{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995/schedule-4/part-III/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1086",
  "legislation_title": "The Dairy Products (Hygiene) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/III/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In addition to complying with paragraph 1 above, pasteurised milk shall—\n(a) have been obtained by means of a heat-treatment involving a high temperature for a short time (at least 71.7°C for 15 seconds or any equivalent combination) or a pasteurisation process using different time and temperature combinations to obtain an equivalent effect;\n(b) show a negative reaction to the phosphatase test and a positive reaction to the peroxidase test using the methods of analysis specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 and in the case of high temperature pasteurised milk, show a negative reaction to both tests and be labelled as “high-temperature pasteurised”; and\n(c) meet the following microbiological standards in any random sampling checks carried out in the treatment establishment:\nPathogenic micro-organisms\nAbsence in 25g, n = 5, c = 0\nColiforms (per ml)\nn = 5, c = 1, m = 0 M = 5\nPlate count at 21° (per ml) after incubation at 6° for five days.\nn = 5, c = 1, m = 5 × 104, M = 5 × 105",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1699",
      "affecting_title": "The Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1699",
      "affecting_title": "The Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1086/schedule/4/part/III/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."
}