# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder, Article 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a) ‘Milk’ means the product obtained from milking one or more cows, to which nothing has been added and which has at most been only partially skimmed;
(b) ‘Skimmed milk’ means milk with a fat content of no more than 1 % and a protein content of not less than 31,4 % of the non-fatty dry extract;
(c) ‘Skimmed-milk powder’ means the product obtained by removing the water from milk, with a maximum fat content of 11 %, a maximum moisture content of 5 % and a protein content of not less than 31,4 % of the non-fatty dry extract;
(d) ‘Buttermilk’ means the by-product of butter manufacture obtained after churning the cream and separating the solid fat, with a maximum fat content of 1 % and a protein content of not less than 31,4 % of the non-fatty dry extract;
(e) ‘Buttermilk powder’ means the product obtained by removing the water from buttermilk, with a maximum fat content of 11 %, a maximum moisture content of 5 % and a protein content of not less than 31,4 % of the non-fatty dry extract.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1999/2799/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2799/article-2
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