the room shall be sufficiently large and equipped to ensure the hygiene of the operations;

the wrapping and packaging shall have been brought to the treatment or processing establishment in a protective cover in which they were placed immediately after manufacture and which protects the wrapping or packaging from any damage during transport to the dairy establishment, and they shall have been stored there under hygienic conditions in a room intended for that purpose;

the rooms for storing the packaging material shall be free from vermin and from amounts of dust which could constitute an unacceptable risk of contamination of the product and shall be separated from rooms containing substances which might contaminate the products. Packaging shall not be placed directly on the floor;

packaging shall be assembled under hygienic conditions before being brought into the room; except in the case of the automatic assembly of packaging, provided that there is no risk of contamination of the products;

packaging shall be brought into the room under hygienic conditions and used without delay. It shall not be handled by staff handling unwrapped products if there is a risk of cross contamination; and

immediately after packaging, the dairy products shall be placed in the rooms provided for storage.