1964_FOOD_BUSINESS_(REGIONAL_COUNCIL)_BYLAWS — Page 4

X 4

CAP. 132]

Food Business (Regional Council) Bylaws

[1989 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

room in which the only handling of food which occurs is in the course of serving food for consumption therein;

"latrine fitment" and "latrine" have the meaning assigned to them in the Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations (Cap.123 sub. leg.);

"meat" means the flesh of

(a) cattle (including buffaloes), goats, sheep and swine; and

(b) horses, mules, hinnies and donkeys, if intended for human consumption;

"open food" means-

(a) uncooked perishable food; and

(b) food not contained in a container of such materials, and so closed, as to exclude all risk of contamination,

but does not include raw vegetables and uncut fruit or any food which has to be subjected to a process of milling, refining or cooking (other than food referred to at (a) and food in the course of preparation) for the purpose of rendering it fit for human consumption;

"plan" includes a sketch;

"preparation" in relation to food includes manufacture and any form of cooking or other treatment or preparation for sale;

"proprietor" means the owner of or the person for the time being appearing to have charge of a food business and in the case of a licensed food business the licensee thereof;

"sanitary fitment" includes any kind of ablution or sanitary facility;

"shell fish" means molluscs and crustaceans;

"soil drain" means any pipe or gutter which receives soil matter or which receives waste from a sanitary convenience;

"soil fitment" has the meaning assigned to it in the Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations (Cap.123 sub. leg.);

"stall" includes any stand, marquee, mobile canteen, and any vehicle whether movable or not which is used for the sale of food;

"vending machine" means a coin-operated automatic vending machine. (L.N.212 of 1973)

(2) A person shall be deemed for the purposes of these bylaws to engage in the handling of food if for the purposes of a food business he carries out or assists in the carrying out of any process or operation in the sale of food or in the preparation, transport, storage, packing, wrapping, exposure for sale, service, or delivery of food.

(3) For the purposes of these bylaws, the supply of food, otherwise than by sale at, in or from any place where food is supplied in the course of a business, shall be deemed to be a sale of that food, and references to purchasing and purchasers shall be construed accordingly; and where in connection with