The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times. THURSDAY, JULY 31st, 1924. HEALTH ACT REGULATIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1924, Page 2

The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times. THURSDAY, JULY 31st, 1924. HEALTH ACT REGULATIONS.

Important regulations under tho Health Act, HI'JO, to ]>rovent tho contamination of food during its inaiiutaeturo and sale have recently Itocvu gazetted. Those, hy Order-in-CVmmi], sliall como into force on September ]st. The regulations provide that any sanitary inspector may at- all reasonable times enter on any land or premises and inspect and examine any food lor sale tor. human consumption. Every person who is engaged in the manufacture, preparation, storage, packing, carriage, or delivery of food for sale shall, when so engaged, maintain his clothing and Ills body in a 9tate of cleanliness, and no person who is suffering from any communicable disease, or who is a ’‘earner" ot infectious disease, or who is suffering from any condition causing a discharge of pits or serum from any part of the 'body shall engage in the manufacture sale, or delivery of any article of food. Every place used for, or in connection with tho sale or manufacture of food shall have properly constructed walls, floors and roofs, which shall ho kept clean and in good repair, and shall ho lighted and ventilated in accordant* with the by-laws, or the satisfaction of the inspector of health. The building shall at all times lie kept dean, free from foul odours, and. so far a.s practicable free from rats, mite, insects and other vermin, and no place shall be so used which is at any time used as a sleeping-apartment, or in which any animal is kept, or which is or has beeg

used l’or any purpose which would Is? likely to contaminate such fooil or to affect injuriously its wholesiimeness or cleanliness. In every bar, restaurant, dining-room, tea-room. rolreshmeut stall it booth, and in every place where loud or drink is sold, all drinking vessels and other table appliances shall lie. thoroughly washed alter use, and shall he kept clean; and no such vessel or appliance shall lie deemed to he thoroughly washed unless all traces of food or foreign matter have been removed from it- anil it lues then been rinsed in clean hot water, or washed in some other approved manner. In this clause •‘hot water” means water of such temperature that all grease and fat is at omv liquefied anil removed fvimi the surface of articles whiih are plunged therein. The Act provides that bakehouses shall lie built so that tho level of the basement Hour on at least one side shall he at or above ground level. ’I he buildings ami utensils used for baking shall he kept clean and every person while engaged in baking shall wear clean overdot-liing. No person shall smoke or elievv tobacco while engaged in baking or preparing tend for baking, and no person shall smoke or sl it in any bakehouse, and

every person owning nr managing, a bakehouse or food store in eonnoetioii with a bakehouse shall take measures to keep such bakehouse or food-store free I ruin rats and mice to the satislaction of an officer appointed by the lin-ul authority. Empty boxes, tins, sacks, clothes, hoots and the like articles not required for immediate use shall not he kept in any room i:

vvliieh food is prepared or baked or stored, and sweepings, ashes, and rub hish shall he removed daily from eveiv hakehni'se or storerniim. Every yard and passage-way on premises used as a •bakehouse shall lie kept clean, and tree from accumulation ot boxes, tins, rubbish, ami any mateiial which may offer harbourage for rats, or which is. or may become, offensive. No person shall use or suffer to he used any room or palce for the honing, cluing, itinning. sailing, mincing, or other niniihir process of preparation of meat or fat for sale for human food otherwise than with the permission in writing of the local ailthm ity, subject to such conditions as to license a* the local authority limy by by-law pretienrhe. The flour of every room or place Used fur these purposes snail he constructed <>f tiles, cement, mineral asphalt, or some other material impervious to water, having a smooth surface and graded and drained so that all liquids spilt on it may flow off it without impediment. ft- any such floor is constructed of tiles the joints lie tween the tiles shall he of a material which is impervious to water. Such Moors shall ot all times lie kept, in good repair, smooth, and free from cracks and inequalities. Tho internal walls mint also lie constructed of impervious material, while suitable drniiun*! must lie provided for the removal ol waste water. I licenses must also he obtained before a person may sell meat, fish, poultry, milk, ine-creams, or manufacture cordials or iterated waters, and in all eases the buildings must he kept free from any source of contamination or taint. In milk-shops the floors and walls must he made of impervious material and ventilated openings must be provided in at least two walls. These must he covered with wire gauze (or other suitable material) so as to exclude flics. Milk may not he sold in any place in which is stored, kept, or sold, any kerosene, vegetables, fish, meat, (except vegetables, fish, ami meat in hermeticnllysealeJ f ackages), or any other substance by which milk "is or i.s liable to he contaminated; or in any room which i.s used as a living-room or kitchen, or as a sleeping loom, or which opens directly off any sleeping room, or which has in it any opening into any drain nr sewer. No person shall manufacture, .store, or deposit any ice-cream or ices for sale, nor suffer them to he manufactured, stored, or deposited, in any open shed or unonolosod space; and no person engaged in the manufacture' or sale of icecream or ices shall suffer his hands or any part of his person to come in contact with any ice-cream or ices. Also it shall not he lawful to sell any icecream or ictvs which, after having been once frozen, have run down or melted, and which have been again frozen.