Article 4U.K.Imports of certain dairy products from third countries or parts thereof [at risk of foot-and-mouth disease]
1.[The appropriate authority shall authorise the importation of consignments of the dairy products listed in paragraph 1A, provided that the dairy products have undergone, or been produced from raw milk which has undergone, a heat treatment involving—]
(a)a sterilisation process, to achieve an F0 value equal to or greater than three;
(b)an ultra high temperature (UHT) treatment at not less than 135 °C in combination with a suitable holding time;
(i)
a high temperature short time pasteurisation treatment (HTST) at 72 °C for 15 seconds applied twice to milk with a pH equal to or greater than 7.0 achieving, where applicable, a negative reaction to a alkaline phosphatase test, applied immediately after the heat treatment; or
(ii)
a treatment with an equivalent pasteurisation effect to point (i) achieving, where applicable, a negative reaction to an alkaline phosphatase test, applied immediately after the heat treatment;
(d)a HTST treatment of milk with a pH below 7.0; or
(e)a HTST treatment combined with another physical treatment by either:
(i)
lowering the pH below 6 for one hour, or
(ii)
additional heating equal to or greater than 72 °C, combined with desiccation.
[1A.The dairy products referred to in paragraph 1 are—
(a)dairy products derived from raw milk of cows, ewes, goats or buffaloes from such of the third countries or territories listed in Annex 1 (excluding the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates), or parts thereof, at risk of foot-and-mouth disease as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph;
(b)dairy products derived from raw milk from camels of the species Camelus dromedarius from the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, or parts thereof, where such products are specified by the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph.]
2.[The appropriate authority] shall authorise the importation of consignments of dairy products derived from raw milk of animals other than those referred to in paragraph 1, from [such of the third countries listed in Annex 1 or parts thereof, at risk of foot-and-mouth disease as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this paragraph], provided that such dairy products have undergone, or been produced from raw milk which has undergone a treatment involving:
(a)a sterilisation process, to achieve an F0 value equal to or greater than three; or
(b)an ultra high temperature (UHT) treatment at not less than 135 °C in combination with a suitable holding time.