{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/annex-VII/part-IV/division-III/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/annex-VII/part-IV/division-III/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/1308",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308",
  "path": "annex/VII/part/IV/division/III/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The following products shall be considered to be drinking milk:",
  "text": "(a)raw milk: milk which has not been heated above 40 oC or subjected to treatment having equivalent effect;\n(b)whole milk: heat-treated milk which, with respect to fat content, meets one of the following requirements:\n(i)standardised whole milk: milk with a fat content of at least 3,50 % (m/m). However, nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority in England, Wales or Scotland from providing for an additional category of whole milk with a fat content of 4,00 % (m/m) or above;\n(ii)non-standardised whole milk: milk with a fat content that has not been altered since the milking stage either by the addition or removal of milk fats or by mixture with milk the natural fat content of which has been altered. However, the fat content may not be less than 3,50 % (m/m);\n(c)semi-skimmed milk: heat-treated milk whose fat content has been reduced to at least 1,50 % (m/m) and at most 1,80 % (m/m);\n(d)skimmed-milk: heat-treated milk whose fat content has been reduced to not more than 0,50 % (m/m).\nHeat-treated milk not complying with the fat content requirements laid down in points (b), (c) and (d) of the first subparagraph shall be considered to be drinking milk provided that the fat content is clearly indicated with one decimal and easily readable on the packaging in form of \"… % fat\". Such milk shall not be described as whole milk, semi-skimmed milk or skimmed milk.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 7 Pt. 4 Point 3 para. 1(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 82(6)(b)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, reg. 9(25)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1308/annex/VII/part/IV/division/III/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:06.542387+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."
}