1. These Regulations may be cited as the
Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Regulations,
1973.
2. In these Regulations unless the context
otherwise requires –
(a) the expressions –
“authorized” means authorized
by the Chief Food Storage Officer;
“Chief Food Storage Officer” means the person
for the time being in charge of the operations of the
Division;
“disinfestation” means the prevention, mitigation
or eradication of infestation;
“Division” means the Storage and Infestation
Division of the Ministry responsible for the time being
for the administration of the Act;
“operator” means a person licensed as such
in accordance with regulation 14;
“rodent-proofing” in relation to any premises,
space or thing means the rendering or maintaining of those
premises or that space or thing impervious to rodents;
“substance” means anything used or to be used
for the purposes of disinfestation;
(b) a reference by number to a form is a reference to
the form so numbered in the Fifth Schedule; and
(c) a reference to place includes a reference to vehicle.
PART II - Storage
3. – (1) Stacks of food in containers which are
not waterproof shall rest upon dunnage which consists
either of members not less than four inches in height
so arranged that no part of any container in the bottom
layer of the stack touches the floor or ground, or of
material known to be waterproof which has been approved
by the Chief Food Storage Officer as being suitable for
this purpose.
(2) Stacks of food in containers shall
be clear of –
(a) all walls by at least two feet;
(b) all vertical columns and all buttresses by at least
one foot;
(c) all ceilings by at least four feet; and
(d) all horizontal girders by at least two feet.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by these
Regulations an inspector may require that any food not
contained in a container shall be so heaped upon satisfactory
dunnage that it is –
(a) not in contact with any wall, buttress, column or
roof support;
(b) not in direct contact with the floor or ground.
(4) This regulation shall not apply with
respect to bins, silos or any other structure designed
and used for bulk storage nor with respect to vehicles
designed or adapted for the carrying of articles in bulk.
(5) In this regulation the expression –
“clear of” when used in any provision in relation
to a surface of a stack means that general line or level
of such surface is to be distant from the specified object
by the distance specified in that provision, and that
no individual container is to approach such object to
a point distant from that object less than three-fourths
of such specified distance;
“dunnage” means any material or thing laid
on the floor or ground as a base for a stack or heap of
food in order to protect that food from the transmission
of moisture through the floor or ground or from any dirt
or other contamination;
“satisfactory” in relation to any dunnage
means that the Chief Food Storage Officer is satisfied
that that dunnage fulfils or is capable of fulfilling
the particular purpose for which it is used or required.
PART III – Buildings
4. – (1) Any building used for the manufacture or
storage of food, or in which food is kept for sale, shall
be of sound construction and shall be maintained in sound
condition. The fabric of walls (other than partition walls)
and the roof shall be weather-proof, and floors shall
be impermeable;
and all interior wall surfaces and floors shall be so
finished as to provide a reasonably smooth surface, shall
be maintained in good condition, and shall be free from
open cracks, crevices, holes or any other conditions of
disrepair, whether similar to the foregoing or not, such
as might induce
rodents, insects or mites to harbour therein.
(2) In any building in which food is kept
for sale, stored, or manufactured, all interior surfaces
shall be completely cleaned once in every year or at such
more frequent intervals as may be necessary and shall
be maintained in a clean condition, and may be required
to be whitewashed or repainted so often as the Chief Food
Storage Officer thinks necessary.
(3) In any building in which any article
to which the Act applies is kept for sale or stored, all
open spaces between the junction of a wall and the roof
shall, where other adequate means of ventilation exist
or can be created, be permanently and completely blocked.
(4) In any such building as is specified in paragraph
(2) any openings for ventilation shall be covered on the
outside with quarter inch mesh wire and shall either –
(a) be fitted with adjustable valves or louvres; or
(b) be fitted on the inside with hinged shutters having
retaining bolts; or
(c) be provided with some other form of fitted draught-proof
covers capable of being firmly attached to the openings
from the inside.
5. The provisions of the First Schedule shall apply to
buildings in which any article to which the Act applies
is kept for sale, stored, or manufactured, and to buildings
intended to be used for any such purpose.
PART IV – Disinfestation –
General Provisions
6. All containers in which food has been packed, stored,
or kept, and which are not destroyed immediately after
use, shall forthwith be properly cleaned and if necessary
disinfested. Such destruction, cleaning and disinfestation
shall be carried out in such manner and within such time
as the Chief Food Storage Officer may determine.
7. Any person who but for this regulation
would be required by section 7 of the Act to give notice
of infestation to the Minister shall be exempt from the
requirements imposed by that section if but only if –
(a) where he proposes himself to carry out or cause to
be carried out any disinfestation involving the use of
any substance, he gives notice to the Chief Food Storage
Officer of the substances and methods to be used, and
the Chief Food Storage Officer is satisfied that the methods
and substances proposed to be used are adequate;
(b) where he proposes to employ an operator for the purposes
of remedying infestation in any premises, vehicle or article
to which the Act applies, he gives notice to the Chief
Food Storage Officer of the name and address of the operator
to be employed.
8. – (1) Where at any time any place in which food
is or is likely to be kept for sale, stored or manufactured,
or any vehicle in which food is carried, or any food,
is treated with any of the substances specified in Parts
I, II, III and IV of the Second Schedule, the owner or
person in
charge of the treated place, vehicle or food shall keep
a record of the treatment, and shall produce all such
records for inspection if so required by an inspector.
(2) Where any treatment –
(a) is carried out by the owner or person in charge of
the place, vehicle or food, he shall make and keep a record
including the following particulars –
(i) information identifying the treated place, vehicle
or food;
(ii) the name of the substance used;
(iii) the method and rate of application;
(iv) in the case of a fumigant, the dosage rate, the period
of duration of the fumigation, and the method of fumigation
(that is to say, whether under gas-proof sheets, or in
a gas-tight chamber or as a general fumigation of a building
or part of a building);
(v) the date of the treatment;
(b) is carried out by an operator who is not the owner
or person in charge as foresaid in accordance with his
licence, the record provided by that operator pursuant
to paragraph 14 of the third Schedule shall be sufficient.
PART V – Use of Toxic Substances
9. Subject to the provisions of regulations
10, 11 and 12 –
(a) substances other than those specified in Parts I and
II of the Second Schedule shall not be used for direct
application to food, or for application to permeable containers
holding food, or for any kind of treatment which could
result in the formation of a deposit of the substance
on the surface of any exposed food or any food in permeable
containers; and
(b) substances other than those specified in Parts I,
II, III, and IV of the said Second Schedule shall not
be used for any purpose or in any circumstances in premises
where food is or is likely to be kept for sale, stored
or manufactured.
10. No person other than operators or persons employed
to and working under the direct supervision of such operators
shall use any of the substances referred to in sub-paragraphs
(a), (b)
(c) and (d) for any such purpose or in any such manner
or place as is therein respectively specified; and any
such substance shall be used only in accordance with the
licence granted to the operator concerned and subject
to any relevant provisions of these Regulations –
(a) substances specified in Part V of the Second Schedule,
for the treatment of food or for application to the surfaces
of unlined or otherwise unprotected cloth sacks or bags
or other permeable bags or packages containing food;
(b) substances specified in Part VI of the Second Schedule,
for the treatment of food, or in any place where food
is kept for sale, stored or manufactured;
(c) substances specified in Part VII of the Second Schedule,
for the disinfestation of any premises in which food is
kept for sale, stored or manufactured;
(d) substances specified in Part VIII of the Second Schedule,
for use in any place wherein food is kept for sale, stored
or manufactured, for such purposes and in such manner
as to ensure that no food which is exposed or is contained
in a permeable container comes in contact with any such
substance itself, or with surfaces to which any such substance
has been applied, or with surfaces which for any other
reason are or could be
contaminated with any such substance.
11. Every operator –
(a) shall comply with the requirements specified in the
Third Schedule;
(b) shall provide all necessary equipment and facilities
for any of his employees engaged in disinfestation;
(c) shall require such employees to use equipment and
facilities provided and to comply with all other relevant
requirements specified in that Schedule; and
(d) shall bring that Schedule to the notice of such employees.
12. Any person whose business consists of the manufacture,
storage or keeping of food and who undertakes in the course
of that business to handle or apply substances as permitted
by the foregoing regulations of this Part shall comply
with the relevant requirements specified in the
Third Schedule; and any employee of such person who in
the course of his employment is required to handle or
apply substances shall be provided by his employer with
any protective equipment (including protective clothing)
and any facilities specified in the said Schedule
appropriate to the substances which he is required to
handle or apply, and shall be required by his employer
to use the equipment and facilities provided.
13. Compliance with the require ments of the Third Schedule
means, for the purposes of regulations 11 and 12, compliance
to the satisfaction of the Chief Food Storage Officer.
14. - (1) Every person responsible for the carrying out
of any disinfestation involving the use of any substance
specified in Parts V, VI, VII and VIII of the Second Schedule,
in any place where food is kept for sale, stored or manufactured
or in any place which is, or is likely to be, used for
keeping for sale, storing or manufacturing food, shall
hold a licence from the Chief Food Storage Officer in
accordance with the Fourth Schedule authorizing him, subject
to the provisions of this
Part and to the conditions specified in the licence, to
carry out such work himself or by a servant or agent acting
on his behalf.
(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation
to a licence under this regulation –
(a) the person named in the licence as the operator shall
be responsible for compliance with the Act and these Regulations
in accordance with the terms of the licence;
(b) the licence shall specify the types of disinfestation
which the operator therein named is entitled to carry
out on his own or by a servant or agent acting on his
behalf and under his supervision;
(c) any person named in the licence as an operator may
carry out in accordance with the licence the treatments
therein respectively specified;
(d) a person shall not be licensed as an operator unless
he satisfies the Chief Food Storage Officer that he possesses
the qualifications specified in the Fourth Schedule for
carrying out operations of the type or types stipulated
in that licence; or, in the case of an organization, that
it has in its employment a person or persons who possess
the specified qualifications;
(e) the granting of a licence in any particular case shall
notwithstanding the foregoing provisions be in the discretion
of the Chief Food Storage Officer;
(f) any licence granted under this regulation may be withdrawn
by the Chief Food Storage Officer if he is satisfied that
–
(i) in any particular case, the operator has failed to
comply with the
relevant provisions of the Act and these Regulations or
of any
conditions imposed by the licence;
(ii) in the case of an organization licensed as an operator,
it no longer has
in its employment a person or persons who possess the
necessary
qualifications;
(g) subject to sub-paragraph (f) of this paragraph, a
licence granted under this regulation shall continue in
force indefinitely.
(3) It shall be deemed to be a condition of every such
licence as aforesaid that the holder thereof shall comply
with all relevant provisions of these Regulations.
PART VI – Notices, directions,
etc.
15. Except where otherwise specifically
provided in this Part, any notice or direction required
by the Act or these Regulations to be given shall be in
writing and shall be signed by the person giving such
notice or direction.
16. - (1) Service of any such notice or direction may
be made by delivery of a true copy thereof to the person
to whom it is addressed, or by leaving such a copy at
his usual or last-known place of abode or business, or,
where addressed to the owner or person in charge of any
premises or place then to some adult person or in such
premises or place, or, if there be no such person on or
in such premises or place who can be so served, then by
affixing such copy to some conspicuous part of the premises
or place, or to the article to which the notice or direction
relates:
Provided that any such notice or direction may in any
case of urgency be given orally in the first instance
to the person concerned; but an oral notice or direction
shall be of no effect unless the person giving it duly
serves a notice in writing as soon as practicable thereafter;
and any time limited by such a notice in writing may therein
be expressed as commencing on the date on which the oral
notice or direction was given.
(2) Any notice or other document required by the Act or
these Regulations to be served on or given to the Minister
shall be addressed to the Chief Food Storage Officer and
shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (4), be
deemed to be duly served or given if delivered or sent
by post to that Officer at the offices of the Division
or if delivered to an inspector in person:
Provided that such notice may in any case of urgency be
sent by telegraph addressed as aforesaid, but a notice
so sent shall be of no effect unless the person giving
it duly serves a notice in writing as soon as practicable
thereafter; and any time limited by such a notice in writing
may be expressed as commencing on the date on which the
notice was given by telegraph.
(3) Any notice, direction or other document required or
authorized by the Act or these Regulations to be served
on the owner or person in charge of any place or article
to which the Act applies may be addressed to the “owner”
or “person in charge” of the place or article
in question without further name or description, so, however,
that the place or
article shall be clearly identifiable.
(4) The date of the service of any notice, direction or
other document required or authorized to be served by
or under the Act or these Regulations shall be the date
of the delivery thereof or, where the postal service is
employed, the date of the relevant postmark.
PART VII – Inspection
17. Every inspector shall retain a copy
of every notice and of all directions given by him under
the Act of these Regulations.
18. A certificate of appointment furnished under subsection
(4) of section 4 of the Act shall be in Form No. 1.
19. - (1) Where an inspector proposes to seize and detain
any article under subsection (1) of section 4 of the Act
or pursuant to subsection (2) of section 5 thereof –
(a) he may detain the article or container in which the
article is placed by
attaching a numbered detention tag in Form No. 2 to the
article or, where the article consists of more than one
package, to any one such package;
(b) immediately after attaching such detention tag the
inspector shall serve upon the owner or person in charge
of the article or container a notice of detention in Form
No. 3;
(c) where the article or container so tagged is, on the
authority of the inspector removed for treatment required
for the purposes of the Act the inspector shall serve
upon the owner or person in charge a notice of removal
in Form No. 4;
(d) upon release of any detained article or container
the inspector shall deliver or post to the owner or person
in charge of the article or container a notice of release
in Form No. 5.
(2) Where an inspector gives to any person directions
for prevention or
mitigation of an infestation pursuant to subsection (1)
of section 4 or subsection (2) of section 5 of the Act,
he shall serve on such a person a notice in Form No. 6
specifying details of the work to be carried out.
(3) Food for human consumption which has been seized and
detained or
condemned under the Act shall not be disposed of except
after consultation with the Medical Officer (Health) for
the parish or district in which the food then is; but
such food may, in order that the increase or spread of
infestation may be prevented, be disinfested in accordance
with these Regulations.
20. An inspector may, with the written authority of the
Chief Food Storage Officer, take photographs of any part
of any place or vehicle entered by such inspector under
subsection (1) of section 4 of the Act or pursuant to
subsection (2) of section 5 thereof.
A written authority given by the Chief Food Storage Officer
under paragraph (1) may relate to the taking of photographs
on one particular occasion or generally. 21. An inspector
taking a sample of any article for analysis shall, after
obtaining a sufficient quantity of the article, notify
the owner thereof or the person from whom such quantity
was obtained of his intention to submit a sample thereof
to an analyst for analysis or examination, and –
(a) where, in the opinion of the inspector, division of
the quantity obtained would not interfere with analysis
or examination, he –
(i) shall divide the quantity into three parts;
(ii) shall identify the three parts as the owner’s
part, the sample, and the
duplicate sample;
(iii) shall so seal each part that it cannot be opened
without breaking the
seal; and (iv) shall deliver the part identified as the
owner’s part to the owner or the person from whom
the sample was obtained, and shall forward the sample
to an analyst for analysis or examination, and shall retain
the duplicate sample;
(b) where, in the opinion of the inspector, division of
the quantity obtained would interfere with analysis or
examination, he –
(i) shall identify the entire quantity as the sample;
(ii) shall so seal the sample that it cannot be opened
without breaking the
seal; and (iii) shall forward the sample to an analyst
for analysis or examination;
(c) where at the time when the sample is obtained the
owner or person from whom it is obtained objects to the
procedure followed by an inspector under either of the
foregoing subparagraphs, then, if the owner or person
from whom the sample was obtained supplies a sufficient
quantity of the article, the inspector shall follow the
procedures specified in both those subparagraphs.
FIRST SCHEDULE (Regulation 5)
DEFINITIONS
In this Schedule – the expression
“rodent-proofing” in relation to any building
includes –
(a) the proper closing or protection with rodent-proofing
materials of all
openings in the roof, the exterior walls and elsewhere
throughout the
building;
(b) the installation of all such material in such a manner
as to exclude rodents;
the expression “openings” means any openings
in the foundations, outer walls, ground floor, basement
or roof, and includes chimneys, eaves, grills, windows,
vents, vent-pipes, ventilators, grating in footpaths,
elevators, and space around any pipe, wire or other installation
connected with a building and which rodents might enter.
A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1. – (1) All plans, sections, elevations,
and specifications for construction, repair, remodelling,
or any other structural alterations to building to which
this Schedule applies shall be in accordance with the
building regulations of the local authority in which such
buildings are situated or such proposed buildings are
to be constructed.
(2) For the purposes of this Schedule the local authority
in respect of the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew
shall be the Council of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation
as constituted under the
Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act, and in respect
of any other parish, the Parish Council of that parish
as constituted under the Parish Councils Act.
Materials
2. - (1) Where any of the materials hereinafter referred
to is specified in relation to any building, that material
shall be at least as heavy as the gauge respectively specified
hereinafter, that is to say –
(a) perforated sheet metal 18 gauge (Standard wire gauge)
(b) wire gauge 19 gauge ( ” ” ” )
(c) expanded metal 18 gauge ( ” ” ”
)
(d) sheet metal 24 gauge ( ” ” ” )
(2) Perforated or expanded metal, or wire gauze, used
for rodent-proofing shall be such, or shall be
so used, that the openings in the mesh are not greater
than one-quarter inch, however measured.
B. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE PRIMARY
STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING
Foundations
3. - (a) Where foundations walls do not extend more than
2 feet 4 inches below the ground level, a concrete curtain
wall shall be provided (unless the foundation are seated
directly on hard rock) which shall extend 2 feet 4 inches
below ground level and shall have an exterior lip projecting
at least 12 inches and at least 4 inches thick.
(b) Buildings erected on piers shall either have a clearance
of at least 24 inches at every point between the underside
of the lowest floor and the surface of the ground, or
shall have the space under the lowest floor enclosed by
a continuous screen of wire gauze or perforated or expanded
metal of the gauge and dimensions required by sub-paragraph
(c)(viii) of paragraph 14.
Loading Platforms
4. – (1) Where loading platforms are apart from
a building, their supports shall not be boxed in and there
shall be a clearance of at least 24 inches between the
underside of the platform and the surface of the ground,
or the space length beneath the platform shall be enclosed
as required by sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 3.
(2) Loading platforms which are part of a building shall
as the circumstances may require comply with the requirements
of sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph 3.
Enclosed Spaces between Upper Ceilings and Roofs
5. Enclosed spaces between upper ceilings and roofs shall
be rodent-proofed and shall also be easily accessible
for inspection by way of a trap-door or similar means.
If the walls are not built up between ceiling
joists and rafters, the ceiling boards (or attic floor
boards) shall be protected by continuous sheet metal flashing,
extending at least 6 inches inwards from the edge of the
floor or ceiling, downwards from the edge
between the joists or rafters, and turned in 2 inches
into the wall.
Eaves
6. - (1) Unless external walls are built up by concreting
to the level of the underside of the roof, the junction
between the roofs and walls shall be rodent-proofed by
the use of continuous metal flashing, so, however, that
such metal flashing shall be turned in at least 2 inches
under the roof plate and shall extend at least 6 inches
along the underside of the roof.
(2) Where there are enclosed eave spaces all gnawing edges
at the eaves shall be flashed with continuous metal sheeting,
and such spaces shall be completely rodent-proofed.
(3) Any opening for ventilation in the eaves shall be
continuously protected by hardware cloth or expanded metal
so that no openings are greater than one-quarter inch.
Parapet Walls
7. Parapet walls shall be rodent-proofed by the use of
metal flashing which shall enter the parapet wall at a
distance of at least 6 inches above the roof cap, extend
at least 2 inches into the parapet wall and shall extend
at least 6 inches along the roof away from the parapet
wall.
Underground Tunnels, Multiple Basements
8. Where the basement in a building is connected with
any underground tunnels or multiple basements, all necessary
openings shall be completely rodent-proofed.
Foundation Vents
9. Foundation vents shall be covered for their entire
length and width with metal grills metal gratings, or
perforated sheet metal and openings shall not be greater
than one-quarter inch, however measured.
C. REQUIREMENTS NOT AFFECTING PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION METHODS
Floor Drain Plates
10. Floor drains and all other drains shall be fitted
with grind plates installed so that no openings are greater
than one-quarter inch.
Exterior doors
11. All exterior doors shall fit to within one-quarter
inch at the top, bottom, and sides and, where constructed
of wood, shall be fitted with metal kick-plates at least
12 inches high and wooden door frames shall be similarly
protected. All rolling, sliding or curtain doors shall
have continuous double guides at the sides and bottoms
and all exterior doors other than the main loading or
unloading doors of warehouses shall be
fitted with automatic closing devices.
Meter Boxes
12. Meter Boxes shall be constructed in such manner that
rodents cannot enter a building by following the outside
of the service lines.
Windows
13. All windows capable of being opened shall be covered
with metal framed hardware cloth screens or tight-fitting
metal screens if –
(a) the window sill is less than 3 feet above ground level
or the level of any adjacent structure;
(b) there are or are likely to be trees or shrubbery nearby;
(c) there is any roof or ledge of any building within
8 feet of the window sill, measured in a horizontal direction;
(d) there are service wires nearby;
(e) there are any other possible ways by which rodents
could reach the window; except that in cases covered by
sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) rodent guards adequate to prevent
the passage of rodents along these routes may be provided
as an alternative.
Rodent Guards
14. Where rodent guards are used for preventing the passage
of rodents along cables, wires or the outside of pipes
–
(a) such guards shall not be used on high voltage wires
or cables;
(b) all other electrical wires shall be adequately insulated
from such guards; and
(c) such guards shall conform to the following specifications,
that is to say –
(i) cone, half-cone, barrel and collar guards shall be
of metal steel of 24 gauge or heavier, and flat guards
shall be of sheet metal at least as heavy as 26 gauge;
(ii) half-cone guards may be used on vertical pipes or
wires running along wall surfaces but shall be at least
12 inches from base to apex, and at the base shall stand
out at least 9 inches from the pipe or wire. The apex
shall fit to within one-quarter inch of the pipe or wire,
and
the sides, where attached to the wall, shall fit tightly
against the surface of the wall;
(iii) cone guards may be used on a horizontal pipe or
wire at the point at which the pipe or wire meets the
wall but shall stand out at least 18 inches from the pipe
or wire, and shall fit at the apex to within one-quarter
inch of the pipe or wire;
(iv) cylindrical (otherwise known as “barrel”)
guards may be used on pipes or wires running vertically
along a wall surface but shall be at least 18 inches long,
and shall stand out at least 9 inches from the pipe or
wire, and shall be closed at the top to within one-quarter
inch
of the pipe or wire;
(v) flat guards may be fitted to pipes smaller than 1
inch in diameter or wires running vertically on a wall
surface but shall be at least 18 inches high and shall
fit to within onequarter inch of the pipe or wire, and
shall extend at least 18 inches on either side of the
pipe or wire, which extensions shall fit tightly against
the wall and be fastened to it by nails,
bolts or screws along top and bottom edges only;
(vi) flat guards may be fitted to a pipe smaller than
1 inch in diameter or wire running horizontally on a wall
surface but shall extend at least 24 inches along the
pipe or wire, and shall fit to within one-quarter inch
of the pipe or wire, and shall extend at least 18 inches
on either side of the pipe or wire, which extensions shall
fit tightly against the wall and be fastened to it by
nails, bolts or screws along vertical edges only;
(vii) where collar guards are used for rodent-proofing
holes in floors or walls through which pipes, cables or
wires pass, such guards shall extend outwards at least
18 inches from the pipes, cables or wires, and shall fit
at the neck to within one quarter inch of the pipes, cables
or wires, and shall be securely fastened tightly against
the floor or wall; and
(viii) where perforated screens are used to exclude rodents,
such screens shall be constructed of expanded or perforated
metal or of wire gauze of the required gauge respectively,
and shall be such, or shall be so used, that perforations
or openings in the screen do not exceed one-quarter inch,
however measured.
Exhaust fan openings
15. All exhaust fans openings that can be reached by rodents
shall be protected by the use of wire gauze screening
having openings not greater than one-quarter inch, however
measured or by movable louvres that close automatically
when the fan ceases operation.
Fire escapes
16. Fire escapes of the swinging type shall terminate
at least 3 feet above the surface of the ground.
Mail Slots
17. Where any mail slot is wider than one-quarter inch,
a hinged spring cover shall be installed.
Water and sewer vent stacks
18. Water and sewer vent stacks shall extend at least
3 feet vertically above the nearest building projection
or shall be capped with wire gauze having a mesh not wider
than one-quarter inch, however measured.
Skylights, trapdoors and ventilators
19. Skylights and trapdoors shall fit snugly into a rabbeted
or rebated frame, which shall be constructed of metal
or be metal-covered. Adjustable skylights which can be
opened for ventilation and ventilators shall be screened
with perforated or expanded metal or wire gauze having
a mesh not greater than one-quarter inch, however measured.
Utility Ducting
20. All openings into utility ducts shall be completely
rodent-proofed.
Cellular pillars and columns
21. Openings into cellular pillar and columns shall be
completely rodent-proofed.
Insulated, boxed and structural beams
22. Insulated, boxed and structural beams shall have a
sheathing material of an approved rodentproof character,
installed in a continuous and unbroken manner.
Ventilation systems
23. Particular care shall be exercised to rodent-proof
completely all openings into necessary enclosed spaces
in ventilation systems.
Refrigerators and Refrigerated rooms
24. Refrigerators and built-in refrigerator units shall
be devoid of unnecessary enclosed and partially enclosed
spaces accessible to rodents. This requirement may be
satisfied in relation to built-in refrigerator units by
placing them tightly against the walls, and installing
them in a solid concrete base, or by completely encasing
them with metal walls and installing them in a solid concrete
base, or by completely encasing them with metal flashing
strips; and where the tops of
such units do not extend to the ceiling, such tops shall
be rodent-proofed.
Shelves and other fixtures
25. – (1) Shelves and fixtures shall consist of
rodent-proofed material or be devoid of boxed-in spaces,
and fixtures, if of metal and of the enclosed type, shall
be fitted tightly against the adjoining walls and floors.
(2) Counters and display fixtures shall be devoid of enclosed
spaces either by being elevated twelve inches above the
floor, or by being installed in rodent-proof sanitary
bases.
Partition walls
26. Whenever possible, partition walls shall be solid
and where any double-cased wooden partition wall is used,
the bottom of the wall shall be protected by a continuous
sheet metal flashing extending across the bottom and for
at least 6 inches up either side and the top of the wall,
and all exposed corners and edges shall be similarly protected.
Opening for service pipes, etc
27. – (1) Any openings made in external walls, double
walls, floors or ceilings for the passage of pipes, wires
or other service lines shall be closed by –
(a) the installation of approved metal collars securely
fastened to the adjoining structure; or
(b) building in the pipes, wires or other service lines
with cement mortar.
(2) Where metal hot water pipes, or other pipes subject
to marked expansion and contraction are built in as under
sub-paragraph (1)(b), they shall be enclosed, where they
pass through the wall, floor or ceiling, in metal sleeves
allowing a clearance not exceeding one-quarter inch.
Thresholds
28. Concrete thresholds of all exterior doors shall be
hardened with a granolithic or similar finish to reduce
wear.
External service wires or pipes
29. Underground piping shall be used wherever possible
to bring all service lines into buildings and wires or
pipes attached to the outside of buildings must be fitted
with satisfactory rodent guards.
Wharves
30. Wharves shall be rodent-proofed and conform to the
general requirements of this Schedule and all possible
rodent runways under a wharf (including piers or columns
standing on ground or in water) shall where practicable
be rodent proofed.
Rodent-proofing under buildings erected on piers
31. Each pipe, cable, wire, conduit, or other pipe or
wire utility service passing through a wooden floor shall
be protected by the installation of a collar of unbroken
sheet metal of the dimensions required by sub-paragraph
(c)(viii) of paragraph 14 which shall be securely fastened
to the floor. All other openings in wooden ground floors
through which rodents could enter double walls or the
interior of the building (such as openings in floors and
double walls above floor sills) shall be closed with unbroken
sheet metal or with concrete or masonry, Penthouses
32. Penthouses and all other openings in a roof shall
be rodent-proofed in accordance with the foregoing provisions
of this Schedule.
SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulations 9 and 19)
PART I
Methyl bromide
Ethylene dibromide
Ethylene dichloride
Ethylene oxide
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloropicrin
Hydrogen cyanide
Phosphine
Sulphur dioxide
Carbon bisulphide
Mixtures containing any of the substances specified in
this Part
PART II
Lindane Pyrethrins and synergised pyrethrins
Malathion
PART III
Chlordane
Diazinon
Dicapthon
Silica-based sorptive dusts
Bromophos
Bichlorvos
Fenchlorophos
Fenitrothion
Gardona
Iodofenphos
PART IV
Blood anti-coagulants
Red Squill
Barium carbonate
Arsenicals
Zinc phosphide
Phosphorus
Sodium Fluoroacetate (“1080”)
Strychnine
Thallium sulphate
Alpha naphthyl thiourea (“Antu”)
Mixtures containing any of the substances specified in
this Part
PART V
Substances |
Permitted Use |
| Lindane: |
(a) The treatment of raw whole grains or pulses,
at
application rates leaving a total active residue not
exceeding [2.5] parts per million by weight; or
(b) as a space treatment (where all food present during
the
treatment is covered or enclosed) applied by means
of a
proprietary brand of thermal smoke-generator in strict
accordance with the directions of the manufacturers. |
| Malathion: |
The treatment of raw whole grains, pulses or oilseeds,
at application rates leaving a total active residue
not exceeding 10 parts per million by weight. |
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PART VI
Methyl bromide
Ethylene dibromide
Carbon bisulphide
Hydrogen cyanide
Phosphine
Mixtures containing any of the substances specified in
this Part
PART VII
Arsenic or Arsenicals
Zinc phosphide
Phosphorus
Sodium Fluoroacetate (“1080”)
Strychnine
Thallium Sulphate
Alpha naphthyl thiourea (“Antu”)
Mixtures containing any of the substances specified in
this Part
PART VIII
Chlordane
Diazinon
Dicapthon
Bromophos
Dichlorvos
Fenchlorophos
Fenitrothion
Gardona
Iodofenphos
PART IX
Chlordane
Lindane
THIRD SCHEDULE (Regulations 11, 12 and 13)
PROTECTION OF WORKERS AND OTHER PERSONS
I. GENERAL
Definitions
1. In this Schedule unless the context
otherwise requires, the following expressions relating
to articles of protective clothing have the meanings hereby
respectively assigned to them -
“approved” means approved in writing by the
Chief Food Storage Officer;
“clothing” includes gloves and headgear;
“dust-mask” means a filtering apparatus of
a type that –
(a) is so designed as to eliminate so far as practicable
the risk of pollution, by liquid or solid particles containing
a specified substance, of the air breathed by the person
wearing it; and
(b) has been approved for that purpose;
“eye-shield” means a shield so designed as
to protect the eyes from being splashed by a specified
substance;
“face-shield” means a shield covering the
whole of the forehead and face, so designed as to protect
the forehead and face from being splashed by a specified
substance;
“gloves” means gloves or gauntlets completely
covering the hands and wrists;
“light organic vapour mask” means a filtering
apparatus of a type that –
(a) is so designed as to eliminate so far as practicable
the risk of pollution by liquid or solid particles containing
a specified substance or by the vapour of specified organic
insecticides (other than fumigants) of the air breathed
by the person wearing it; and
(b) has been approved for that purpose;
“overall” means an overall having fastenings
at the neck and wrists and covering all clothing other
than headgear, boots and gloves;
“respirator” means a filtering apparatus of
a type that –
(a) is so designed as to eliminate so far as practicable
the risk of pollution by gas or liquid or solid particles
containing a specified substance, of the air breathed
by the person wearing it; and
(b) has been approved for that purpose;
“rubber” includes synthetic rubber, oilskin
and other substances or materials impermeable in the circumstances
in which they are used to liquids and gases;
“specified substances” means any substance
specified in the second Schedule or any mixture which
contains any of the substances specified in Parts I, III
and IV of that Schedule.
II. PROTECTION OF WORKERS
Use of Protective Clothing
2. All workers engaged in the operations specified in
column I of sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 3
of this Schedule (hereinafter called specified operations)
shall be provided with the protective clothing so respectively
specified in column II (in this Schedule referred to as
appropriate clothing),
and shall wear the appropriate clothing during the specified
operation and all other persons present in the area in
which the operation is being carried out shall be similarly
protected. Persons not similarly protected shall be forbidden
to enter that area.
Provisions and Maintenance of Protective Clothing
3. – (1) An employer of a worker who carries out
specified operations shall –
(a) provide the worker with the appropriate clothing and,
where such clothing includes a respirator or dust-mask,
shall provide an adequate supply of filters for the replacement
of those used;
(b) maintain or cause to be maintained all appropriate
clothing in a serviceable condition; and
(c) provide accommodation for the keeping of –
(i) appropriate clothing; and
(ii) the worker’s personal clothing not worn during
working hours.
(2) The accommodation provided under sub-paragraph (1)(c)
shall be such as to ensure ventilation and that the worker’s
personal clothing does not become contaminated by a specified
substance whether from appropriate clothing or otherwise.
(3) During the specified operations, there shall be used
the appropriate clothing, in accordance with the directions
so respectively specified –
Column I
Specified operations
(a) spraying, other than aerosol spraying using
any substance specified in Parts II and VIII of
the Second Schedule |
Column II
Appropriate Clothing
|
(i) in a large room or part of a building or in
the open
|
(i) an eye-shield or face shield; an
overall; gloves; and rubber or other washable boots,
shoes or overshoes; |
| (ii) in a confined space |
(ii) as (i) of this column and, in addition, a light
organic vapour mask or a respirator fitted with an
appropriate canister.
Directions. The
appropriate clothing shall be worn throughout all
parts of the operation during
which the operator may be exp osed in any way to contact
with particles of the spray; |
(b) aerosol spraying (fogging or misting) using
any substance specified in Parts II full-face respirator
fitted with an appropriate
and VIII of the Second Schedule - |
(b) either a full-face light organic vapour mask
or full-face respirator fitted with an appropriate
canister, or a light organic vapour mask covering
nose and mouth (or respirator with similar face
piece) together with close-fitting goggles, an overall,
gloves and headgear.
Directions. The appropriate clothing shall
be worn throughout all parts of the operation (including
the settling or ventilation period)
during which the operator could inhale or otherwise
come into contact with the fog or mist; |
| |
|
| (c) application of any insecticidal
dust by means of a mechanical dust-blower - |
(c) a dust-mask, an overall.
Directions.
The appropriate clothing shall be worn whenever the
dust is applied in such a way
or under such conditions that the operator could inhale
or otherwise come into contact with the dust-cloud
produced by the dust-blower; |
| (d) use of smoke generators - |
(d) an approved light organic vapour mask or respirator.
Directions. The appropriate clothing shall
be carried and used where necessary during the process
of igniting the generators and at any other time during
which the operator could inhale anything produced
by the generator; |
| (e) handling insecticide concentrates
- |
(e) rubber gloves, an overall, rubber or washable
boots, shoes or overshoes, scoops for water
dispersible powders.
Directions. The
appropriate clothing shall be worn at all times during
the opening of containers
or while transferring the contents of one container
to another, or during any other operation involving
any chance of the concentrate being spilled or coming
into contact with the hands or clothing of the operator; |
(f) fumigation using any substance specified in
Part I of the Second Schedule if used in such a way
or under such conditions that there is danger of the
operator being exposed to harmful concentrations of
the gas –
|
|
| (i) persons engaging in the liberation of gas from
containers or in the introduction of The gas by any
other method (such as the handling and setting out
of solid tablets which generate gas or the spreading
or pumping of granular formulations which generate
gas) |
(i) a respirator fitted with an appropriate canister,
an overall.
Directions. Respirators shall
be worn at all times unless the person in charge of
the operation is satisfied that there is no risk of
inhalation of dangerous concentrations of the gas; |
| (ii) persons engaging in the unsealing or opening
of fumigated chambers or rooms or in the removal of
gas-proof sheeting from fumigated stacks - |
(ii) a respirator fitted with an appropriate canister.
Directions. Respirators shall be worn at
all times unless the person in charge of the operation
is satisfied that there is no risk of inhalation of
dangerous concentrations of the gas. |
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III. PROTECTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC
3. – (1) The minimum qualifications
required of applicants for the licences above respectively
referred to, or of persons to be named in the licences as
operators shall be as follows –
(a) Licence A:
(i) a science degree obtained at a university approved by
the Minister, and a subsequent period of special training
including practical experience; or
(ii) a special diploma or other certificate granted by an
institution approved by the Minister and a period of twelve
months’ practical experience; or
(iii) a period of training not shorter than eighteen months
with a commercial organization;
(b) Licence B: Extensive experience of a wide variety of
fumigation work with any specified fumigant, obtained during
a period not shorter than eighteen months;
(c) Licence C: Seven days’ detailed instruction in
the operation of the particular plant, including two complete
fumigations;
(d) Licence D: Not less than three months’ practical
experience, including participation in at least twelve fumigations
under gas-proof sheets, and technical instruction for not
less than fourteen days, the precise period depending upon
the previous training of applicants;
(e) Licence E: Instruction in the use of any fumigant specified
in the licence, and two complete fumigations;
(f) Licence F: Seven days’ intensive training in the
use of spraying equipment, and an additional like period
of detailed instruction in the principles underlying the
safe use of insecticides on food; and
(g) Licence G: Not less than three months’ practical
experience, or a training period not shorter than one month,
including detailed instruction in the use of a variety of
rodenticides.
(2) A licence shall not be granted to any person who fails
to satisfy the Chief Food Storage Officer that he has derived
sufficient knowledge and understanding from his experience
or training.
FORM NO. 2 (Regulation 19(1)(a) )
THE FOOD STORAGE AND PREVENTION OF INFESTATION ACT
DETAINED
FORM NO. 3 (Regulation 19(1)(b) )
THE FOOD STORAGE AND PREVENTION OF INFESTATION ACT
NOTICE OF DETENTION
