Title and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Milk and Dairies (Semi-skimmed and Skimmed Milk) (Heat Treatment and Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 1988, and shall come into force on 16th November 1988.

2. The Milk and Dairies (Semi-skimmed and Skimmed Milk) (Heat Treatment and Labelling) Regulations 1986(2) shall be amended as follows:-

(a)by inserting in regulation 2 thereof after the definition of "atmospheric shade temperature" the following definition:-

""bulk milk" means milk which is not packed or made up in advance in the bottle or other container in which it is to be supplied to the consumer;";

(b)by adding after paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 thereto the following paragraph:-

"3.-(1) Where any bulk milk which has, for the purposes of transportation, been heat treated in another heat treatment establishment is to be subjected to further heat treatment in accordance with these Regulations, the additional requirements specified in the following sub-paragraphs shall apply.

(2) Milk shall not be accepted for further heat treatment unless it has a temperature not exceeding 6°C on admission to the heat treatment establishment and is retained at such a temperature until that further treatment.

(3) Milk, which has been heat treated in another Member State of the European Economic Community shall not be accepted for further heat treatment unless it is accompanied by a certificate prescribed by the Importation of Milk Regulations 1988(3).

(4) The milk processor shall check and record the temperature of the milk on admission to the heat treatment establishment and immediately before further heat treatment.

(5) For purposes of identifying sources of supply which consistently exceed a colony count of 100,000 per ml, in order to exclude such milk from further heat treatment in accordance with these Regulations, the milk processor shall-

(a)before further treatment take a sample of the milk in accordance with Part I of Schedule 3;

(b)submit it to the test for enumeration of microorganisms by poured plate technique for colony count in British Standard 4285: Section 2.1: 1984 (ISBN 0 580 14091 1);

(c)record the result.

(6) The milk processor shall retain for a period of not less than three months-

(a)from the date of further heat treatment, the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (3) above;

(b)the records made in compliance with sub-paragraph (4) and (5) above.".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply to England and Wales only and come into force on 16th November 1988. They amend the Milk and Dairies (Semi-skimmed and Skimmed Milk) (Heat Treatment and Labelling) Regulations 1986 by making provision for the further heat treatment of bulk semi-skimmed milk and bulk skimmed milk, including any such milk imported under the Importation of Milk Regulations 1988, which has already been heat treated for the purposes of transportation in another heat treatment establishment.

Copies of the British Standard referred to in these Regulations can be obtained by post from the British Standards Institute at Milton Keynes or from any of the Institute's sales outlets.