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" (2) The provisions of Sections 182 to 185 of the Public
Health Act, 1875, so far as they relate to Bye-Laws made by
an Urban Sanitary Authority shall apply to all Bye-Laws made
under this Section with the substitution of the Secretary of
State for the Minister of Health as the confirming authority.
Provided that before confirming any Bye-Law relating to the
storage and sanitary supervision of articles of food the
Secretary of State shall consult the Minister of Health."
Section 60 deals with the penalties for not complying with
the Bye-Laws, etc., etc.
The Bye-Laws drawn up are as appended: —
16. A licensed street trader selling or exposing or
offering for sale articles of food from any stall for
human consumption: —
(a) Shall cause such stall to be suitably covered over and
to be screened in such a manner as to prevent mud,
filth, or other contaminating substance being splashed
or blown from the ground upon any food on the stall.
(b) Shall cause the stall and every counter, slab, vessel or
other article on or in which food is placed for sale,
and all knives and other implements used in connection
with the food to be thoroughly cleansed after use and
to be kept at all times in a cleanly condition.
(c) Shall take all steps as may be reasonably necessary to
guard against the contamination of the food by flies.
(d) Shall not place or cause to be placed any such article
of food on, or within 18 inches of, the ground, floor,
or street level, unless it is placed in a closed cupboard
or other adequately protected space not less than nine
inches from the ground, floor or street level.
(e) Shall not sell or expose or offer for sale for human
consumption any article of food which is contaminated
by mud, filth or other contaminating substance.
(/) Shall cause all refuse, scraps, waste material or rubbish
arising from the nature of the business carried on, to
be placed in properly covered receptacles kept exclusively
for that purpose, and shall cause all such
receptacles to be kept in a reasonably clean state,
regard being had to the purpose for which they are
provided.