{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627/article-50.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/627",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-627",
  "path": "article/50",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Control of milk and colostrum",
  "text": "1. In the case of raw milk and colostrum, the competent authorities shall monitor the checks carried out in accordance with Part III of Chapter I, Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. When testing is used, the competent authorities shall use the analytical methods set out in Annex III to this Regulation to check compliance with the limits laid down for raw milk and colostrum in Part III of Chapter I, Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.\n2. If the food business operator of the production holding has not corrected the situation within three months of the first notification to the competent authorities of non-compliance with the plate count and/or somatic cell count criteria for raw milk and colostrum, the competent authorities shall verify that:\n(a) delivery of raw milk and colostrum from the production holding is suspended, or\n(b) the raw milk and colostrum is subjected to requirements concerning its treatment and use necessary to protect human health in accordance with a specific authorisation of, or general instructions from the competent authorities.\nThis suspension or these requirements shall remain in place by the competent authorities until the food business operator has proved that the raw milk and colostrum again comply with the criteria.\n3. The competent authorities shall use the analytical methods set out in Annex III of this Regulation to verify appropriate application of a pasteurisation process to dairy products as referred to in Part II of Chapter II, Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/627/article/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:28.098617+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."
}