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Prohibition of sale of tuberculosis milk, or milk of cows suffering from tuberculosis, etc
Cap. 291, s. 24 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) No person shall–
(a) sell, or offer, or expose for sale, for human consumption; or
(b) use in the manufacture of products for sale for human consumption,
the milk of any cow which to his knowledge has given tuberculous milk, or is suffering from emaciation due to 41 tuberculosis, or from tuberculosis of the udder or any other disease of cows to which this section applies.
(2) In proceedings under this section, the defendant shall be deemed to have known that a cow had given tuberculous milk,
or was so suffering as described in sub-section (1), if he could with ordinary care have ascertained the fact.
(3) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section commits an offence.
Schedule I.
(4) The disease of cows to which this section applies are those specified in Part I of the Schedule I and any other disease to which the provisions of this section are extended by Milk and Dairies Regulations.
(5) It shall be the duty of the local authority of every district to enforce this section.
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