The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 1 S SPECIFIED MILK AND NON-DAIRY ALTERNATIVE

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 in force at 21.3.2021, see reg. 1(2)

In this schedule—

“cow’s milk” means plain, unsweetened, fresh liquid cow’s milk, but not milk to or from which chemicals, vitamins, flavours or colours have been added or removed,

“goat’s milk” means plain, unsweetened, fresh liquid goat’s milk, but not milk to or from which chemicals, vitamins, flavours or colours have been added or removed,

“infant formula” means a liquid or a non-liquid which, where a non-liquid can be prepared to form a liquid, based on cow’s milk, sheep’s milk or goat’s milk, intended for particular nutritional use from birth by infants in good health,

“non-dairy alternative” means [F1 a drink which is an unsweetened, calcium enriched liquid and is commonly used as a substitute for dairy milk], and

“sheep’s milk” means plain, unsweetened, fresh liquid sheep’s milk, but not milk to or from which chemicals, vitamins, flavours or colours have been added or removed.

Column 1 Age of eligible child	Column 2 Volume of Milk or non-dairy alternative	Column 3 Type of milk or non-dairy alternative	Column 4 Condition
Under 1 year of age	189 millilitres, or made up to provide 189 millilitres where the infant formula was in non-liquid form	infant formula	none
1 year of age and less than 2 years of age	189 millilitres, or where the milk or non-dairy alternative is supplied in containers of 200 millilitres only, to 200 millilitres	whole cow’s milk	none
		whole goat’s milk or whole sheep’s milk	where for medical, religious, or ethical reasons, an eligible child cannot consume cow’s milk
		non-dairy alternative	where for medical, religious or ethical reasons, an eligible child cannot consume—
			(a) whole cow’s milk, (b) whole goat’s milk, and (c) whole sheep’s milk
2 years of age and older	189 millilitres, or where such milk or non-dairy alternative is supplied in containers of 200 millilitres only, to 200 millilitres	whole cow’s milk or semi-skimmed cow’s milk	none
		whole goat’s milk, semi-skimmed goat’s milk, whole sheep’s milk, or semi-skimmed sheep’s milk	where for medical, religious or ethical reasons, an eligible child cannot consume cow’s milk, or
		non-dairy alternative	where for medical, religious or ethical reasons, an eligible child cannot consume—
			(a) cow’s milk, (b) goat’s milk, and (c) sheep’s milk.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in sch. 1 substituted (17.5.2021) by The Milk and Healthy Snack Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/206), regs. 1(2), 2(9)