FROZEN CONFECTIONS (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

FROZEN CONFECTIONS (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

FROZEN CONFECTIONS

(URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BY-
LAWS

By-law Page
PART I

PRELIMINARY

1.Citation .............................. ... ... ... ... ... ... AC3

2.Application .................... ... ... ... . ... ... ... AC 3

3.Interpretation .............. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 3

4.Amendment of First Schedule ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 3

PART II

SALE OF FROZEN
CONFECTIONS

5.Licences to sell frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC4

6. Bacteriological standard of frozen confections for sale ... ... ... ... ... ... AC4
7. Restriction on sale, etc. of imported frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... ... AC4
8. Frozen confections to be heat-treated before sale ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 4
9. Precautions against contamination of frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... AC 4
10.Frozen confections other than soft ice cream to be kept below -21 Celsius
AC4
11.Frozen confections not to be stored with other articles ... ... ... ... ... ... AC5
12. Maintenance of refrigerators... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 5
13. Cleanliness of utensils ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 5
14. Storage of ice cream cones and wafers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 5
15. Frozen confections not to be sold except in the manufacturer's containers ... ... AC 5
16. Hawkers of frozen confections to wear uniforms and display numbers ... ... ... AC 5

PART III

MANUFACTURE OF FROZEN
CONFECTIONS

17. Frozen confections not to be manufactured except under licence ... ... ... ... AC 5
18. Application for licence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 6
19. Conditions of grant of licence ... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC6
20. Restriction on alterations or additions to licensed premises ... ... ... ... ... AC 8
21. Requirements as to heat-treatment apparatus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 8
22. Handling of frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 8
23. Control of contents of frozen confections ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 8
24. General cleanliness of premises and equipment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC9
25. Sterilization of vessels and utensils ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC9

26. Restriction on smoking..... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 9





By-law....................................... Page
27...................................Frozen confection factories not to be used for dwelling purposes ... ... ... AC 9
28. Prevention of contamination of frozen confections by contact with certain clothing AC 9
29. Spitting ............................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 10
30. Prevention of vermin ...................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 10
31. Yards, alleys, etc. not to be used for manufacturing frozen confections ... ... AC 10
32. Cleansing of water tanks ..................... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 10
33. General precautions against contamination of frozen confections ... ... ... AC 11
34. Soft ice cream containers to be marked with date and time of manufacture
of ice cream therein ................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 11

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

35..................................Restriction on employment of persons likely to spread disease ... ... ... AC 11
36.........................Immunization of staff against certain diseases ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 12
37.....................General personal cleanliness .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 12
38. Prevention of supply of frozen confections to the danger ofpublic health ... ... AC 12
39................Keeping of report books ....... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 13

40.....Fees ..................................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 13
41..............Offences and penalties .......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... AC 13
42. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought ... ... ... ... ... AC 14

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





FROZEN CONFECTIONS (URBAN COUNCIL) BY-LAWS
(Cap. 132, section 56)

[ 11 November 1960.1

PART I

PRELIMINARY

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

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

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

'Council' means the Urban 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;

'food business' has the meaning assigned thereto in the Food
Business (Urban 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 of
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.

4. The Council may from time to time by notification
published in the Gazette amend the First Schedule.





PART 11

SALE OF FROZEN CONFECTIONS

5. . 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 31 of the
Food Business (Urban Council) By-laws.

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

7. (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 which 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 such
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.

8.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 which 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 -
21 Celsius.





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

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. (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 any frozen confection
which is sold for human consumption on premises in respect of
which a licence has been granted by the Council under the Food
Business (Urban Council) By-laws.

16. 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 allocated
to him by the Council.

PART III

MANUFACTURE OF FROZEN CONFECTIONS

17. Save under and in accordance with a licence granted by
the Council 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 any frozen con-
fection which is manufactured on premises in respect of which a
licence has been granted by the Council under the provisions of
the Food Business (Urban Council) By-laws for consumption on
those premises.





18. (1) Every application for any such licence shall be made in
writing, addressed to the Secretary of 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);

(e)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, cleansing,
refrigeration or cooling equipment, sterilization machinery 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 paragraph (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, which is
approved by the Council shall be endorsed to that effect by the
Secretary of the Council, and 1 copy shall be returned to the applicant
and the remaining 2 copies shall be retained by the Council.

19. (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 such licence was made that

(a)the plan referred to in by-law 18 has been approved by the
Council and that the premises conform thereto;





(b)the means of ventilation which is provided, whether
natural or mechanical or partly natural and partly me-
chanical, 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;

(e)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 which 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 may consider 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
between 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;

(f)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
manufactured, and every inlet into any such system which
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 the
provisions of paragraph (1) if the plan referred to in by-law 18 has
been approved by the Council.

20. 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 which would result in a material
deviation from the plan thereof approved under by-law 18;
or

(b)any material alteration in respect of any of the matters
specified in by-law 18(1) as matters in respect of which
particulars must be included in the plan delivered pursuant
to that paragraph.

21. (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 mixture 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.

22. No person engaged in the manufacture of any frozen
confection 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.

23. 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;

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





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

24. Every such licensee shall, at all times, cause all parts of
the premises to which the licence relates, and all fittings and equip-
ment 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 which 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.

25. (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 which
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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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
manufacture of frozen confections is carried on.





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

(a)no person shall spit in any part of such 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 such 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 with the permission in writing of 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.

30. (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, which is likely to harbour vermin or to constitute
a means of access for vermin, to be eliminated or sealed 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.

31. No person shall use, or suffer to be used, any yard, alley,
open space or roof top for manufacturing or storing frozen con-
fections.

32. (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.

33. 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.

34. 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

35. (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 confec-
tions, 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 examina-
tion, 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 the provi-
sions of paragraph (1), whom he knows or has reason to believe
to be suffering from any of the complaints specified in that para-
graph, 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.

36. (1) No person shall be employed or work in any food
business involving the manufacture or handling of frozen confec-
tions 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 pub-
lished 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 ac-
cordance with paragraph (1) or a notification under paragraph (2).

37. 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.

38. (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 direc-
tion given under paragraph (1) may, within 14 days after the giving





of the same, appeal by way of petition to the Governor in Council, 1,
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 ay 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.

39. (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.

40. (1) Every licence granted under the provisions of Part III 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 any such licence is granted on or after 1 April
in any year, the fee payable in respect of the grant of that licence shall
be one-half of the fee so prescribed.

(3) Where the Council is satisfied that any such licence has been
lost or destroyed, the Council may, upon payment of a fee of $60, issue
a duplicate thereof.


41. (1) A person commits an offence who-

(a)contravenes any of the provisions of by-law 5, 6, 7(1), 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15(1), 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
30, 31, 32(1), 33, 34, 35(1), (4) or (5), 36(1) or (3), 37, or 39(2) or
(3);

(b)fails to comply with any of the requirements of a notice served
upon him under by-law 32(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 35(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 36(2);

(e)fails to comply with any direction given under by-law 38(1),
unless the same has been varied or cancelled by the Governor
in Council under paragraph (2) of that by-law; or

(f)where any direction given under by-law 38(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 5 or 17 a fine of
$10000 , imprisonment for 6 months and for each
day as aforesaid; and

(b)in the case of any other ofrence mentioned in paragraph (1)
a fine of $2,000, imprisonment for 3 months and ' for
each day as aforesaid. g

42. 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 any of the provisions
of these by-laws may be brought in the name of the Council.

FIRST SCHEDULE [by-laws 3 & 4.]

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 7' 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
71' Celsius for not less than 10 minutes; or





(e)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 7' 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 time.

SECOND SCHEDULE [by-law 40(2).]

FEES

Size of premises by reference to floor area

Exceeding Not exceeding Fee
m 2 M2 S

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

800 900 .............................................. : -**
8,670

900 1 000............................................................................................. 9,690

1000 2000................................................ .. ........... 15,300
........................25.500
2000 3000................................................................ ....

3000 4000............................................................................ 35,700
4000

5000.............................................. ................. ............
45,900

5000................................................................................................................ \
51,000
G.N.A. 105/60. 5 of 1961. L.N. 103/65. L.N. 132/70. L.N. 277/75. L.N. 164/78. L.N. 89/79. L.N. 72/80. L.N. 90/81. L.N. 229/82. L.N. 102/83. 10 of 1986. L.N. 252/86. G.N.A. 132/60. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) First Schedule. Amendment of 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. 252/86. Restriction on sale, etc. of imported frozen confection. 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. 132/70. 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. Frozen confections not to be manufactured except under licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Application for licence. Conditions of grant of licence. (Cap. 123, sub. leg.) L.N. 89/79. Restriction on alterations or additions to licensed premises. Requirements as to heat-treatment apparatus. L.N. 103/65. Handling of frozen confections. Control of contents of frozen confections. (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) General cleanliness of premises and equipment. Sterilization of vessels and utensils. 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. Prevention vermin. Yards, alleys, etc. not to be used for manufacturing frozen confections. Cleansing of water tanks. General precautions against contamination of frozen confections. 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. 229/82. L.N. 229/82. L.N. 164/78. General personal cleanliness. Prevention of supply of frozen confections to the danger of public health. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Keeping of report books. Fees. Second Schedule. 5 of 1961, s. 3. L.N. 102/83. Offences and penalties. L.N. 164/78. L.N. 164/78. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. L.N. 132/70. L.N. 132/70. L.N. 103/65. L.N. 102/83.

G.N.A. 105/60. 5 of 1961. L.N. 103/65. L.N. 132/70. L.N. 277/75. L.N. 164/78. L.N. 89/79. L.N. 72/80. L.N. 90/81. L.N. 229/82. L.N. 102/83. 10 of 1986. L.N. 252/86. G.N.A. 132/60. Citation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Application. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Interpretation. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) First Schedule. Amendment of 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. 252/86. Restriction on sale, etc. of imported frozen confection. 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. 132/70. 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. Frozen confections not to be manufactured except under licence. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) Application for licence. Conditions of grant of licence. (Cap. 123, sub. leg.) L.N. 89/79. Restriction on alterations or additions to licensed premises. Requirements as to heat-treatment apparatus. L.N. 103/65. Handling of frozen confections. Control of contents of frozen confections. (Cap. 132, sub. leg.) General cleanliness of premises and equipment. Sterilization of vessels and utensils. 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. Prevention vermin. Yards, alleys, etc. not to be used for manufacturing frozen confections. Cleansing of water tanks. General precautions against contamination of frozen confections. 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. 229/82. L.N. 229/82. L.N. 164/78. General personal cleanliness. Prevention of supply of frozen confections to the danger of public health. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). Keeping of report books. Fees. Second Schedule. 5 of 1961, s. 3. L.N. 102/83. Offences and penalties. L.N. 164/78. L.N. 164/78. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. L.N. 132/70. L.N. 132/70. L.N. 103/65. L.N. 102/83.

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