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HYGIENIC STANDARDS SET FOR MILK PRODUCTION

AND

HYGIENIC BIRDS)

RAW MILK PRODUCED AT DAIRIES WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH

IN

PUBLIC STIPULATED

THE

HEALTH { ANIMALS STANDARDS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1990 AS FROM TODAY (FRIDAY).

GAZETTED TODAY UNDER THE DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1990

MIX WHICH FORM PART OF THE ORDINANCE, IT WILL BE AN OFFENCE TO SELL,

THAT CONTAINS MORE WITH OTHER MILK OR DELIVER TO A FACTORY ANY MILK

ANY COLIFORM ORGANISMS IN THAN 200,000 BACTERIA PER MILLILITRE, OR 1/1,000TH PART OF A MILLILITRE.

AN

FISHERIES AGRICULTURE AND

DEPARTMENT (AFD) SPOKESMAN

TREATED AT

POINTED OUT THAT BEFORE MILK IS MARKETED, IT MUST BE HEAT A "MILK FACTORY" TO DESTORY BACTERIA AND OTHER MICRO-ORGANISMS.

FORMS OF

"STANDARD

HEAT TREATMENT SUCH AS PASTEURISATION RAW MILK AND CANNOT BB REASONABLY HYGIENIC REQUIRE THE INPUT OF RELIED UPON TO MAKE HEAVILY CONTAMINATED MILK SAFE.

"THE AMENDMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT BEFORE DELIVERY STANDARD PASTEURISATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HYGIENIC

"

RAW MILK IS OF ACCEPTABLE

ΤΟ MILK FACTORIES

FOR

STIPULATED ARE IN LINE COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

HE NOTED THAT THE HYGIENIC STANDARDS WITH THOSE CURRENTLY ENFORCED UNDER THE MILK (URBAN AND THE MILK (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS.

STAFF

BY THE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

THE DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS ALSO PROVIDE FOR AFD TO SAMPLE RAW MILK AT DAIRIES FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION GOVERNMENT LABORATORY. CERTIFICATES OF ISSUED BY THE LATTER WILL BE ACCEPTED AS COURT EVIDENCE.

TURNING TO OTHER FEATURES OF THE

PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND THE SPOKESMAN SAID LICENCES GRANTED BIRDS) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND BIRDS) ORDINANCE WOULD ON BE VALID FOR 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE.

FROM NOW

PREVIOUSLY, ALL LICENCES EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31 OF THE YEAR WHICH THEY WERE GRANTED.

IN

LICENCE, GRANTED TO ANIMAL

DAIRY LICENCE, ANIMAL TRADERS' "THESE INCLUDE THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS EXHIBITION LICENCE AND LICENCES BOARDING AND RIDING ESTABLISHMENTS,

HE SAID.

ALSO FROM TODAY, FEES FOR THE ANIMAL TRADERS' LICENCE UP FROM $800 TO $1,600.

WILL GO

THE ORDINANCE WILL BE THEIR DETERRENT EFFECT. THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

MOREOVER, THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES UNDER INCREASED FROM $2,000 TO $5,000 TO MAINTAIN "PENALTIES WERE LAST REVISED IN 1970,

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