{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995/schedule-5/part-II/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995/schedule-5/part-II/paragraph-1.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/5/part/II/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Thermised milk shall:\n(a) be obtained from raw milk and where thermisation of such raw milk has not commenced within 36 hours of its acceptance at the processing establishment, it shall have a plate count at 30°C prior to thermisation which does not exceed 300,000 per ml in the case of cows' milk;\n(b) be obtained by the heating of raw milk for at least 15 seconds at a temperature between 57°C and 68°C such that after completion of the heating process the milk shows a positive reaction to the phosphatase test, using the method of analysis specified in paragraph 2 of Schedule 11; and\n(c) have a plate count at 30°C equal to or less than 100,000 per ml before heat-treatment if it is used to produce pasteurised, UHT or sterilised milk.",
  "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/5/part/II/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}