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Pasteurised milk which has been subjected to high-temperature pasteurisation, UHT milk or sterilised milk may be produced from raw milk which has undergone thermisation or an initial heat treatment in another processing or treatment establishment provided that—

(a)

the initial treatment shall have had a time-temperature combination which is lower than or equivalent to the pasteurisation process specified in paragraph 2 above;

(b)

milk which has undergone the initial treatment shall have shown a positive reaction to the peroxidase test, using the method of analysis specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 11, before the second heat-treatment; and

(c)

such practice is brought to the attention of the approving authority.