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The Medical Officer shall, - (a) examine the food daily and in case it is found to be defective in quality, make a note of the fact in Kitchen Report Book; (b) at uncertain times and at least once a week, inspect the cook-house and examine the hygiene and sanitary conditions and make a report to the Superintendent; (c) thoroughly examine all inmates on being allotted labour in cook-house and to ensure that they are not carrying any infection. Thereafter, they shall be examined once in a month; (d) examine when the food is cooked and ready for issue, and occasionally, after distribution to the prisoner, cause such food to be weighed in his presence and note the result in his Kitchen Report Book. Inspection of food.