Dairy Regulations (Cap. 49)

Public Health CAP. 49 59 This e-version of the text is not authoritative for use in court. LAWS OF ST. HELENA DAIRY REGULATIONS ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATIONS 1. Short title 2. Registration 3. Medical examination of employees 4. Cleanliness of milking premises 5. Cleanliness of milking cows, milkers and utensils 6. Cleanliness of milk receptacles 7. Delivery of milk 8. Penalty DAIRY REGULATIONS – SECTION 19 (Legal Notices 10 of 1941, 23 of 1966 and 4 of 1967 and Ordinance 7 of 2010) Short title 1. These regulations may be cited as the Dairy Regulations. Registration 2. 84 (1) No person shall keep cows for the production of milk for sale unless he shall first have registered at the office of the Board his name, residence, number of cows kept, the locality where they are kept and such other particulars as may be required by the Board from time to time. (2) The Secretary of the Board shall enter the particulars of such registration in a book to be kept at the office of the Board and to be called the ―Dairy Register‖. (3) 85 Upon the registration of any dairy there shall be paid by the applicant a fee of 25 pence. Medical examination of employees 3. 86 Every person regularly engaged in the milking of cows for the production of milk for sale shall in the month of December in every year submit himself to a medical examination by a Medical Officer and shall procure a certificate from such Medical Officer (and pay the fee of 12 pence) stating that upon such examination such person was found to be free from infectious disease and every certificate shall be retained until the thirty-first day of December in the following year by such person and shall be produced by him whenever required so to do for the information of the Board or of any Public Health Inspector. 84 Regulation 2 amended by Ord. 7 of 2010 85 Regulation 2(3) inserted by L.N. 23/1966 86 Regulation 3 amended by Ord. 7 of 2010 60 CAP. 49 Public Health This e-version of the text is not authoritative for use in court. LAWS OF ST. HELENA Cleanliness of milking premises 4. Any building or shed in which cows are milked for the production of milk for sale shall be thoroughly swept out at least once each day and kept free from all manure, dirt or any other matter liable to expose the milk to infection or contamination. Cleanliness of milking cows, milkers and utensils 5. No person shall milk any cow or cause or suffer any cow kept by him or under his care or control to be milked for the purpose of obtaining milk for sale— (a) unless at the time of milking the udder and teats of such cow are thoroughly clean; and (b) unless the person milking such cow is personally clean and his hands have been thoroughly cleansed with soap and water before milking such cow; and (c) unless the person milking such cow at the time of such milking wears a clean outer garment; and (d) unless the utensils in which the milk thus obtained is placed at the time of such milking are thoroughly cleansed and scalded. Cleanliness of milk receptacles 6. No person shall keep milk for sale or cause or suffer any such milk to be placed in any vessel, receptacle or utensil which is not thoroughly cleansed and protected from con tamination by flies, dust or otherwise. Delivery of milk 7. 87 No milk shall be delivered for sale in a receptacle unless such receptacle has been thoroughly cleansed by the vendor before being used for such purpose and unless such receptacle is effectively protected, to the satisfaction of the Board, from contamination by flies, dust or otherwise. Penalty 8. Any person who violates any of the provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5, and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a daily fine not exceeding 25 pence a day so long as the offence occurs. 87 Regulation 7 amended by Ord. 7 of 2010