Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692Show full title

TITLE 4 U.K. ANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO THE UNION OF MILK, DAIRY PRODUCTS, COLOSTRUM AND COLOSTRUM-BASED PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Specific animal health requirements for raw milk, colostrum and colostrum-based products

Article 153 U.K. The country of origin of the raw milk, colostrum and colostrum-based products

Consignments of raw milk, colostrum or colostrum-based products shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the raw milk, colostrum and colostrum-based products of the consignment originate from a third country or territory or zone thereof which has been free from foot and mouth disease and infection with rinderpest virus for a period of at least 12 months prior to the date of milking and, during that period, no vaccination against those diseases has been carried out.

Article 154 U.K. The animals of origin of the raw milk, colostrum and colostrum-based products

1. Consignments of raw milk, colostrum or colostrum-based products shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the raw milk, colostrum or colostrum-based products of the consignment were obtained from animals of the species Bos taurus, Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Bubalus bubalis or Camelus dromedarius.

2. Consignments of raw milk, colostrum or colostrum-based products shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the raw milk, colostrum or colostrum-based products of the consignment were obtained from animals that complied with a continuous residency period of at least 3 months prior to the date of milking in the third country or territory of milking or zone thereof.

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Specific animal health requirements for dairy products

Article 155 U.K. Treatment of dairy products

Consignments of dairy products shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the dairy products of the consignment have been treated in accordance with Article 156 or 157.

Article 156 U.K. Dairy products not subject to a risk-mitigating treatment

Consignments of dairy products originating from a third country or territory or zone thereof which is listed for entry into the Union of raw milk shall be permitted to enter the Union without having undergone a specific risk-mitigating treatment if the dairy products of the consignment comply with following requirements:

(a)

the raw milk from which they were processed was obtained from animals of the species Bos taurus, Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Bubalus bubalis and Camelus dromedarius;

(b)

the raw milk used for the processing of the dairy products complied with the relevant general requirements for entry into the Union laid down in Articles 3 to 10 and the specific requirements for entry into the Union of raw milk provided for in Article 153 and Article 154, and therefore was eligible for entry into the Union and it originates from one of the following:

(i)

the listed third country or territory or zone where the dairy products were processed;

(ii)

a third country or territory or zone thereof other than listed third country or territory or zone thereof where the dairy products were processed and which is authorised for entry into the Union of raw milk; or

(iii)

a Member State.

Article 157 U.K. Dairy products subject to a risk-mitigating treatment

1. Consignments of dairy products not complying with the requirements set out in Article 156 shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the dairy products of the consignment have undergone at least one of the risk-mitigating treatments provided for in column A of Annex XXVII, where:

(a) they were processed from milk obtained from the species Bos Taurus, Ovis aries, Capra hircus, Bubalus bubalis or Camelus dromedarius;

(b) the third country or territory of origin or zone thereof has not been free from foot and mouth disease and infection with rinderpest virus for a period of at least 12 months prior to the date of milking, or if during that period vaccination against those diseases has been carried out.

2. Consignments of dairy products shall only be permitted to enter the Union if the dairy products of the consignment have undergone at least one of the risk-mitigating treatments provided for in column B of Annex XXVII where they were processed from milk obtained from species of animals other than those referred to in paragraph 1(a).

3. Consignments of dairy products that have been processed from raw milk or from dairy products obtained from more than one species of animal shall only be permitted to enter the Union if those dairy products have undergone either:

(a) at least the most severe of the risk-mitigating treatments assigned to the each species of animals of origin, where the mixing of raw milk or dairy products takes place before the final processing of the product; or

(b) the risk-mitigating treatment assigned to each species of animals of origin, where the mixing of the products takes place after processing of each ingredient of the dairy product.