No
person shall sell any milk or milk beverage for
human consumption save under and in accordance with
the permission in writing of the Director granted
under section 30 of the Food Business Regulation
(Cap. 132 sub. leg.).
No
person shall sell or advertise for sale, any milk
or milk beverage imported into Hong Kong from a
source of manufacture other than a source of manufacture
which has been approved by the Director.
5A(2)
For
the purpose of this section, the Director shall
not approve any source of manufacture of milk or
milk beverage unless he is satisfied that heat-treatment
is included in the process of manufacture of such
milk or milk beverage.
No
person shall sell any milk or milk beverage for
human consumption if-
(a)
except
in the case of imported frozen pasteurized
whole milk, it has been heat-treated more
than once; or
(b)
it
contains at any time before heat-treatment,
more than 200000 bacteria per millilitre or
any coliform organisms in 1/1000th (0.001)
of a millilitre; or
(c)
it
contains at any time after heat-treatment
by any of the methods of pasteurization described
in Schedule 1 more than 30000 bacteria per
millilitre or any coliform organisms in 1/10th
(0.1) of a millilitre; or
(d)
it
contains at any time after heat-treatment
by any of the methods of sterilization described
in Schedule 1 a colony count of 10 or more.
6(2)
For
the purposes of this section, milk or a milk beverage
shall be deemed to be possessed for the purpose
of sale notwithstanding that it is intended that
such milk or such milk beverage shall be subjected
to heat-treatment before sale.
by
the "Holder Method", namely, by retaining
milk or a milk beverage for not less than
30 minutes at a temperature of not less than
63 nor more than 66 ℃
and then immediately cooling it to a temperature
of not more than 10 ℃;
or
(b)
by
the "High Temperature Short Time Method",
namely, by retaining milk or a milk beverage
for a period of not less than 15 seconds at
a temperature of not less than 72 ℃
and then immediately cooling it to a temperature
of not more than 10 ℃.
2.
Sterilization-
(a)
namely,
by homogenizing the milk or the milk beverage
by means of any process whereby the globules
of butter fat in the milk or the milk beverage
are broken up so as to remain suspended uniformly
throughout the milk or the milk beverage which
is then heated to and retained at a temperature
of not less than 100 ℃
for a period of not less than 25 minutes in
the same containers as such milk or such milk
beverage is subsequently to be disposed of
for human consumption; or
(b)
the
"Ultra High Temperature Method", namely by
heating the milk or the milk beverage to a
temperature of not less than 132 ℃
and retaining it at not less than that temperature
for at least 1 second, and thereafter putting
immediately into the sterilized containers
in which it is to be supplied to the consumer,
which shall be filled and sealed at the premises
at which the treatment has been carried out
with such aseptic precautions as will ensure
the protection of the milk or the milk beverage
from risk of contamination.
No
person shall keep any milk or any milk beverage,
except sterilized milk or a sterilized milk beverage
in sealed containers, for the purpose of sale in
any place the temperature of which exceeds 10 degrees
Celsius.
Save
under and in accordance with a milk factory licence
granted by the Director and in such premises as
shall be specified in such licence, no person shall
carry on a business as a milk factory.
Last
review date: 08-10-2007