{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995/schedule-6/part-I/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-products-hygiene-regulations-1995/schedule-6/part-I/paragraph-3.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/6/part/I/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 5 below, milk-based products shall meet the standards referred to in the tables below upon removal from the processing establishment—\nA.\nProduct\nType of Micro-organism\nStandard (ml, g)\n(i)\nCheese, other than hard cheese\nListeria monocytogenes\nAbsence in 25g where n = 5, c = 0\n(ii)\nMilk-based products, other than cheese covered by (i) above\nListeria monocytogenes\nAbsence in 1g\n(iii)\nMilk powder\nSalmonella spp\nAbsence in 25g where n = 10, c = 0\n(iv)\nMilk-based products, other than milk powder\nSalmonella spp\nAbsence in 25g where n = 5, c = 0\nThe sample of 25g referred to in paragraph (I) of table A above shall consist of 5 specimens of 5g taken from different parts of the same product.\nB.\nProduct\nType of Micro-organism\nStandard (ml, g)\n(i)\nCheese made from raw milk or from thermised milk\nStaphylococcus aureus\nEscherichia coli\nn = 5, c = 2, m = 1,000, M = 10,000\nn = 5, c = 2, m = 10,000, M = 100,000\n(ii)\nSoft cheese made from heat-treated milk\nStaphylococcus aureus\nEscherichia coli\n} n = 5, c = 2, M = 100, M = 1,000\n(iii)\nFresh cheese\nPowdered milk\nFrozen milk-based products including ice-cream\nStaphylococcus aureus\n”\n”\n} n = 5, c = 2, m = 10, M = 100",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1699",
      "affecting_title": "The Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1086/schedule/6/part/I/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}