Hong Kong Regulations

FOOD BUSINESS REGULATION - SECT 10

Protection of food from risk of contamination

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Every person engaged in any food business shall, while so engaged, take all
such steps as may be reasonably necessary to protect the food from risk of
contamination or deterioration, and in particular, without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, no person shall-

   (a)  so place, or cause, suffer or permit any other person so to place, any
        open food as to involve any risk of contamination; or

   (b)  wrap up or otherwise bring any open food into direct contact with any
        printed newspaper or other unclean paper or wrapping material.