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PART 1 FOOD GENERAL
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PART 1
FOOD GENERAL

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    (1)     It shall be an offence for any person to sell any food which was manufactured, prepared, preserved, packaged or stored for sale under insanitary conditions.

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    (2)     The burdens of proving that any article of food was not intended for human consumption shall rest upon the person charged with the offence.

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    (3)     A person shall not label, package, treat, process, sell or advertise any food in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character, value, quantity, composition, merit or safety.

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    (4)     A person shall not store, transport, or keep in the same a compartment, room or place where food is stored, transported or kept, any live animal, live poultry, or hides, or any articles or materials of any kind which in the opinion of the inspector is liable to contaminate such food or render it unfit for human consumption.

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    (5)     No food shall be stored, sold, offered for sale in the open air, or hawked about in any street or elsewhere unless such food is adequately protected from flies, dust or animals by being placed in a dust proof box, cabinet, utensils or any conveyance which shall be kept closed except when temporarily opened for the purpose of withdrawing the contents or part thereof or of stocking it with new material.

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    (6)     Where food is stored or sold or offered for sale outside of any store, shop or public building or in open doorways or windows thereof, or in any street or public place it shall be kept elevated at least 2 feet above the ground or floor and shall be kept properly covered or otherwise protected from animals, dust, dirt, insects, vermin and rodents.

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    (7)     Refreshments shall not be sold from tents, stalls or other erections unless there is provided covered receptacles or drums for holding refuse; (garbage or waste material, and where no system of garbage collection is operated) the person in charge of the tent, stall or other erection shall remove and destroy the refuse, garbage and waste to the satisfaction of the inspector.

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    (8)

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      (a)     Where liquid refreshment in bulk including water kept for sale or served to the public it shall be drawn from a covered container by means of a tap, and the container shall be kept clean and sanitary at all times.

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      (b)     The liquid refreshment referred to in paragraph (a) of regulation 8 shall be served in individual cups. If paper cups are used they shall not be used for more than one person. It shall not be an offence to use a water cooler of a type approved by the medical officer of health or public health inspector.

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      (c)     A person shall not employ a coin operated or other mechanical dispensing device for the sale of unpacked food or for the sale of beverages other than in closed bottled or containers unless the requirements of paragraph (a) of regulation 8 have been complied with and in addition, the device if free from lead, cadium or any other substance which may be so affected by the food or beverages as to form dangerous or deleterious compounds or as to render food or beverage which comes into contact with substance unwholesome or detrimental to health.

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      (d)     Where a dispensing device is connected to a water supply system it shall be so designed and constructed to prevent contamination of the water supply system.

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      (e)     Devices which dispense carbonate beverages shall not have any copper or copper lined component in contact with the beverage.

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      (f)     A person shall not sell or distribute, rent or lease coin operated or other mechanical dispensing devices intended to be used in the dispensing of packaged or unpacked food or beverage unless such devices meet the design and construction requirements of these Regulations.

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    (9)

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      (a)     Every article of food being transported shall be protected from dust, dirt, flies or other contamination by a clean covering or enclosure.

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      (b)     The inspector shall direct that any perishable food in the course of being transported shall be kept at a temperature not higher than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (7˚ C).

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      (c)     All frozen foods in the course of being transported in bulk shall be kept at a temperature not higher than 5 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 15˚ C).

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      (d)     All vans, carts, barrows or other vehicles used for transporting food shall be kept in a clean state and in good repair to the satisfaction of the inspector.

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    (10)     No food container, other than glass bottles for drink, shall be used more than once for such purpose. Glass bottles before re-use shall be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized in a manner satisfactory to the inspector.

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    (11)     A person shall not sell an article of food that—

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      (a)     has in or upon it any poisonous or harmful substance;

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      (b)     is unfit for human consumption;

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      (c)     consists in whole or in part of any filth, putrid, rotten, decomposed, diseased animal or vegetable substance or any animal found dead;

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      (d)     is adulterated;

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      (e)     is from any sick or unwholesome meat, fish, bird or fowl.

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    (12)     A person shall be deemed for the purpose of these Regulations to engage in the handling of food if for the purpose of a food business he or she 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, serving or delivery of food.

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    (13)     For the purpose of these Regulations the supply of food otherwise than by sale, at, in or from any place where food supplied in the course of business, shall be deemed to be a sale of that food and references to purchasing and purchasers shall be construed accordingly.

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