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(c) For securing the cleanliness of milk vessels used for
containing Milk for sale by such persons;
(d) For prescribing precautions to be taken for protecting
Milk against infection and contamination;
(ie) For authorising the County Council to make bylaws
for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them.
Section 69 of this Act provides :—
A person who knows himself to be suffering from a
dangerous infectious disease shall not milk any animal or pick
fruit, and shall not engage in any occupation connected with
food, or carry on any trade or business in such a manner as to
be likely to spread the infectious disease, and if he does so he
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Ten Pounds.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Orders.
The regulations under the above orders provide:—-
(25) Every Milk Store or Milk Shop, as well as all fixtures
and tables contained therein, used in connection with the keeping
or sale of Milk, shall at all times be kept in a cleanly condition.
(26) All utensils and vessels used for the reception, storage
or delivery of Milk shall be thoroughly cleansed with steam or
scalding water as frequently as may be necessary for keeping
such utensils and vessels perfectly sweet and clean, and only
clean water shall be used for that purpose.
(27) Every person, following the trade of dairyman or cowkeeper
shall, at all times, employ such means and adopt such
precautions as ma}' be necessary for keeping the utensils and
vessels used by him for containing Milk in a clean and wholesome
condition, so as to preserve the purity of such Milk.
Regulations prescribing Precautions to be taken by Purveyors of Milk and
Persons selling Milk by Retail, against Infection or Contamination:—
(28) Every purveyor of Milk, or persons selling Milk by
retail, shall immediately on any outbreak of infectious or contagious
disease, within the building or upon the premises in
which he keeps Milk, or amongst the persons employed in his
business, give notice of such outbreak to the Board at their
offices in Spring Gardens.
(29) Every purveyor of Milk, or person selling Milk by retail,
shall immediately on such outbreak coming to his knowledge,
remove all Milk for sale and all utensils for containing Milk for
sale from such building; and shall cease to keep Milk for sale or
to sell Milk in such building until the same has been disinfected