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Paragraph 2

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(1)

Where raw milk is—

(a)

collected daily from a production holding it shall, if not collected within two hours of milking, be cooled as soon as practicable after milking to a temperature of 8°C or lower and maintained at that temperature until collected; or

(b)

not collected daily from a production holding it shall be cooled as soon as practicable after milking to a temperature of 6°C or lower and maintained at that temperature until collected.

(2)

For technological reasons relating to the manufacture of certain milk-based products, and provided the end products meet the microbiological criteria specified in Part I of Schedule 6, the temperature referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above may be exceeded with the authorisation of the approving authority.