Paragraph 24 Milk and milk products produced from susceptible animals originating in a protection zone or on premises in a protection zone

England and Wales

(1)

No person is permitted to sell or consign for sale the milk of a susceptible animal originating in a protection zone or any milk product produced from such milk unless it complies with sub-paragraph (2) or (3).

(2)

Milk and milk products comply with this sub-paragraph if—

(a)

they were produced before the date 21 days before the earliest infection date in the protection zone, and

(b)

they have at all times been stored and transported separately from milk and milk products produced on or after that date.

(3)

Milk and milk products comply with this sub-paragraph if—

(a)

they have been treated so as to fall within paragraph 13 or 14 of Schedule 5, and

(b)

that treatment was carried out either—

(i)

in the protection zone on premises which comply with sub-paragraph (6), or

(ii)

outside the protection zone on such premises as the National Assembly may direct.

(4)

No person is permitted to sell or consign for sale the milk of a susceptible animal produced on premises in the protection zone or any milk product produced from such milk unless—

(a)

transport of raw milk from outside a protection zone to those premises complies with sub-paragraph (5), and

(b)

those premises comply with sub-paragraph (6).

(5)

Transport of raw milk complies with this sub-paragraph if—

(a)

the vehicle was cleansed and disinfected at the premises of origin and before loading in accordance with the directions of an inspector, and

(b)

the vehicle did not enter any other premises in a protection zone where susceptible animals are kept after that cleansing and disinfection.

(6)

Premises comply with this sub-paragraph if they satisfy the following requirements—

(a)

they are authorised by a licence granted by the National Assembly imposing such conditions as it considers necessary to ensure strict veterinary control;

(b)

all milk entering the premises—

(i)

complies with sub-paragraph (2) or (3), or

(ii)

enters for treatment so that it complies with sub-paragraph (3), or

(iii)

is raw milk produced outside the protection zone;

(c)

milk on the premises and leaving the premises is clearly identified as eligible for sale outside the protection zone and is at all times stored and transported separately from raw milk and raw milk products which are not so eligible.