Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, except where the context requires otherwise—

• “the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

• “dairy farm visit” means a visit to a registered production holding by an inspector and the undertaking by him there of inspection, supervision, sampling or any one or more of those functions for the purpose of ascertaining whether provisions of the principal Regulations are being complied with, and—

  1. (a)

     “sampling dairy farm visit” means a dairy farm visit for the sole purpose of taking samples of milk, and

  2. (b)

     “general dairy farm visit” means any other dairy farm visit;

• “inspector” means an inspector or other authorised officer of the Minister;

• “milk” means the milk of one or more cows intended for sale, or sold, for human consumption;

• “the Minister” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and

  2. (b)

     in relation to Wales, the Secretary of State;

• “the principal Regulations” means the Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1995^f1;

• “production holding” has the meaning assigned to it by the principal Regulations;

• “registered production holding” means a production holding registered under regulation 4 or 14 of the principal Regulations;

• “specified producer” means any person carrying on the business of a producer of milk from any registered production holding or his duly authorised representative.