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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PART BU.K.Milk and milk products not intended for human consumption and milk and milk products for animal consumption
The following treatments are recognised to provide sufficient guaranties with regard to the destruction of the foot-and-mouth disease virus in milk and milk products not intended for human consumption or intended for animal consumption. Necessary precautions must be taken to avoid contact of the milk or milk products with any potential source of foot-and-mouth virus after processing.
1.Milk not intended for human consumption and milk intended for animal 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() combined with another physical treatment referred to in either paragraph 1.4.1 or 1.4.2;U.K.
1.3.HTST() applied twice;U.K.
1.4.HTST combined with another physical treatment by:U.K.
1.4.1.either lowering the pH below 6 for at least one hour, orU.K.
1.4.2.additional heating to 72 °C or more, combined with desiccation.U.K.
2.Milk products must either undergo one of the above treatments or be produced from milk treated in accordance with paragraph 1.U.K.
3.Whey to be fed to animals of susceptible species and produced from milk treated as described in paragraph 1 must be collected at least 16 hours after milk clotting and its pH must be recorded as <6.0 before transport to pig holdings.U.K.
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