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Schedule.

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D. Food Preserving Establishments.

1. For the purposes of these by-laws the expression "food preserving establishment" means any business, undertaking or concern which carries on the trade of food preserving, or any of the branches of such trade, such as the making of sugar confectionery, cocoa, chocolate, jam, marmalade, preserved fruits, Chinese preserves, fruit and table jellies, meat extracts, meat essences, sauces and pickles; the preparation of meat, poultry, game, fish, vegetables and fruit for sale in a preserved state and the processes of wrapping and filling, and packing other than the packing of the finished article in cases or crates merely for storage or transport.

2. A register of food preserving establishments shall be kept by the Secretary of the Council.

3.-(1) No person shall continue or commence business in any food-preserving establishment unless it is registered under these by-laws.

(2) In order to effect registration, and subject to these by-laws, one of the persons specified in paragraph (3) shall furnish to the Secretary of the Council the particulars specified in the form in the Schedule to these by-laws and shall certify the correctness of such particulars and of his own description.

(8) The particulars specified, and any other particulars and certifi- cates required by this by-law shall be furnished and certified by the proprietor or one of the proprietors of the food preserving establish- ment and in the case of a company by a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company.

(4) If any change occurs, or if any inaccuracy is discovered, in any of the specified particulars, the persons specified in paragraph (3) shall, within seven days, furnish substituted particulars to the Secretary of the Council and shall certify the correctness of such substituted particulars and of their own descriptions: provided that if one of such persons complies with the requirements of this paragraph the obligations imposed by this paragraph on any other person shall be deemed to have been discharged as regards the substituted parti- culars so furnished.

(5) In case of any material departure from the particulars or substituted particulars furnished in respect of any food preserving establishment such food preserving establishment shall be deemed to be unregistered.

4. The following conditions and requirements shall be complied with in respect of every food preserving establishment:

(1) Except with the permission of the Council no water shall be used for any purpose other than water from the Government Water Works and laid on to the premises.

(2) All premises, apparatus, utensils and machinery shall be kept in a cleanly condition and free from all noxious matter.

(3) Except with the permission of the Council the premises shall not be put to any other use or purpose, domestic or otherwise.

(4) No animals except cats shall be kept on the premises.

(5) No drain inlet shall exist or remain in any part of the premises.

(6) Adequate kitchen, ablution, urinal and privy accommodation, tc the satisfaction of the Council, shall be provided.

(7) The ground surfaces of the premises shall be laid with not less than six inches of good lime-concrete, or not less than three inches of cement-concrete composed of one part of cement, three parts of sand and five parts of stone broken to pass through a one inch ring, and the surface shall be rendered smooth and impervious with a layer of asphalt or cement-mortar of not less than half an inch in thickness, or of such other material of such nature and thickness as the Council may approve. Floor surfaces other than ground surfaces shall be of non-absorbent material, finished off smooth.