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Background of the Study

The Promulgation of the code of sanitation on December 23, 197 by the latePresident !erdinand "# $arcos is a signi%cant landmark in the history of our

country&s health and sanitation e'orts# This code on Sanitation has for its ultimate

ob(ecti)e the im*ro)ement of the +ay of the !ili*inos by directing *ublic health

ser)ices to+ards the *rotection *romotion of the health of the *eo*le#

Public health la+s and regulations on sanitation in the Phili**ines need to be

scattered in numerous )olumes of our statute books# -learly, there +as a

com*elling need to com*ile all e.isting *ublic health la+s and to u*date them truly

res*onsi)e to the *resent day needs of the nation#

The ne+ code on Sanitation ushers in a ne+ era for *ublic health in thePhili**ines +ere *roblems of confusion and misinformation or +orse still, the lack of

it s+e*t a+ay# $odern and u*dated code co)ered all *resent day business

enter*rises and establishments# /t is ho*ed the com*liance by those concerned and

enforcement by health o0cers +ill become so much easier +ith its *ublication,

-lemente S# atmaitan, $#D#, $P Secretary of ealth#

Through Presidential Decree no# 4 code of Sanitation +hereas, the health of

the *eo*le being of *aramount im*ortance, all e'orts of the *ublic ser)ices should

be directed to+ards the *rotection and *romotion of health#

5nder -ha*ter // of 6-ode on Sanitation of the Phili**ines, sec# 9 +hichstates, that Prescribed standards and *rocedures8standards for drinking +ater and

their bacteriological and chemical e.aminations together +ith the e)aluations of

results, shall conform to the criteria set by the ational Drinking :ater Standards#

The treatment of +ater to render it safe for drinking and disinfection of

contaminated +ater sources together +ith their distribution system shall be in

accordance +ith the *rocedures *rescribed by the De*artment#


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SEC. 11. Typesof Water Examinations required8 The follo+ing e.aminations

are re;uired for drinking +ater0cer to cause an ins*ection and e)aluation of

e)ery food establishment re;uiring a *ermit for its o*erations, at least e)ery si.

months and shall cause as many additional ins*ections and re8ins*ections and

e)aluation to be made as are necessary for the enforcement of the *ro)ision#


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SEC. 2. Spe%ial Pro!isions

a# roceries or 6Sari8Sari Stores

1# o groceries or sari8sari store shall be established +ithin a distance of 2

meters from any source of contamination#2# ?ll foods +hich re;uire no further cooking before they are eaten shall be

*rotected from contamination +hile in counters or sho+case#

b# Bakeries

1# Deli)ery trucks and carts of bakery *roducts shall al+ays be ke*t clean

and sanitary#

c# Dairies

1# o dairy shall kee* unhealthy or infected co+s, carabaos or goats for the

*roduction of milk, or feed them un+holesome food +hich *roduces

im*ure or un+holesome milk#

2# o animals used for the *roduction of milk shall be allo+ed to gra@e onland +hich has been contaminated by radioacti)ity#

3# o dairy shall sell un+holesome milk that has not been *re)iously

*asteuri@ed or other+ise sterili@ed#

d# /ce Plants

1# >nly *otable +ater shall be used in the manufacture of ice#2# /n storing and trans*orting ice intended for *ublic consum*tion,

*recautionary measures shall be taken to *rotect the ice from sources of

contamination#

e# ?mbulant !ood )endors

1# These )endors shall sell only bottled food drinks, biscuits and

confectioneries#2# /t is *rohibited for food )endors to sell food that re;uires the use of

utensils#

f# >yster Beds


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1# >ysters shall be *lanted and gro+n only in areas a**ro)ed by the

secretary or his duly authori@ed re*resentati)es and in *laces duly

licensed by the Bureau of %sheries and ?;uatic Aesources#2# >ysters o'ered for sale, if not originating from a**ro)ed areas, shall be

con%scated and destroyed by the local health authority#g# !ish $arketing ?reas

1# >nly fresh and +holesome %sh *roducts shall be sold#2# !ish caught in radioacti)e @ones as +ell as in areas contaminated by to.ic

substances or high in mercury count as determined by the health

authorities shall be condemned and not be allo+ed for *ublic

consum*tion#3# The selling, distribution and buying of %sh caught through the use of

e.*losi)es and chemicals are *rohibited#


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