1. Raw milk shall come from animals on a licensed production holding and such animals shall undergo regular veterinary inspections to ensure that the requirements of this paragraph are being complied with and shall—
(a)not show any symptoms of infectious diseases communicable to human beings through milk;
(b)not give the milk any abnormal organoleptic characteristics;
(c)have a general state of health which is not impaired by any visible disorder and which are not suffering from any infection of the genital tract with discharge, enteritis with diarrhoea and fever, or a recognisable inflammation of the udder;
(d)not show any udder wound likely to affect their milk;
(e)not have had substances within the meaning of Council Directive 81/602/EEC concerning the prohibition of certain substances having a hormonal action, and of any substances having a thyrostatic action(1), as amended(2), and Council Directive 88/146/EEC prohibiting the use in livestock farming of certain substances having a hormonal action(3), administered illegally; and
(f)not have been treated with substances dangerous or likely to be dangerous to human health that are transmissible to milk, unless any withdrawal period which may apply to it has been observed.
2. In addition to the requirements specified in paragraph 1 above—
(a)raw cows' milk and raw buffaloes' milk shall come from animals belonging to a herd which is officially tuberculosis-free and either brucellosis-free or officially brucellosis-free;
(b)raw cows' milk shall come from animals yielding at least two litres of milk per day;
(c)raw ewes' milk and raw goats' milk shall come from animals belonging to a production holding which is either brucellosis-free or officially brucellosis-free (Brucella melitensis) within the meaning of Article 2(4) and (5) of Council Directive 91/68/EEC(4).
3. When different animal species are kept together on a production holding, each species shall satisfy the health conditions which would be required if it were alone.
OJ No. L222, 7.8.81, p.32.
Council Directive 81/602 was supplemented by Council Directive 85/358/EEC (OJ No. L191, 23.7.85, p.46).
OJ No. L70, 16.3.88, p.16.
OJ No. L46, 19.2.91, p.19.