Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1815 (S.167)

The Milk and Dairies (Semi-skimmed and Skimmed Milk) (Heat Treatment and Labelling) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988

---

© Crown Copyright 1988

Statutory Instruments printed from this website are printed under the superintendence and authority of the Controller of HMSO being the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament.

The legislation contained on this web site is subject to Crown Copyright protection. It may be reproduced free of charge provided that it is reproduced accurately and that the source and copyright status of the material is made evident to users.

It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Queen's Printer imprints which should be removed from any copies of the Statutory Instrument which are issued or made available to the public. This includes reproduction of the Statutory Instrument on the Internet and on intranet sites. The Royal Arms may be reproduced only where they are an integral part of the original document.

The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument which is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Milk and Dairies (Semi-skimmed and Skimmed Milk) (Heat Treatment and Labelling) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988, ISBN 0110878159. The print version may be purchased by clicking here. Braille copies of this Statutory Instrument can also be purchased at the same price as the print edition by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0870 600 5522 or e-mail:customer.services@tso.co.uk.

Further information about the publication of legislation on this website can be found by referring to the Frequently Asked Questions.

To ensure fast access over slow connections, large documents have been segmented into "chunks". Where you see a "continue" button at the bottom of the page of text, this indicates that there is another chunk of text available.

1988 No. 1815 (S.167)

FOOD MILK AND DAIRIES

The Milk and Dairies (Semi-skimmed and Skimmed Milk) (Heat Treatment and Labelling) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 and 56 of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956(^[1]) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Milk and Dairies (Semi-skimmed and Skimmed Milk) (Heat Treatment and Labelling) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988, and shall come into force on 16th November 1988.

    (2)  In these Regulations, the "principal Regulations" means the Milk and Dairies (Semi-skimmed and Skimmed Milk) (Heat Treatment and Labelling) (Scotland) Regulations 1974(^[2]).

Amendment of the principal Regulations
    2.    In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations, the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of "bulk container" :—
""bulk milk" means milk which is not packed or made up in advance in the bottle or other container in which it is to be supplied to the consumer;" .

    3.    The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations:—
    "6.—(1)  Where bulk milk which has, for the purposes of transportation, been heat treated in another heat treatment establishment is to be subjected to further heat treatment in accordance with these Regulations, the additional requirements specified in the following sub-paragraphs shall apply.

    (2)  Milk shall not be accepted for further heat treatment unless it has a temperature not exceeding 6C on admission to the heat treatment establishment and is retained at such a temperature until that further treatment.

    (3)  Milk which has been heat treated in another member state of the European Economic Community shall not be accepted for further heat treatment unless it is accompanied by a certificate prescribed by the Importation of Milk (Scotland) Regulations 1988(^[3]).

    (4)  The milk processor shall check and record the temperature of the milk on admission to the heat treatment establishment and immediately before further heat treatment.

    (5)  For purposes of identifying sources of supply which consistently exceed a colony count of 100,000 per ml, in order to exclude such milk from further heat treatment in accordance with these Regulations, the milk processor shall—
(a) before further heat treatment take a sample of the milk in accordance with Schedule 3 to these Regulations;

(b) submit it to the petri plate count test prescribed in Part V of Schedule 4 to these Regulations;

(c) record the result.


    (6)  The milk processor shall retain for a period of not less than three months—
(a) from the date of further heat treatment, the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (3) above;

(b) the records made in compliance with sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) above." .

    4.    In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, the following shall be deleted:—
 (a) paragraph 4 of Part I;
 (b) paragraphs 5 and 6 of Part III.

    5.    There shall be inserted at the end of Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations the Part V set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sanderson of Bowden

Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

13th October 1988

[1] 1956 c. 30; section 4 was amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 3(1); section 56 was amended by the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31), Schedule 9, Parts I and II, by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), Schedule 15, paragraph 8, and by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), section 41. back

[2] S.I. 1974/1356, as amended by S.I. 1983/1526, 1985/1068 and 1986/791 back

[3] S.I. 1988/1814 back

Explanatory Note