Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 adopting certain transitional measures concerning deliveries of raw milk to processing establishments and the processing of this raw milk in Romania with regard to the requirements of Regulation (EC) Nos 852/2004 and 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of Council (notified under document number C(2006) 6963) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/27/EC)

Article 3 Deliveries of compliant and non-compliant milk and processing in compliant establishments listed in Chapter II of the Annex

The compliant establishments listed in Chapter II of the Annex to this Decision may receive and process raw milk which complies with the requirements set out in Chapter I, Part III, 3 and Chapter II, Part III of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 (‘compliant milk’) and non-compliant milk on separate production lines provided that the food business operators of such establishments:

(a)

comply with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004;

(b)

demonstrate their capacity to comply with the following conditions, including designating the separate production lines:

(i)

to take all necessary measures to allow for the proper observance of in-house procedures for the separation of raw milk from collection up to the final production stage, including routes of milk collection, separate storage and treatment of both compliant and non-compliant milk and specific packaging and labelling of dairy products whether or not they are derived from compliant or non-compliant milk, as well as separate storage of such milk;

(ii)

to establish a procedure ensuring raw milk traceability, including the necessary documentary evidence of product movements and the accountancy for dairy products and the reconciliation of compliant and non-compliant milk with the categories of dairy products produced;

(iii)

to expose all raw milk to heat treatment at a temperature of minimum 71,7 °C for 15 seconds;

(iv)

to take all appropriate measures to ensure that identification marks referred to Annex II, Section I of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are not used fraudulently.