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The Regulations revoke or supersede corresponding requirements
contained in the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960,
which will henceforward continue to apply to food businesses in
fixed premises and ships. Their operative date, together with the
(Amendment) Regulations is 1st January, 1967.
The main requirements of the principal Regulations relate
to:—
(i) the cleanliness of stalls and delivery vehicles used in any
food business and the equipment used therein;
(ii) the hygienic handling of food;
(iii) the cleanliness of persons engaged in the handling of food
and of their clothing, and the action to be taken where they
suffer from or are the carriers of certain infections liable to
cause food poisoning;
(iv) the temperatures at which certain foods particularly liable
to transmit disease are to be kept at markets and stalls;
(v) the provision of water supply and washing facilities;
(vi) the proper disposal of waste material;
(vii) the granting by local authorities of certificates of exempion
from certain of the requirements with a right of appeal
to a magistrates' court against the refusal or withdrawal
of a certificate.
The main changes from the requirements of the 1960 Regulations
as hitherto applicable to markets, stalls and delivery vehicles
are:—
(a) before food is offered for sale it must be separated from any
food which is unfit for human consumption;
(b) any person handling any open food (i.e. food not adequately
protected by wrappings etc.) must wear clean and washable
overclothing, except in specified cases;
(c) delivery vehicles as well as stalls must bear the owner's name
and address, and both must identify the place where they are
kept or garaged;
(d) requirements as to the provision of water supply and washing
facilities are extended to all businesses;
(e) the requirements that certain stalls shall be effectively
co vered and screened is extended to all stalls selling open food
other than raw vegetables, unless the stall is designed,
constructed and operated so as to protect the food until it is
sold;
(f) the requirements as to disposal of waste are extended.
The (Amendment) Regulations chiefly affect Regulations 15 to
18 of the principal Regulations, as far as they require washing and
other facilities to be provided on food vehicles. Regulation 24