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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853/annex-III/section-IX/chapter-I/division-I/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/853",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-853",
  "path": "annex/III/section/IX/chapter/I/division/I/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(a) In particular, as regards brucellosis, raw milk and colostrum must come from:\n(i) cows or buffaloes belonging to a herd which, within the meaning of Directive 64/432/EEC, is free or officially free of brucellosis;\n(ii) sheep or goats belonging to a holding officially free or free of brucellosis within the meaning of Directive 91/68/EEC; or\n(iii) females of other species belonging, for species susceptible to brucellosis, to herds regularly checked for that disease under a control plan that the competent authority has approved.\n(b) As regards tuberculosis, raw milk and colostrum must come from:\n(i) cows or buffaloes belonging to a herd which, within the meaning of Directive 64/432/EEC, is officially free of tuberculosis; or\n(ii) females of other species belonging, for species susceptible to tuberculosis, to herds regularly checked for this disease under a control plan that the competent authority has approved.\n(c) If goats are kept together with cows, such goats must be inspected and tested for tuberculosis.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1662/2006 of 6 November 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (Official Journal of the European Union L 139 of 30 April 2004)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Directive 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine ( OJ 121, 29.7.1964, p. 1977/64 ). Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 ( OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Directive 91/68/EEC of 28 January 1991 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals ( OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 19 ). Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2005/932/EC."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/853/annex/III/section/IX/chapter/I/division/I/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:34.013502+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."
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