{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designations-scotland-order-1988/schedule-6/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designations-scotland-order-1988/schedule-6/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2191",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk (Special Designations) (Scotland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designations-scotland-order-1988",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "General precautions",
  "text": "(1) The sterility of the media and apparatus shall be tested by carrying out a blank test using sterile water in place of milk when each batch of samples is examined.\n(2) Before the dilutions are prepared, the milk shall be thoroughly mixed by inverting the bottle 25 times.\n(3) Each dilution shall be thoroughly mixed without vigorous shaking.\n(4) In the preparation of the dilutions a separate sterile pipette shall be used for each dilution and for transferring the dilution to the bile salt broth.\n(5) The pipettes shall be straight-sided, of the “blow-out” type and plugged with cotton wool.\n(6) Not more than 15 minutes shall elapse between the dilution of the milk and its admixture with the bile salt broth.\n(7) The temperature of the incubator shall be frequently checked by means of a thermometer conforming to the British Standards Institution’s specification and adjusted if necessary.\n(8) Bile salt broth tubes showing any air in the Durham tube shall not be used to carry out the test.\n(9) Distilled water -water prepared with a glass still or water of equal quality shall be used.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2191/schedule/6/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:52:43.168909+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."
}