- bactericidal agent
means a chemical agent capable of killing bacteria but not necessarily bacterial spores;
- byre
means any part of dairy premises used for the housing and milking of cows;
- catering establishment
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;
- container
means a tank, vessel or similar receptacle for containing milk in bulk and includes any ancillary equipment, whether removable or not, necessary for its proper functioning;
- contamination
includes contamination by odour and “contaminated” shall be construed accordingly;
- cow housing
means any part of dairy premises in which cows are housed;
- cream
means that part of the milk rich in fat which has been separated by skimming or otherwise, including reconstituted cream, that is, a substance which, not being cream, resembles cream in appearance and contains no ingredient not derived from milk, except– (a) water;
- dairy
includes any farm, cow housing, byre, milking parlour, milking bail, milk room or other premises from which milk is produced or supplied for sale, or in which milk is kept or used for purposes of sale or for the purposes of manufacture into milk or milk products for sale, or in which containers or retail containers used for the sale of milk are kept, but does not include a shop from which milk is sold only in the properly closed and unopened retail containers in which it is delivered to the shop, or a shop, catering establishment or other place in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises only;
- dairy farm
means any dairy premises on which milk is produced from cows, but does not include any part of any such premises on which milk is manufactured into other products unless the milk produced on the premises forms a substantial part of the milk so manufactured;
- dairy premises
means any building or other premises required to be licensed under the provisions of these Regulations;
- dairyman
means any person carrying on the business of a dairy;
- food authority
means an islands or district council;
- human consumption
includes use in the preparation of food for human consumption;
- infectious disease
means any disease listed in Schedule 1 to the Public Health (Notification of Infectious Diseases) (Scotland) Regulations 1988;
- milk
means cows' milk intended for sale or sold for human consumption and includes cream, skimmed milk and separated milk;
- milk carrier
means any person engaged in the transport of milk for hire or reward;
- milk processor
means any dairyman who on dairy premises other than those on which it was produced subjects milk to heat treatment or uses it for the manufacture of milk or milk products;
- milk product
means any food intended for human consumption which consists mainly of milk or is derived from milk;
- milk room
means any part of dairy premises specifically used for the cooling, processing, handling and storage of milk or the manufacture of milk products;
- milk tanker
means a vehicle, including any unit of railway rolling stock, for conveying or consigning milk in bulk by road or rail to and from dairy premises and that by means of a single container incorporated in the vehicle or unit;
- milking bail
means a moveable structure specifically used for the milking of cows, but not their housing;
- milking parlour
means any part of dairy premises specifically used for the milking of cows, but not their housing, and includes the gathering area;
- retail container
means a container which has a capacity of not more than 5 litres;
- road
has the meaning assigned to it by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;
- the Act
means the Food Safety Act 1990;
- ultimate consumer
means any person who buys otherwise than– (a) for the purpose of resale;