SCHEDULE 1Standards applicable to edible acid caseins

Regulation 2

Table 1Essential factors of composition

1.

Maximum moisture content

12% by weight

2.

Minimum milk protein content calculated on the dried extract

90% by weight

of which minimum casein content

95% by weight

3.

Maximum milk fat content

2% by weight

4.

Maximum titratable acidity, expressed in ml of decinormal sodium hydroxide solution per g

0.27

5.

Maximum ash content (P2O5 included)

2.5% by weight

6.

Maximum anhydrous lactose content

1% by weight

7.

Maximum sediment content (burnt particles)

22.5 mg in 25 g

Table 2Contaminants

Maximum lead content

0.75 mg/kg

Table 3Impurities

Extraneous matter (such as wood or metal particles, hairs or insect fragments)

nil in 25 g

Table 4Processing aids, bacterial cultures and authorised ingredients

1.

Acids:

— lactic acid

— hydrochloric acid

— sulphuric acid

— citric acid

— acetic acid

— orthophosphoric acid

2.

Bacterial cultures producing lactic acid

3.

Whey

Table 5Organoleptic characteristics

1.

Odour

No foreign odours

2.

Appearance

Colour ranging from white to creamy white; the product must not contain any lumps that would not break up under slight pressure

SCHEDULE 2Standards applicable to edible caseinates

Regulation 2

Table 1Essential factors of composition

1.

Maximum moisture content

8% by weight

2.

Minimum milk protein content calculated on the dried extract

88% by weight

of which minimum casein content

95% by weight

3.

Maximum milk fat content

2% by weight

4.

Maximum anhydrous lactose content

1% by weight

5.

pH value

6.0 to 8.0

6.

Maximum sediment content (burnt particles)

22.5 mg in 25 g

Table 2Contaminants

Maximum lead content

0.75 mg/kg

Table 3Impurities

Extraneous matter (such as wood or metal particles, hairs or insect fragments)

nil in 25 g

Table 4Food additives

(Optional neutralizing and buffering agents)

Hydroxydes

of

Sodium

Carbonates

Potassium

Phosphates

Calcium

Citrates

Ammonium

Magnesium

Table 5Characteristics

1.

Odour

Very slight foreign flavours and odours

2.

Appearance

Colour ranging from white to creamy white; the product must not contain any lumps that would not break up under slight pressure

3.

Solubility

Almost entirely soluble in distilled water, except for calcium caseinate

SCHEDULE 3Standards applicable to edible rennet caseins

Regulation 2

Table 1Essential factors of composition

1.

Maximum moisture content

12% by weight

2.

Minimum milk protein content calculated on the dried extract

84% by weight

of which minimum casein content

95% by weight

3.

Maximum milk fat content

2% by weight

4.

Maximum ash content (P2O5 included)

7.5% by weight

5.

Maximum anhydrous lactose content

1% by weight

6.

Maximum sediment content (burnt particles)

15 mg in 25 g

Table 2Contaminants

Maximum lead content

0.75 mg/kg

Table 3Impurities

Extraneous matter (such as wood or metal particles, hairs or insect fragments)

nil in 25 g

Table 4Processing aids, bacterial cultures and authorised ingredients

— rennet meeting the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC, Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, Directive 2000/13/EC, Council Directive 2001/112/EC and Regulation (EC) No 258/978;

— other milk-coagulating enzymes meeting the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008.

Table 5Organoleptic characteristics

1.

Odour

No foreign odours

2.

Appearance

Colour ranging from white to creamy white; the product must not contain any lumps that would not break up under slight pressure

SCHEDULE 4The contaminants and impurities standards

Regulation 5

Contaminants

Maximum lead content

0.75 mg/kg

Impurities

Extraneous matter (such as wood or metal particles, hairs or insect fragments)

nil in 25 g

SCHEDULE 5Modifications of the Food Safety Act 1990

Regulation 7

Provision of the Food Safety Act 1990 that applies

Modification

Section 3 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption)

In subsection (1), for “this Act” substitute “the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017”

Section 10(1) and (2)

(improvement notices)

For subsection (1) (improvement notices) substitute—

1

If an authorised officer of a food authority has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is failing to comply with any of regulation 3(1), 5(2) or 5(4) of the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017, the authorised officer may, by a notice served on that person (in this Act referred to as an “improvement notice”)—

a

state the officer’s grounds for believing that the person is failing to comply with the relevant provision;

b

specify the matters which constitute the person’s failure so to comply;

c

specify the measures which, in the officer’s opinion, the person must take in order to secure compliance; and

d

require the person to take those measures, or measures that are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.

Section 20 (offences due to fault of another person)

For “any of the preceding provisions of this Part” substitute “section 10(2), as applied by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017,”

Section 21(1) and (5) (defence of due diligence)

In subsection (1), for “any of the preceding provisions of this Part” substitute “section 10(2), as applied by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017”

Section 30(8) (evidence of certificates given by a food analyst or examiner)

For “this Act” substitute “the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017”

Section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers)

In subsection (1), for “this Act” (in each place occurring) substitute “the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017”

Section 359 (punishment of offences) but only subsections (1) and (2) and in so far as section 35 is modified by these Regulations to include subsection (1ZA)

In subsection (1), after “section 33(1) above”, insert “, as applied and modified by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017,”

After subsection (1), insert—

1ZA

A person guilty of an offence under section 10(2), as applied by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine.

In subsection (2) for “any other offence under this Act”, substitute “an offence under section 33(2), as applied by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017,”

Section 36 (offences by body corporate)

In subsection (1), for “this Act” substitute “section 10(2), as applied by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017,”

Section 36A10 (offences by Scottish partnerships)

For “this Act” substitute “section 10(2), as applied by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017,”

Section 37(1) and (6) (appeals)

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

 Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of an authorised officer of a food authority to serve an improvement notice under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017, may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal.

In subsection (6)—

(a) for “(3) or (4)” substitute “(1)”, and

(b) in paragraph (a), for “a magistrates’ court or to the sheriff” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal”

Section 39 (appeals against improvement notices)

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

On an appeal against an improvement notice served under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 7 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017, the First-tier Tribunal may either cancel or affirm the notice and, if it affirms it, may do so either in its original form or with such modifications as the First-tier Tribunal may in the circumstances think fit.”

In subsection (3), omit “for want of prosecution”

Section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith)

For “this Act” (in each place occurring) substitute “the Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017”