Article 3 Imports of certain dairy products from third countries or parts thereof not at risk of foot-and-mouth diseaseF2

F1The appropriate authority shall authorise the importation of consignments of dairy products derived from raw milk of cows, ewes, goats or buffaloes from such of the third countries listed in Annex 1, or parts thereof, not at risk from foot-and-mouth disease as the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers (in relation to Scotland) and the Welsh Ministers (in relation to Wales), may specify in a document published for the purposes of this Article, provided that such dairy products have undergone, or been produced from raw milk which has undergone, a pasteurisation treatment involving a single heat treatment—

1. (a)

   with a heating effect at least equivalent to that achieved by a pasteurisation process of at least 72 °C for 15 seconds;

2. (b)

   where applicable, sufficient to ensure a negative reaction to an alkaline phosphatase test applied immediately after the heat treatment.