View report page

32
ICE LOLLIES
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
There is no prescribed standard for water ices or ice lollies sold as
such, but as in former years ice lolly samples have been submitted to a
test similar to the one applied to ice cream.
Thirty-six lollies were examined and found to be satisfactory.
FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1955
FOOD HYGIENE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1960
These regulations which came into operation on the 1st October,
1960, amend and consolidate the Food Hygiene Regulations 1955 to 1957.
A number of amendments have been embodied in the general provisions
of the Regulations in the light of the experience gained since they first came
into operation. The most important of these amendments are described below:-
(a) The term "catering business" has been introduced into
regulations 25(2) (temperature at which certain foods are
to be kept) and 28(1) (supply of water to stalls), in order
to indicate more clearly the type of business to which
these requirements apply.
(b) The definition of "meat" has been extended to include
rabbits, game and poultry.
(c) The scope of the expression "handling of food" is
widened so that the obligation of food handlers will
in future extend to persons who wash up or clean
food equipment
(d) Herbal smoking mixture and snuff are now included with
tobacco, which a person engaged in the handling of food
shall refrain from using whilst he is handling open food
or is in any food room in which there is open food.
(e) Regulation 26 as amended makes it clear that food transport
and delivery vehicles have to be kept clean and in good
condition, and suitably and sufficiently lighted when being
cleaned. A proviso has been aded to permit the driving
compartment of a stall or vehicle to be used as a sleeping
place if it is effectively separated from the food compartment.