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Friday, August 21, 1970

STORAGE OF FROZEN FOODS

Operation Of Restaurants In Rural areas

New regulations to control the storage of frozen foods in the New

Territories are published in the Gazette today,

Amending legislation is also published today to regulate the sale

of certain types of imported foods and tinned foodstuffs and on the operation

of restaurants in rural areas.

These regulations are being introduced to bring the laws governing

such matters in the New Territories into line with the new by-laws approved

by the Legislative Council last Wednesday under the Public Health and Urban

Services Ordinance. These by-laws are also published in the Gazette for

general information.

Under the Food Business (New Territories) (amendment) Regulations

1970, a licence is required for keeping a frozen food store. Certain

conditions must also be observed. These include the setting aside of spaces

for the thawing of frozen foods and the provision of facilities for inspection.

The regulations governing the sale of imported foodstuffs, such as

dried meat, sausages and leung fan, are now amended to allow them to be sold

without a permit, provided they are contained in unopened hermetically-sealed

containers.

But cooked meats, such as siu mei and lo mei, cannot be sold in

premises which sell fresh meat.

The new regulations specify the conditions under which restaurants

licensed to sell light refreshment may also serve hot Chinese dishes.

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