Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER V U.K. Specific requirements for milk, milk-based products and colostrum

The following conditions apply in addition to the general conditions laid down in Chapter I.

A.

Processing standards

1.

Raw milk and colostrum must be produced under conditions offering adequate guarantees as regards animal health. Such conditions may be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

2.

Milk or treated or processed milk products must be subjected to a heat treatment of at least 2 ^oC for at least 15 seconds or any combination of temperature and time having at least an equivalent heat effect and producing a negative reaction to the phosphatase test, followed by:

(a)

in the case of dried milk or dried milk products, a drying process; or

(b)

in the case of an acidified milk product, a process by which the pH is reduced and kept for at least one hour at a level below 6.

3.

In addition to the requirements laid down in paragraph 2, dried milk or dried-milk products must meet the following requirements:

(a)

after completion of the drying process, every precaution must be taken to prevent contamination of the products; and

(b)

the final product must be:

(i)

packed in new containers, or

(ii)

in the case of bulk transport, transported in vehicles or containers that have been disinfected using a product approved by the competent authority before loading with the milk, milk-based product or colostrum.

B.

Importation

4.

Member States must authorise imports of milk and milk-based products if:

(a)

they come from third countries appearing on the list in Part I of Annex XI;

(b)

in the case of milk and milk-based products from third countries or parts of third countries listed in column B of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC(1), they have undergone a pasteurisation treatment sufficient to produce a negative phosphatase test and a health certificate conforming to the model laid down in Chapter 2(A) of Annex X accompanies them;

(c)

in the case of milk-based products with a pH reduced to less than 6 from third countries or parts of third countries listed in column C of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC, they have first undergone a pasteurisation treatment sufficient to produce a negative phosphatase test and a health certificate conforming to the model laid down in Chapter 2(B) of Annex X accompanies them;

(d)

in the case of milk and milk-based products from third countries or parts of third countries listed in column C of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC, they have first undergone a sterilisation process or a double heat treatment where each treatment was sufficient to produce a negative phosphatase test on its own and a health certificate conforming to the model laid down in Chapter 2(C) of Annex X accompanies them; and

(e)

they come from a processing plant which appears on the list referred to in Article 29(4).

5.

Milk and milk-based products from third countries or parts of third countries listed in column C of the Annex to Decision 95/340/EC where there has been an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the last 12 months or where vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease has been carried out in the last 12 months must, before introduction on to Community territory, have undergone either:

(a)

a sterilisation process whereby an Fc value equal to or greater than 3 is achieved; or

(b)

an initial heat treatment with a heating effect at least equal to that achieved by a pasteurisation process of at least 72 ^oC for at least 15 seconds and sufficient to produce a negative reaction to a phosphatase test, followed by:

(i)

a second heat treatment with a heating effect at least equal to that achieved by the initial heat treatment, and which would be sufficient to produce a negative reaction to a phosphatase test, followed, in the case of dried milk, or dried milk-based products, by a drying process, or

(ii)

an acidification process such that the pH has been maintained at less than 6 for at least one hour.

6.

Where a risk of introduction of an exotic disease or any other risk to animal health is identified, additional conditions for the protection of animal health may be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

(1)

Commission Decision 95/340/EC of 27 July 1995 drawing up a provisional list of third countries from which Member States authorise imports of milk and milk-based products and revoking Decision 94/70/EC (OJ L 200, 24.8.1995, p. 38). Decision as last amended by Decision 96/584/EC (OJ L 255, 9.10.1996, p. 20).