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PART 6 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AERATED WATER FACTORIES
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PART 6
REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AERATED WATER FACTORIES

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    (1)     No premises shall be used as an aerated water factory unless the same have been duly licenced annually by the Public Health Board and for this purpose, and any person who intends to use any premises as a factory shall apply in writing to the Public Health Board.

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    (2)     Before issuing such a licence the Public Health Board shall require a plan and other particulars of building and the equipment be used therein. The Board, being satisfied that the premises are fit to be used and are in compliance with the provisions of these Regulations, shall issue a licence to the applicant.

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    (3)     The licence shall be exhibited by the applicant in a conspicuous place on the premises during the term for which it shall have been granted.

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    (4)     Where any person carries on an aerated water factory without obtaining a licence commits an offence.

28.   Every factory shall have its supply of water taken directly from a service main and such water must first be filtered before being used in the manufacture of any aerated drinks or for cleaning any bottle intended for holding the water or any filters, tanks or other vessels used in the process of manufacture.

29.   The water used in any factory where a service main cannot be installed for any of the purposes mentioned in the preceding regulation shall be taken from protected spring or other place approved by the Public Health Board.

30.   No bottles shall be used to contain aerated drinks which have not been properly cleansed and sterilized either by boiling for not less than 20 minutes in boiling water or immerse in a solution of chlorine of a strength of 100 parts per million. Brushes and any other appliances used for cleaning bottles shall be sterilized immediately before use by boiling them for not less than 20 minutes in boiling water.

31.   No sugar or other articles shall be used in the manufacture of any aerated drinks unless the sugar or other articles be cleaned and free from deleterious matter.

32.   All filters used in a factory must be approved by the Public Health Board. Where a manager/proprietor uses a filter after he or she has been waived intimation in writing that the inspector disapproves of, commits an offence.

33.   Where any manager/proprietor of a factory knowingly employ therein, any person suffering from a contagious or infectious disease or from any ulcer, or abrasions of the skin he or she commits an offence.

34.   Any person employed at or in any factory shall (a) be attired in clean uniform; (b) use only clean hands and forearms while engaged in cleaning any bottles or other vessels or in mixing any preparation to be aerated or in bottling or selling any manufactured drinks; (c) not expectorate in or about the said factory; (d) be provided with a certificate by a registered medical officer, that he or she is in a fit state of health to be employed in an aerated water factory.

35.   The inspector shall once a month visit every factory in his or her district and he or she shall report to the Public Health Board the conditions of the factory and of the equipment thereof.

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