{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995/schedule-3/part-II/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995/schedule-3/part-II/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1086",
  "legislation_title": "The Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/II/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In addition to the requirements specified in paragraph 1 above—\n(a) raw cows' milk intended for the production of heat-treated drinking milk, fermented milk, junket, jellied milk, flavoured milk or cream shall meet the following standards:\nPlate count at 30° (per ml)\n≤100,000\nSomatic cell count (per ml)\n≤400,000\n(b) raw cows' milk intended for the manufacture of any dairy products other than those referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above shall meet the following standards:\nFrom 1.1.94\nFrom 1.1.98\nPlate count at 30° (per ml)\n≤400,000\n≤100,000\nSomatic cell count (per ml)\n≤500,000\n≤400,000\n(c) raw cows' milk intended for the manufacture of any milk-based product (made with raw milk) which has not undergone any heat-treatment during its manufacture shall meet the following standards:\nPlate count at 30° (per ml)\n≤100,000\nSomatic cell count (per ml)\n≤400,000\nStaphylococcus aureus (per ml)\nn = c = 2, m = 500, M = 2,000\n(d) raw goats', ewes', or buffaloes' milk intended for the production of heat-treated drinking milk or for the manufacture of heat-treated milk-based products shall meet the following standard:\nFrom 1.1.95\nFrom 1.12.99\nPlate count at 30° (per ml)\n≤3,000,000\n<1,500,000\n(e) raw goats', ewes', or buffaloes' milk intended for the manufacture of any milk-based product which has not undergone any heat-treatment during its manufacture shall meet the following standards:\nFrom 1.1.95\nFrom 1.12.99\nPlate count at 30° (per ml)\n≤1,000,000\n<500,000\nStaphylococcus aureus (per ml)\nn = 5, c = 2, m = 500, M = 2,000",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1086/schedule/3/part/II/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:10:45.908974+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}