The Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

PART IV CONDITIONS FOR MILKING AND FILTERING OPERATIONS

1.  Any work including feeding of animals that might have an adverse effect on the milk shall not be carried out immediately before or during the milking.

2.  Before the milking is started the teats, udder, flank, hindquarters and adjacent parts of the abdomen of the animal shall be clean.

3.  At the start of the milking of an individual animal, the milker shall inspect the appearance of the milk. If any physical abnormality in the milk is detected, milk from that animal shall not be allowed to leave the production holding, nor shall it be used for human consumption on that production holding.

4.  Animals with clinical udder diseases shall be milked last, or by a separate machine, or handstripped. Milk from such animals shall not be allowed to leave the production holding, nor shall it be used for human consumption on that production holding.

5.  Teat dips or sprays for lactating animals other than those to which the Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 1994(1) apply shall only be used immediately after milking, unless otherwise permitted by an authorised officer. The components of the teat dips and sprays shall be those acceptable to the authorised officer.

6.  Where the milk is filtered, the filter used shall, depending on the type, be changed or cleansed before its capacity for absorption is exhausted. In any case, the filter shall be changed or cleansed before each milking. Filtering cloths shall not be used for cow’s milk.

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S.I. 1994/3142.