FROZEN CONFECTIONS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

FROZEN CONFECTIONS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

FROZEN CONFECTIONS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS

By-law PART I Page

FROZEN

CONFE
CTION

PRELIMINARY

1. Citation .................................. ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 3
2. Application ............................... ... --- ... ... ... ... ... AB 3
3. Interpretation.---......................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB
3

PART 11

SALE OF FROZEN CONFECTIONS

4.....................Licences to sell frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 3

5..............................Bacteriological standard of frozen confections for sale ... ... ... ... ... AB 4
6..............................Restriction on sale, etc. of imported frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... AB 4

7............................Frozen confections to be heat-treated before sale ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 4

8. Precautions against contamination of frozen confections ... ... ... .. ... AB 4

9. Frozen confections other than soft ice cream to be kept below -20 Celsius AB 4

10.............................Frozen confections not to be stored with other articles ... ... ... ... ... AB 4

11..................Maintenance of refrigerators ... ... ... . 1 . ... ... ... ... ... AB 4

12..............Cleanliness of utensils ..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 5

13.......................Storage of ice cream cones and wafers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 5

14. Frozen confections not to be sold except in the manufacturer's containers AB 5

15....................................Hawkers of frozen confections to wear uniforms and display numbers ... ... AB 5

PART III

MANUFACTURE OF FROZEN CONFECTIONS

16.................................Frozen confections not to be manufactured except under licence ... ... ... AB 5

17..............Application for licence ... ~ . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 5

18..................Conditions of grant of licence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 6

19...............................Restriction on alterations or additions to licensed premises ... ... ... ... AB 7

20.........................Requirements as to heat-treatment apparatus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 8

21..................Handling of frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 8

22.......................Control of contents of frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 8
23.......................General cleanliness of premises and equipment ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
AB 8







24....................Sterilization of vessels and utensils ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AB 8
25....................Restriction on smoking ... . 1 . ... --- ... ... ... ... ... AB 9

26..................................Frozen confection factories not to be used for dwelling purposes ... ... ... AB 9





By-law Page

27. Prevention of contamination of frozen confections by contact with certain clothing AR
9

28. Spitting ............................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 9

29...............Prevention of vermin .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... --- AR 10

30.......................................Yards, alleys, etc. not to be used for manufacturing frozen confections ... AR 10

31,................Cleansing of water tanks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 10

32...................................General precautions against contamination of frozen confections ... ... ... AR 10

33. Soft ice cream containers to be marked with date and time of manufacture

of ice cream therein ................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 11

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

34......................................Restriction on employrnent of persons likely to spread disease ... AR 11

35.........................Immunization of staff against certain diseases ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 11

36..................General personal cleanliness ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 12

37......................................Prevention of supply of frozen confections to the danger of public health ... AR 12

38................Keeping of report books ....... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 12

39.....Fees ............................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 13

40..............Offences and penalties .... ... ... ... ... ... AR 13

41. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought ... ... ... ... ... AR 14

First Schedule. Heat-treatment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 14 Second Schedule. Fees ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AR 15





FROZEN CONFECTIONS (REGIONAL COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

(Cap. 132, section 56)

[1 July 1963.1

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

1. These by-laws may be cited as the Frozen Confections (Regional
Council) By-laws.

2. These by-laws apply to the Regional Council area only.

3. In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires

'Council' means the Regional Council;

'disease' means any disease of a communicable nature;

frozen confection' means any confection commonly sold for human
consumption in a frozen or chilled state;

---foodbusiness' has the meaning assigned thereto in the Food
Business (Regional Council) By-laws;

'heat-treatment' means the processing of frozen confections in the
manner described in the First Schedule, and the expression 'to
heat-treat' shall be construed accordingly;

'ingredient', when used in relation to heat-treatment, includes sugar
and dried egg, but does not include colouring or flavouring
materials or fruit, nuts, chocolate and other similar substances;

'manufacture', in relation to frozen confections, includes the mixing of
any ingredients, any process of freezing and any process whereby
any frozen or partly frozen substance is inserted into containers or
is wrapped for sale.

PART 11

SALE OF FROZEN CONFECTIONS

4. No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, for human
consumption, or have in his possession for sale for human
consumption, any frozen confection save under and in accordance with
the permission in writing of the Council granted under by-law 30 of the
Food Business (Regional Council) By-laws.





5. No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, any frozen
confection that contains more than 50 000 bacteria per gram or more
than 100 coliform organisms per gram.

6. (1) No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, or advertise
for sale, any frozen confection imported into Hong Kong from a source
of manufacture other than a source of manufacture that has been
approved by the Council.

(2) For the purposes of this by-law, the Council shall not approve
any source of manufacture of frozen confections unless it is satisfied
that heat-treatment is included in the process of manufacture of the
frozen confections.

(3) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) in
relation to the publication of an advertisement, it shall be a defence for a
defendant to prove that, being a person whose business it is to publish,
or arrange for the publication of, advertisements, he received the
advertisement for publication in the ordinary course of business.

7.No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, for human

consumption, or have in his possession for sale for human consump-
tion, any frozen confection, other than red bean sherbet or
red bean popsicle that has not been heat-treated:

Provided that nothing in this by-law shall be construed to prevent
the sale, or offer or exposing for sale, of any frozen confection imported
into Hong Kong from a source of manufacture which has been
approved by the Council.

8. Every person in possession for the purpose of sale for human
consumption of any frozen confection shall take all reasonable and
proper precautions to prevent infection or contamination thereof.

9. No person shall keep any frozen confection intended for sale for
human consumption, other than ice cream of the kind commonly known
as soft ice cream, in any place the temperature of which exceeds - 2'
Celsius.

10. No person shall, in the course of any food business, keep any
frozen confections in storage in any refrigerating device that is used for
the storage of other articles.

11. Every refrigerating device used in the course of any food
business for the storage of frozen confections shall, at all times, be kept
in a clean condition and maintained in good order and repair.





12. Every utensil used in the course of any food business
for the purpose of serving or handling any frozen confection
shall be kept clean and, so far as may be, free from any risk of
contamination.

13. Every cone or wafer used, or intended to be used, in any
food business for the service of frozen confections shall, when
not actually in use or about to be used, be kept in a dust proof
container.

14. (1) No person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, for
human consumption any frozen confection except in, or directly
from, the container into which it was inserted on the completion
of its manufacture.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a frozen confection that
is sold for human consumption on premises in respect of which a
licence has been granted by the Council under the Food Business
(Regional Council) By-laws.

15. Every hawker of frozen confections, and every assistant,
servant or agent of any such hawker, shall, while engaged in the
hawking of frozen confections, be clothed in a clean uniform of
washable material made to a pattern approved by the Council, and
shall display on his person a number, which shall be allotted to
him by the Council.

PART 111

MANUFACTURE OF FROZEN CONFECTIONS

16. Save under and in accordance with a licence granted
by the Council under these by-laws and in such premises as
shall be specified in such licence, no person shall manufacture
any frozen confection or cause any frozen confection to be
manufactured:
Provided that this by-law shall not apply to a frozen con-
fection that is manufactured on premises in respect of which a
licence has been granted by the Council under the Food Business
(Regional Council) By-laws for consumption on those premises.

17. (1) Every application for such a licence shall be made in
writing to the Council and, subject to paragraph (2), shall be
accompanied by 3 copies of a plan, as nearly as may be to scale,
of the whole of that part of any premises in which the applicant
intends to manufacture any frozen confection, and such plan shall
include particulars of the following---
(a) sanitary fitments and ablution facilities;

(b)built in clothing lockers or cloakrooms, passageways or
open spaces (if any);





(c)rooms or other spaces (if any) for the exclusive use of
staff or employees;

(d) all means of exit, entry and internal communication;

(e)all windows or ducts providing ventilation or, where any
mechanical means of ventilation is provided, such means;

the siting of all furniture and fittings of a substantial and
permanent nature, including heat-treatment plant, cleans-
ing, refrigeration or cooling equipment, sterilization ma-
chinery or storage and packing equipment, and any fixed
sideboards, washbasins or sinks, water tanks or other like
articles;

(g) means of refuse storage or disposal; and

(h) the drainage system, including all inlets into the system.

(2) In the case of any premises in which the only process of
manufacture to be carried on is the freezing or part freezing of
already prepared ingredients of frozen confections and the insertion
thereof into containers at such premises for the purpose of sale for
immediate consumption, it shall be sufficient compliance with para-
graph (1) if the plan shows the siting, in relation to neighbouring
articles of furniture, fittings or equipment, of the machinery used
for such freezing or part freezing or such insertion or wrapping.

(3) Every copy of such plan, or any modification thereof, that
is approved by the Council shall be endorsed to that effect, and 1
copy shall be returned to the applicant and the remaining 2 copies
shall be retained by the Council.

18. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no such licence shall be
granted unless the Council is satisfied in relation to the premises
in respect of which the application for the licence was made that-

(a)it has approved the plan referred to in by-law 17 and
the premises conform thereto;

(b)the means of ventilation that is provided, whether natural
or mechanical or partly natural and partly mechanical, is
sufficient in every part of the premises, other than any
part exclusively used for storage, to safeguard the health
in that respect of the maximum number of persons likely
to be engaged therein at any one time;

(c)sanitary fitments are provided to a standard not less than
that required by regulation 5 of the Building (Standards
of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and
Latrines) Regulations;

(d)public mains water is laid on to the premises and a storage
tank is provided for such water that is of sufficient size,
having regard to the daily quantity of water likely to be
used upon the premises, and proof against access of dust
and mosquitoes:





Provided that, where the Council is satisfied that
public mains water cannot reasonably be laid on for all
or any purposes, the Council may in its discretion approve
such other water supply as, having regard to considera-
tions of public health, it considers adequate;
(e)in every part of the premises in which any frozen confec-
tion is manufactured-
(i) the floors and internal surfaces of the walls to a
height of not less than 2 m are surfaced with smooth, light
coloured, non-absorbent material and the junctions be-
tween the walls and floors are coved;
(ii) the ceilings are impervious to dust; and
(iii) the ceilings and those parts of such walls as are
not specified in sub-sub-paragraph (i) are limewashed or
painted a light colour;
sufficient ablution facilities are provided for the use of
persons employed therein, and that such ablution facilities
are conveniently situated having regard to the nature of
the work of such persons;
(g)sufficient and suitable cloakroom or locker accommoda-
tion, situated otherwise than in any part of the premises
in which any frozen confection is manufactured or stored,
is provided for the reception of outer garments and other
personal effects of persons employed therein;
(h)no fresh air intake to any ventilation pipe included in the
soil drainage system of the premises is situated in any part
of the premises in which any frozen confection is manu-
factured, and every inlet into any such system that is
situated in any such part of the premises is trapped.
(2) In the case of any premises in which the only process of
manufacture to be carried on is the freezing or part freezing of
already prepared ingredients of frozen confections and the insertion
thereof into containers at such premises for the purpose of sale for
immediate consumption, it shall be sufficient compliance with para-
graph (1) if the plan referred to in by-law 17 has been approved
by the Council.

19. After the grant of any such licence, no licensee shall,
save with the permission in writing of the Council, cause or
permit to be made in respect of the premises to which the licence
relates-
(a)any alteration or addition that would result in a material
deviation from the plan thereof approved under by-law
17; or
(b)any material alteration in respect of any of the matters
specified in by-law 17(1) as matters in respect of which
particulars must be included in the plan delivered pursuant
to that paragraph.





20. (1) Every such licensee shall cause any plant or apparatus
used by him for the heat-treatment of the mixture from which any
frozen confection is being manufactured to be equipped with one
or more self-registering thermometer devices to indicate and record
the temperature to which, and the length of time during which, the
frozen confection has been heated.

(2) The licensee shall not subject any frozen confection to
heat-treatment unless the apparatus used is of a type approved by
the Council.

(3) Every thermometer reading taken in pursuance of para-
graph (1) shall be recorded and the record retained by the licensee
for not less than 2 months, and shall be available for inspection at
all reasonable times by any health officer or health inspector.

21. No person engaged in the manufacture of any frozen con-
fection shall allow, or cause or permit any other person to allow,
the confection or any of the ingredients thereof to come into contact
with his hands or any other part of his body.

22. No person shall use for the purpose of manufacturing any
frozen confection-

(a)save with the permission in writing of the Council, any
water other than public mains water;

(b)any flavouring substance unless of a kind harmless to
human beings;

(c)any fruit, nuts or chocolate, or preparations derived there-
from, that are not of good quality, clean and free from
taint or rancidity;

(d)any colouring matter that is not a permitted colouring
matter within the meaning of the Colouring Matter in
Food Regulations.

23. Every such licensee shall, at all times, cause all parts
of the premises to which the licence relates, and all fittings and
equipment therein, to be maintained in proper repair and in a
clean condition and free from noxious matters, and shall cause the
floor of every part of such premises that is used for any process
in connexion with the manufacture of frozen confections to be
thoroughly cleansed with water not less than once in every 24 hours.

24. (1) No such licensee shall cause any vessel, container or
utensil to be used in any process in connexion with the manufac-
ture, storage or distribution of frozen confections unless it has been
thoroughly cleansed and subsequently sterilized with steam or clean
boiling water, or by such other method as the Council may permit
in writing, either generally or in any particular case, since the last
occasion upon which it was used or before it is first used, as the case
may be:





Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
require any such vessel, container or utensil to be so cleansed or
sterilized during any period in which it is in continuous or nearly
continuous use.

(2) All parts of any heat-treatment machinery shall, at all
times, be kept in a clean condition, and every part thereof that is
liable to come into contact with any frozen confection during heat-
treatment shall, as often as may be necessary, be washed with clean
water or a suitable detergent (in which case it shall be rinsed with
clean water after it has been washed with the detergent), and then
sterilized with steam or boiling water or by such other method as
the Council may permit in writing, either generally or in any
particular case.

25. No person shall smoke while engaged in any process in
connexion with the manufacture of frozen confections or in the
sale of frozen confections except such confections as are sold in
containers or wrappers and so enclosed as to exclude all risk of
contamination.

26. No person shall use, or suffer any other person to use, for
dwelling purposes any part of any premises in which any process in
connexion with the manufacture of frozen confections is carried on.

27. No person shall hang up, or otherwise keep, or suffer any
other person to hang up or otherwise keep, whether temporarily or
permanently, any clothing, bedding or personal effects in any part
of any premises in which any process in connexion with the manu-
facture of frozen confections is carried on.

28. (1) In any premises in which the manufacture of frozen
confections is carried on-

(a)no person shall spit in any part of the premises in which
any process in connexion with the manufacture of such
confections is carried on; and

(b)no person shall spit in any other part of the premises
except into a spittoon or other receptacle provided for the
purpose.

(2) Where spittoons or other receptacles are provided, the
licensee shall cause each such spittoon or receptacle to contain a
disinfectant fluid and to be cleansed, and the fluid renewed, not
less than once in every 24 hours.

(3) Save as otherwise permitted in writing by the Council,
every such licensee shall cause one or more notices, prohibiting
spitting and written in English and Chinese, to be continuously





displayed in a conspicuous manner in every part of the premises
in which any process in connexion with the manufacture of frozen
confections is carried on.

29. (1) Save where exempted in writing by the Council, every
such licensee shall cause every hollow space, crevice or other place
in any premises used by him for the manufacture or storage of
frozen confections, that is likely to harbour vermin or to constitute
a means of access for vermin, to be eliminated or scaled off.

(2) No person shall place, or suffer to be placed or to remain
placed, any furniture or equipment, other than such as may be
moved without difficulty by one man, so near to any wall of
any premises in which frozen confections are manufactured as to
obstruct access to any part of such wall, or such furniture or
equipment, for the purpose of the cleaning of the same.

(3) No person shall knowingly suffer the existence of any
vermin in any part of any premises in which frozen confections
are manufactured.

30. No person shall use, or suffer to be used, any yard,
alley, open space or roof top for manufacturing or storing frozen
confections.

31. (1) Every such licensee shall-

(a)cause the inside of every water tank or container provided
for the storage of water on any premises used by him for
manufacturing frozen confections to be cleansed in the
months of March, June, September and December in each
year by scrubbing out the same with a solution of not
less than fifty parts of chlorine in one million parts of
water; and

(b)cause the date upon which such cleansing was last carried
out to be recorded in a conspicuous manner upon each
such water tank or container.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (1),
any health officer or health inspector may serve upon such licensee
a notice requiring him to cause any such water tank or container
to be cleansed in such manner and within such time as may be
specified in the notice.

32. Without prejudice to anything contained in these by-laws,
every such licensee shall take all reasonable and proper precautions
in and in connexion with the manufacture of frozen confections,
including the distribution or other handling thereof, to prevent
contamination.





33. Every person who has manufactured any ice cream of the kind
commonly known as soft ice cream shall mark, or cause to be marked,
each container in which the same is stored by him with the date on
which the same was manufactured and the time at which the
manufacture thereof was completed.

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

34. (1) No person suffering from a discharging wound or sore or
from a discharge of the ear or from attacks of vomiting or diarrhoea or
from a sore throat shall take any part in the manufacture or handling of
any frozen confection in any food business:

Provided that a health officer may issue a certificate to any such
person exempting him from this paragraph in any case in which such
health officer is satisfied that no danger to the public health is involved.

(2) Any person who is employed or working in any food business
involving the manufacture or handling of frozen confections shall, if so
required in writing by a health officer, submit himself to medical
examination at such time and at such place as such health officer may
direct and, if after such medical examination, a health officer is satisfied
that such person is suffering from any communicable disease, or is
likely to communicate to any other person any communicable disease,
such last mentioned health officer may notify such person in writing to
that effect, and such person shall forthwith cease to be employed or to
work in such food business or in any other such food business.

(3) A notification given under paragraph (2) shall continue in force
until it is cancelled by a further notice in writing by a health officer
declaring such first mentioned notice to be cancelled.

(4) No person shall cause, or suffer or permit, any person, other
than a person who has been duly exempted from paragraph (1), Whom
he knows or has reason to believe to be suffering from any of the
complaints specified in that paragraph, to be employed or work in any
food business involving the manufacture or handling of frozen
confections.

(5) No person shall cause, or suffer or permit, any person in respect
of whom he knows or has reason to believe that a notice given under
paragraph (2) is in force to be so employed or so to work.

35. (1) No person shall be employed or work in any food business
involving the manufacture or handling of frozen confections unless he
has been immunized in accordance with such of the requirements of a
notification under paragraph (2) as apply to him.





(2) The Council may from time to time by notification published in
the Gazette require persons employed or working in any food business
involving the manufacture or handling of frozen confections to be
immunized against such diseases as may be specified in such
notification.

(3) No person shall employ in any food business involving the
manufacture or handling of frozen confections any person whom he
knows or has reason to believe has not been immunized in accordance
with paragraph (1) or a notification under paragraph (2).

36. Without prejudice to anything contained in these by-laws,
every person who, for the purposes of any food business, takes any
part in the manufacture or handling of frozen confections shall, while so
taking part

(a)keep all parts of his person and of his outer garments as clean
as may be reasonably practicable; and

(b)keep any open cut or abrasion on any exposed part of his
person covered with a suitable waterproof dressing.

37. (1) If any health officer or health inspector is of the opinion that
infectious or other disease is caused, or is likely to be caused, by the
consumption of frozen confections derived from any particular source,
premises or manufacturing plant or that the public health is likely to be
endangered by the act or default of any purveyor of frozen confections
or his servants or agents, such health officer or health inspector may, by
notice in writing, direct that the supply, distribution or sale of such
frozen confections shall be terminated or restricted for such period and
subject to such conditions as may be specified in the direction.

(2) Any person who considers himself aggrieved by any direction
given under paragraph (1) may, within 14 days after the giving of the
same, appeal by way of petition to the Governor in Council
and upon any such appeal the governor in Council shall confirm
vary or if it has not already been withdrawn, cancel the direction.


(3) In any case in which the Governor In Council is satisfied

that the direction ought not to have been given, he may order
payment to the appellant by way of compensation of such sum,
if any, as, having regard to all the circumstances, he may consider
just.

(4) Every such payment shall be made out of the general revenue
of Hong Kong.

38. (1) The Council may provide, for use in any food business
involving the manufacture or sale of frozen confections, a report book
or form for the use of health officers and health inspectors visiting the
premises.





(2) Where any such book or form has been provided, the licensee
or proprietor, as the case may be, of such business shall, at all times,
cause such book or form to be kept in such a place as to be immediately
available for use by any such health officer or health inspector.

(3) No person shall destroy any such book or form or alter or
obliterate any entry made therein.

39. (1) Every licence granted under the provisions of Part 111 shall
be renewable on 1 October in each year.

(2) Every such licence shall be granted or renewed upon payment
of the appropriate fee prescribed in the Second Schedule:

Provided that, where the licence is granted on or after 1 April in
any year, the fee payable in respect of the grant thereof shall be one half
of the fee so prescribed.

(3) Where the Council is satisfied that any such licence has

been lost or destroyed, it may, upon payment of a fee of $60, issue
a duplicate thereof.
40. (1) A person commits an offence who-

(a)contravenes by-law 4, 5, 6(1), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14(1), 15, 16,
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31(1), 32, 33, 34(1), (4)
or (5), 35(1) or (3), 36 or 38(2) or (3);

(b)fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notice served
upon him under by-law 31(2);

(c)being a person employed or working in any food business
involving the manufacture or handling of frozen confections,
fails

(i) to submit himself to medical examination when required
to do so under by-law 34(2); or

(ii) to cease to be employed or to work in any such
business when required to do so by that paragraph;

(d)fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notification
published in the Gazette under by-law 35(2);

(e)fails to comply with any direction given under by-law 37(1),
unless the same has been varied or cancelled by the Governor
in Council under paragraph (2) of that by-law; or

where any direction given under by-law 37(1) has been varied
by the Governor in Council under paragraph (2) of that by-
law, fails to comply with such direction as so varied.





(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under these by-laws shall
be liable on summary conviction to a fine and imprisonment as follows
and, where the offence is a continuing offence, to an additional fine as
follows for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the
court that the offence has continued

(a) in the case of an offence under by-law 4 or 16 a fine
of
imprisonment for 6 months and $250 for
each
day as aforesaid; and


(b) in the case of any other offence mentioned in paragraph (1)
imprisonment

a fine of $2,000, , imprisonment for 3 months and $50 for each
day as aforesaid. ;

41. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment
relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without prejudice to
the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of
such offences, prosecutions for an offence under these by-laws may be
brought in the name of the Council.

FIRST SCHEDULE [by-law 3.1

HEAT-TREATMENT

The following provisions shall apply to the heat-treatment of frozen
confections after the mixing together of the ingredients

(1) The mixture shall not be kept for any period exceeding 1 hour at a
temperature greater than 71 Celsius before such mixture is subjected to
heattreatment by one of the following methods

(a)the mixture shall be raised to and kept at a temperature of not less than
66' Celsius for not less than 30 minutes: or

(b)the mixture shall be raised to and kept at a temperature of not less than 7
1 ' Celsius for not less than 10 minutes; or

(c)the mixture shall be raised to and kept at a temperature of not less than
79' Celsius for not less than 15 seconds.

(2) After the mixture has been subjected to heat-treatment in any of the ways
above described, it shall be reduced to a temperature of not more than 7' Celsius
within one and a half hours after the commencement of the reduction of
temperature and shall be kept at a temperature lower than 71 Celsius until frozen.

(3) Where the method described in paragraph (1)(c) is used for the
heattreatment of any frozen confection, the apparatus employed shall be
thermostatically controlled and shall be fitted with a positive displacement pump
which shall serve to maintain the flow of the mixture, during its retention at the
prescribed temperature, at an even rate and shall be equipped with an automatic
device to divert the flow of any mixture which has not been retained at the
requisite temperature for the requisite period of lime.





SECOND SCHEDULE [by-law 39(2).]
FEES

Size of Premises by reference to floor area Fee

Exceeding Not exceeding
M2

100........................................................................................... 1,020

100 150............................................. ............... 1,275

150 200................................... . .............. 1,785

200 250.........................................
..............
2,295

250 300................................................. ............................. 2,805
300 350.................................................... .
3,315

350 400..........................................................
........................
3,825
400 450................................................

.............. ................... 4,335

450 500................................................... ........
.........................4,845
500 600................................ ------ ........ 5,610

600 700................................................ ............. 6,630
........................*
700 800................................................

........................ 7,650

SECOND

Prem
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800 900...........................................
................................... 8,670
900 1 000.............................. ......................................... .....
9,690
1000 2000..................................... .................
15 300

3000................................................................................... 500

2000 ..........................25,

3000 4000 ........................
35:9700

4000 5000 ...................\45 00
5000
.................................................................................................. 1,000






L.N. 65/63. L.N. 115/67. L.N. 126/70. L.N. 153/76. L.N. 182/78. L.N. 89/79. L.N. 131/82. L.N. 165/82. L.N. 210/83. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 253/86. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) First Schedule. Licences to sell frozen confections. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Bacteriological standard of frozen confections for sale. L.N. 253/86. Restriction on sale, etc. of imported frozen confections. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Frozen confections to be heat-treated before sale. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Precautions against contamination of frozen confections. Frozen confections other than soft ice cream to be kept below -2 Celsius. L.N. 126/70. Frozen confections not to be stored with other articles. Maintenance of refrigerators. Cleanliness of utensils. Storage of ice cream cones and wafers. Frozen confections not to be sold except in the manufacturer's containers. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Hawkers of frozen confections to wear uniforms and display numbers. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Frozen confections not to be manufactured except under licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Application for licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Conditions of grant of licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 123, sub. leg.) 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 89/79. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Restriction on alterations or additions to licensed premises. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Requirements as to heat-treatment apparatus. L.N. 115/67. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Handing of frozen confections. Control of contents of frozen confections. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) General cleanliness of premises and equipment. Sterilization of vessels and utensils. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Restriction on smoking. Frozen confection factories not to be used for dwelling purpose. Prevention of contamination of frozen confections by contact with certain clothing. Spitting. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Prevention of vermin. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Yards, alleys, etc. not to be used for manufacturing frozen confections. Cleansing of water tanks. General precautions against contamination of frozen confection. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Soft ice cream containers to be marked with date and time of manufacture of ice cream therein. Restriction on employment of persons likely to spread disease. Immunization of staff against certain diseases. L.N. 165/82. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 165/82. L.N. 182/78. General personal cleanliness. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Prevention of supply of frozen confections to the danger of public health. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Keeping of report books. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Fees. Second Schedule. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 210/83. Offences and penalties. L.N. 182/78. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 182/78. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 126/70. L.N. 126/70. L.N. 115/67. L.N. 210/83.

L.N. 65/63. L.N. 115/67. L.N. 126/70. L.N. 153/76. L.N. 182/78. L.N. 89/79. L.N. 131/82. L.N. 165/82. L.N. 210/83. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 253/86. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) First Schedule. Licences to sell frozen confections. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Bacteriological standard of frozen confections for sale. L.N. 253/86. Restriction on sale, etc. of imported frozen confections. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Frozen confections to be heat-treated before sale. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Precautions against contamination of frozen confections. Frozen confections other than soft ice cream to be kept below -2 Celsius. L.N. 126/70. Frozen confections not to be stored with other articles. Maintenance of refrigerators. Cleanliness of utensils. Storage of ice cream cones and wafers. Frozen confections not to be sold except in the manufacturer's containers. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Hawkers of frozen confections to wear uniforms and display numbers. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Frozen confections not to be manufactured except under licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Application for licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Conditions of grant of licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 123, sub. leg.) 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 89/79. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Restriction on alterations or additions to licensed premises. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Requirements as to heat-treatment apparatus. L.N. 115/67. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Handing of frozen confections. Control of contents of frozen confections. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) General cleanliness of premises and equipment. Sterilization of vessels and utensils. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Restriction on smoking. Frozen confection factories not to be used for dwelling purpose. Prevention of contamination of frozen confections by contact with certain clothing. Spitting. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Prevention of vermin. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Yards, alleys, etc. not to be used for manufacturing frozen confections. Cleansing of water tanks. General precautions against contamination of frozen confection. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Soft ice cream containers to be marked with date and time of manufacture of ice cream therein. Restriction on employment of persons likely to spread disease. Immunization of staff against certain diseases. L.N. 165/82. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 165/82. L.N. 182/78. General personal cleanliness. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Prevention of supply of frozen confections to the danger of public health. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Keeping of report books. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Fees. Second Schedule. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 210/83. Offences and penalties. L.N. 182/78. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 182/78. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 126/70. L.N. 126/70. L.N. 115/67. L.N. 210/83.

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