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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990

SOME

MISCELLANEOUS

ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BILL WERE TO UPDATE AND IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.

OF RATING

WITH AND

"AUTHORISED

AMENDMENTS

BY REPLACING

то

THE

FOR

BY

MAKE AUTHORITY AND TO ENABLE

THE AMENDMENTS SOUGHT TO CORRECT A TEXTUAL ERROR

PERSON"; "AUTHORISED ARCHITECT"

THE SOLE VALUATION COMMISSIONER ALLOCATING BUILDING NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY; MEMBERS OF AN APPEAL TRIBUNAL TO BE REMUNERATED AT A RATE APPROVED THE GOVERNOR, INSTEAD OF HAVING REMUNERATION DETERMINED IN EACH CASE.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

BILL TO STRENGTHEN CONTROL ON UNTREATED MILK AND ANIMAL TRADERS

* * * *

THE PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND SEEKS TO PROVIDE POWERS TO ENABLE THE

UNTREATED

MILK

ΤΟ AND

EXTEND OF ANIMAL THE LICENSING

BIRDS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 SETTING OF HYGIENE STANDARDS THE

ENABLING POWERS EXISTING TRADERS AND THEIR BUSINESS THE HON ANSON CHAN,

FOR RELATING TO PREMISES, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN THE LEGISLATIVE

INCREASE

MOVING THE SECOND

READING

COUNCIL, MRS CHAN SAID THE BILL CEILING FOR PENALTIES UNDER THE ORDINANCE.

OF THE BILL ALSO PROPOSED AN

HEALTH PUBLIC

IN THE

BIRDS)

AND (ANIMALS

TREATED ΤΟ DESTROY BACTERIA

MRS CHAN SAID MILK MUST BE HEAT AND OTHER MICRO-ORGANISMS BEFORE IT COULD BE MARKETED.

TREATMENT, SUCH AS HYGIENIC MILK AND COMPLETELY

SHE EXPLAINED THAT STANDARD FORMS OF HEAT PASTEURIZATION, REQUIRED THE INPUT OF REASONABLY COULD NOT BE RELIED UPON TO MAKE HEAVILY CONTAMINATED MILK SAFE.

UNTREATED MILK WAS PRODUCTS SOLD

IT WAS THEREFORE IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT KEPT FREE FROM CONTAMINATION SO THAT THE MILK AND MILK TO THE PUBLIC WOULD BE SAFE AND HYGIENIC, SHE SAID.

THAT THE POINTED OUT MRS CHAN ALSO PROVIDED FOR THE LICENSING AND CONTROL OF DAIRIES MILK OR SET HYGIENE STANDARDS FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION.

UNTREATED

DAIRIES

REGULATIONS

BUT THEY DID NOT FOR ITS PROVIDED

THE BILL THEREFORE PROVIDES FOR POWERS

то ENABLE ADDITIONAL

FOR SAMPLES BE MADE ALLOWING THE TAKING OF MILK REGULATIONS TO

STATUTORY STANDARDS FOR SETTING BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION, BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION AND PROHIBITING THE SALE OF CONTAMINATED MILK.

/"THE STANDARDS