any time more than 30,000 bacteria per millilitre or any coliform organisms in 1/10th (0.1) of a millilive; (d) after having been subjected to heat-treatment by the Ultra High Temperature Method whether by him or any other person, has a colony count of 10

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or more; or

fails to comply with the standards of composition relating to milk specified in the Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations.".

The principal by-laws are amended by adding after by-law 21 the following new by-law-

"Prohibition 21A. No licensee under this Part shall process or cause to be processed any milk unless such milk is obtained from a dairy in relation to which a licence has been granted under the Dairies Regulations.".

of use by licensee of milk other than from licensed da tries. (Cap. 139, rub, den)

7. By-law 40 of the principal by-laws is amended in paragraph (a) by inserting after "20," the following-

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“21A.".

The First Schedule to the principel by-laws is amended by deleting paragraph 2 and substituting the following-

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Sterilization-

(a) namely, by homogenizing the milk by means of any process whereby the globules of butter fat in the milk are broken up so as to remain suspended uniformly throughout the milk which is then heated to and retained at a temperature of not less than 100 degrees Celsjus for a period of not less than twenty-five minutes in the same containers as such milk ia subsequently to be disposed of for human consumption; or

(b) the "Ultra High Temperature Method", namely, by heating the milk to a temperature of not less than 132 degrees Celsius and retaining it at not less than that temperature for at least second, and thereafter putting immediately into the sterilized containers in which it is to be supplied to the con- sumer, which shall be filled and sealed at the premises at which the treatment has been carried out with such aseptic precautions as will ensure the protection of the milk from risk of contamination.”,

Made by the Urban Council this 3rd day of August 1971.

Explanatory Note.

G... FAIREY,

Secretary.

(Thir Note is not part of the by-laws, but is intended ra indicate their general purport)

These by-laws include the “Ultra High Temperature Method" in the methods of heat-treatment of milk prescribed in the principal by-laws: By-law 4 substitutes by-law 14 of the principal by-laws with a new by-law so that processing and reconstitution of milk for the purpose of sale, axcept where the milk is for consumption on the premises, can only be carried out by a milk factory licensee, By-law 18 of the principal by-laws is amended by by-law 5 so as to widen the prohibition of possession of contaminated or adulterated milk. By-law 6 adds to the principal by-laws a new by-law 21A which prohibits licensees of milk factories to process milk obtained from unlicensed dairies.