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PART I.
CONDITIONS OF CLEANLINESS AND ORDER.
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Conditions of cleanliness and order.
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3.—(1) On and after the commencement of this Part of this Act all premises in which dairy produce is manufactured for sale (whether such premises are or are not registered under this Act) shall comply with the following conditions, that is to say:—
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(a) the premises shall be structurally suited for the manufacture of such descriptions of dairy produce as are in fact manufactured therein, and
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(b) the premises, and the plant and machinery and the appliances and the utensils therein shall be in a state of cleanliness and good repair, and
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(c) the milk or cream and all other ingredients and materials used in the process of manufacturing dairy produce on the premises shall be clean, and
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(d) the premises shall be situated in such a position and used in such a manner as to prevent the exposure of the dairy produce manufactured therein or any ingredients or materials used in the process of such manufacture to any effluvium from any drain, cesspool, manure heap, cow-house, pigstye or to other source of contamination, and
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(e) there shall be available on or reasonably near the premises such adequate supply of good and wholesome water as may from time to time be reasonably necessary.
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(2) All premises in which dairy produce is manufactured for sale and which are registered in any of the registers kept in pursuance of this Act shall be equipped with appropriate appliances and utensils and with such plant and machinery as are required in respect of those premises by or under Part III. of this Act.
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(3) Save as is hereinafter excepted, all premises in which dairy produce is manufactured for sale and which are not registered in any of the registers kept in pursuance of this Act shall be provided with such plant and machinery and such appliances and utensils as are requisite for the manufacture of dairy produce of the description manufactured therein.
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(4) Sub-section (3) of this section shall not apply to premises which comply with all the following conditions, that is to say:—
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(a) the premises are not registered in any of the registers kept in pursuance of this Act, and
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(b) the premises are situate on a farm, and
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(c) all dairy produce manufactured on the premises for sale is so manufactured only from the milk of cows belonging to the occupier of such farm.
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(5) In this Act the expression “conditions of cleanliness and order” means the requirements of this section in regard to the premises in relation to which that expression is used.
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