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The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/2383 · Made 18 December 1989

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FOOD

MILK AND DAIRIES

Made 18th December 1989

Laid before Parliament 21st December 1989

Coming into force 1st April 1990

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 38, 74(3) and 118 of the Food Act 1984f1 and now vested in themf2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 118(6) of that Act with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by the Regulations and with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 10 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971f3, hereby make the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 30; section 132(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

f2

In the case of the Secretary of State for Health, by virtue of S.I. 1988/1843.

f3

1971 c. 62.

Contents

  1. Part I: TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION
  2. 1Title and commencement
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. Part II: GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO LICENCES
  5. 3Special designations
  6. 4Application for licence
  7. 5Refusal of licence
  8. 6Conditions of licences
  9. 7Form of licence
  10. Part III: GRANT OF PRODUCERS' LICENCE
  11. 8Producers' licences
  12. Part IV: REFUSAL, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF PRODUCERS' LICENCES AND APPEALS ARISING THEREFROM
  13. 9Refusal, suspension ad revocation of producers' licences
  14. 10Procedure
  15. 11Tribunals
  16. Part V: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE GRANTING OF UNTREATED MILK DISTRIBUTORS' LICENCES
  17. 12Untreated milk distributors' licences
  18. 13Duration of untreated milk distributor’s licences
  19. Part VI: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE GRANTING OF DEALERS' LICENCES
  20. 14Dealers' licences
  21. 15Duration of dealers' licences
  22. Part VII: REFUSAL, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF UNTREATED MILK DISTRIBUTORS'LICENCESANDDEALERS'LICENCESAND APPEALS ARISING THEREFROM
  23. 16Refusal, suspension and revocation of untreated milk distributors' licences and dealers'licences
  24. 17Procedure
  25. 18Tribunals
  26. 19Interpretation of “licence”
  27. Part VIII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS INCLUDING REVOCATIONS
  28. 20Internal trade
  29. 21Enforcement
  30. 22Revocation and savings
  31. Signature
  32. Schedule 1: GENERAL CONDITIONSSUBJECT TO WHICH ALL LICENCES ARE GRANTED
  33. 1Paragraph 1
  34. 2Paragraph 2
  35. 3Paragraph 3
  36. 4Paragraph 4
  37. Schedule 2: SPECIAL CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH LICENCES TO USE THE SPECIAL DESIGNATION “UNTREATED” ARE GRANTED
  38. 1A. Conditions applicable to producers' licences
  39. 2A. Conditions applicable to producers' licences
  40. 3A. Conditions applicable to producers' licences
  41. 4A. Conditions applicable to producers' licences
  42. 5A. Conditions applicable to producers' licences
  43. 6A. Conditions applicable to producers' licences
  44. 1B. Conditions applicable to untreated milk distributor’s licences
  45. 2B. Conditions applicable to untreated milk distributor’s licences
  46. 3B. Conditions applicable to untreated milk distributor’s licences
  47. 4B. Conditions applicable to untreated milk distributor’s licences
  48. 1C. Conditions applicable to producers' licences and untreated milk distributors' licences
  49. 2C. Conditions applicable to producers' licences and untreated milk distributors' licences
  50. 3C. Conditions applicable to producers' licences and untreated milk distributors' licences
  51. 4C. Conditions applicable to producers' licences and untreated milk distributors' licences
  52. 5C. Conditions applicable to producers' licences and untreated milk distributors' licences
  53. Schedule 3: GENERAL CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH LICENCES TO USE SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS OTHER THAN “UNTREATED” ARE GRANTED
  54. 1Paragraph 1
  55. 2Paragraph 2
  56. 3Paragraph 3
  57. 4Paragraph 4
  58. 5Paragraph 5
  59. 6Paragraph 6
  60. 7Paragraph 7
  61. Schedule 4: SPECIAL CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH LICENCES TO USE SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS OTHER THAN “UNTREATED” ARE GRANTED
  62. Part I: PASTEURISED
  63. 1A. Conditions applicable when pasteurised milk is produced from raw milk or from bulk milk beat treated for transportation
  64. 2A. Conditions applicable when pasteurised milk is produced from raw milk or from bulk milk beat treated for transportation
  65. 3A. Conditions applicable when pasteurised milk is produced from raw milk or from bulk milk beat treated for transportation
  66. 4A. Conditions applicable when pasteurised milk is produced from raw milk or from bulk milk beat treated for transportation
  67. 5A. Conditions applicable when pasteurised milk is produced from raw milk or from bulk milk beat treated for transportation
  68. 6A. Conditions applicable when pasteurised milk is produced from raw milk or from bulk milk beat treated for transportation
  69. 7A. Conditions applicable when pasteurised milk is produced from raw milk or from bulk milk beat treated for transportation
  70. 1B. Additional conditions applicable when pasteurised milk is produced from bulk milk which has been heat treated for transportation
  71. Part II: STERILISED
  72. 1A. Conditions applicable when the milk is heated in bottles or by a continuous-flow method
  73. 2A. Conditions applicable when the milk is heated in bottles or by a continuous-flow method
  74. 3A. Conditions applicable when the milk is heated in bottles or by a continuous-flow method
  75. 4A. Conditions applicable when the milk is heated in bottles or by a continuous-flow method
  76. 5A. Conditions applicable when the milk is heated in bottles or by a continuous-flow method
  77. 6A. Conditions applicable when the milk is heated in bottles or by a continuous-flow method
  78. 1B. Additional conditions applicable when the milk is heated by a continuous-flow method
  79. 2B. Additional conditions applicable when the milk is heated by a continuous-flow method
  80. 3B. Additional conditions applicable when the milk is heated by a continuous-flow method
  81. 4B. Additional conditions applicable when the milk is heated by a continuous-flow method
  82. Part III: ULTRA HEAT TREATED
  83. 1A. Conditions applicable whether or not the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  84. 2A. Conditions applicable whether or not the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  85. 3A. Conditions applicable whether or not the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  86. 4A. Conditions applicable whether or not the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  87. 5A. Conditions applicable whether or not the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  88. 6A. Conditions applicable whether or not the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  89. 1B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  90. 2B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  91. 3B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  92. 4B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  93. 5B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  94. 6B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  95. 7B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  96. 8B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  97. 9B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  98. 10B. Additional conditions applicable when the treatment of the milk includes the direct application of steam
  99. Schedule 5
  100. Part I: DETAILED CONDITIONS AS TO SAMPLING
  101. 1Taking of sample
  102. 2Taking of sample
  103. 3Taking of sample
  104. 4Identification of sample
  105. 5Transport of sample
  106. 6Transport of sample
  107. Part II: THE COLIFORM TEST FOR UNTREATED MILK AND PASTEURISED MILK
  108. 1Method of carrying out the test
  109. 2Method of carrying out the test
  110. 3Method of carrying out the test
  111. 4Method of carrying out the test
  112. Part III: THE PLATE COUNT TEST FOR RAW MILK, BULK MILK HEAT TREATED FOR TRANSPORTATION, UNTREATED MILK, PASTEURISED MILK, STERILISED MILK AND MILK TREATED BY THE ULTRA HIGH TEMPERATURE METHOD
  113. 1Paragraph 1
  114. 2Paragraph 2
  115. 3Paragraph 3
  116. Part IV: THE PHOSPHATASE TEST FOR PASTEURISED MILK
  117. 1Examination of sample
  118. 2Precautions
  119. 3Reagents
  120. 4Apparatus
  121. 5Care of apparatus
  122. 6Method of carrying out the test
  123. Part V: THE TURBIDITY TEST FOR STERILISING MILK
  124. 1Examination of sample
  125. 2Reagent
  126. 3Apparatus
  127. 4Method of dying out the test
  128. Schedule 6: DETAILED CONDITIONS AS TO LABELLING
  129. 1General labelling requirement
  130. 2Name of milk
  131. 3Indication of minimum durability
  132. 4Field of vision
  133. 5Manner of marking or labelling
  134. 6Exemptions
  135. 7Definitions
  136. Schedule 7FORMS OF LICENCES
  137. Schedule 8: TRIBUNALS
  138. Part I: CONSTITUTION
  139. 1Paragraph 1
  140. 2Paragraph 2
  141. 3Paragraph 3
  142. 4Paragraph 4
  143. Part II: PROCEDURE
  144. 1Paragraph 1
  145. 2Paragraph 2
  146. 3Paragraph 3
  147. 4Paragraph 4
  148. 5Paragraph 5
  149. 6Paragraph 6
  150. 7Paragraph 7
  151. 8Paragraph 8
  152. 9Paragraph 9
  153. 10Paragraph 10
  154. 11Paragraph 11
  155. Explanatory note