The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1988

means a herd which to the satisfaction of the Minister either– (a) has been found to be free from brucellosis by means of a series of diagnostic tests carried out by him or on his behalf and has been, since the date of commencement of such tests, the subject of adequate precautions against the introduction or re-introduction and consequent spreading of brucellosis;

means a well ventilated box or cupboard so situated on the outside of a wall on the north side of a building or in a comparable position that it is at all times in the shade, such box or cupboard being not less than 90 cm. above the ground at its lowest point and having inside it a maximum thermometer and a minimum thermometer of the meteorological type, accurate to within 0.5°C.;

means the temperature inside an atmospheric shade box;

means any container which has a capacity of not more than five litres and is of a type approved by the licensing authority.

means the disease caused by brucella abortus;

means milk which is not pre-packed;

includes the business of a hospital, school or other institution whose selling of milk is incidental only to the rendering of the health, education or other services rendered by the institution;

means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or other establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) where, in the course of a business, food is prepared for delivery to the ultimate consumer for immediate consumption;

means any person to whom milk is supplied and who neither sells it nor uses it in the manufacture of milk products for sale;

means untreated milk which has been produced from a herd owned or controlled by a licensed producer and bottled, or placed in cartons or other containers, at the place of production;

means the milch cows in respect of whose milk any licence is applied for or granted, as the case may be, and includes any other bovine animals for the time being kept in contact with such cows;

means the temperature of the milk immediately before the application of the steam;

means a licence granted by or under these Regulations;

means a licence authorising the use of a special designation held by a person carrying on a business which includes any sales which are sales for the purpose of which the use of a special designation is obligatory by virtue of Part II of the Act and are of milk in relation to which that licence authorises the use of a special designation;

means a person to whom a dealer’s licence has been granted;

means any person to whom such a licence has been granted;

means a person to whom an untreated milk distributor’s licence has been granted.

means the area of such licensing authority;

means, in relation to a grant of a licence, the authority having power to grant the licence by virtue of these Regulations, and, in relation to a licence which has been granted, the authority who would for the time being have power by virtue of these Regulations to grant a licence by way of renewal thereof if it had expired;

means a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1972.

means a cow kept for milking purposes;

means cows' milk, but does not include cream, or separated, skimmed, dried, condensed or evaporated milk, or butter milk;

means any change in the site, layout or construction of equipment for treating milk by the ultra high temperature method by the direct application of steam, or any change in the steam supply or in the particular temperature used for treating the milk as aforesaid;

means the temperature of the vapour or of the milk in either case at the point of leaving the evaporative cooling expansion vessel.

means packed or made up in advance in the bottle or other container in which it is to be supplied to the consumer;

means milk which has not been treated by heat;

means a sample taken by a person duly authorised in that behalf by the licensing authority or the Minister;

includes offer or agree to sell or expose for sale;

means selling in the course of a business, and includes, in relation to milk, supplying it under arrangements for free supply or in the course of any business otherwise than under such arrangements;

means selling it– (a) to any person other than a milk dealer (that is to say, a person who carries on a business which consists in or comprises the selling of milk that has been pasteurised, sterilised or ultra heat treated), an untreated milk distributor (that is to say, a person who carries on a business which consists in or comprises the selling of untreated milk) or a manufacturer of milk products (that is to say, a person who carries on a business which consists in or comprises the making of things made from milk or of which milk is an ingredient);

means selling milk otherwise than by retail;

means an area in which section 40 of the Act is in operation;

means the Food Act 1984;

means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly;

means any person who buys otherwise than– (a) for the purpose of resale, (b) for the purposes of a catering establishment, or (c) for the purposes of a manufacturing business.