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Council Directive 2003/85/ECShow full title

Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003 on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and Decisions 89/531/EEC and 91/665/EEC and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

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1.Milk intended for human consumption must be subject to at least one of the following treatments:U.K.

1.1.sterilisation at a level of at least F03;U.K.

1.2.UHT(1) treatment;U.K.

1.3.HTST(2) treatment applied twice to milk with a pH equal to or above 7,0;U.K.

1.4.HTST treatment of milk with a pH below 7,0;U.K.

1.5.HTST combined with another physical treatment by:U.K.

1.5.1.either lowering the pH below 6 for at least one hour, orU.K.
1.5.2.additional heating to 72 °C or more, combined with desiccation.U.K.
(1)
UHT

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Ultra-High Temperature treatment at 132 °C for at least one second.

(2)
HTST

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High Temperature Short Time pasteurisation at 72 °C for at least 15 seconds or equivalent pasteurisation effect achieving a negative reaction to a phosphatase test.

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