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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 1, 1930.

No. 479.

By-laws made under section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, Ordinance No. 1 of 1903.

Food-preserving establishments.

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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 preserv- ing, or any of the branches of such trade, that is to say, the making of sugar confec- tionery, 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 in tins, pots, bottles, jars, barrels, drums and similar receptacles; 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 will be kept by the Head of the Sanitary Departinent.

3.—(1) No person shall continue or commence any food-preserving establishment unless it is registered under these regulations.

(2) In order to effect registration, and subject to these regulations, one of the persons specified in paragraph (3) shall furnish to the Head of the Sanitary Department the particulars specified in the form in the Schedule and shall certify the correctness of such particulars and of his own description.

(3) The particulars specified, and any other particulars and certificates required by this by-law shall be furnished and certified by the proprietor or one of the proprietors of the food-preserving establishment 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 Head of the Sanitary Department, 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 obliga- tions imposed by this paragraph on any other persons shall be deemed to have been discharged as regards the substituted particulars 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 establish- ment 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 Board no water shall be used for any purpose other than water from the Government Water Works and laid on to the premises of the food-preserving establishment.

(2) All apparatus, utensils and machinery shall be kept in a cleanly condition. (3) Except with the permission of the Board the premises of a food-preserving establishment shall not be put to any other use or purpose, domestic or otherwise.

(4) No animals except cats shall be kept.

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

(6) Adequate kitchen, ablution, urinal, and privy accommodation, to the satisfac-

tion of the Board, 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

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