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Cabinet Regulation No. 73 of 2019 on Requirements for the Handling of Small Quantities of Raw Cow and Goat Milk

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Latvijas Vēstnesis, 37, 21.02.2019.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Authorization/permit Cattle Milk/dairy products Food quality control/food safety Sheep/goats Internal trade Transport/storage
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

The Regulation prescribes the hygiene and mandatory harmlessness requirements for the collection, pre-treatment, storage, transportation, and direct supply of small quantities of raw cow and goat milk to a final consumer or retail establishment which directly supplies a final consumer in the territory of Latvia, and also the procedures for the issuing, suspending, and restoring a permit for the sale of the milk. A milk producer shall collect the milk from the cows and goats it owns and sell it directly to a final consumer or the retail trade at the place of production or within a radius of 300 kilometres from the place of production. The Regulation further provides for procedures for the issuing, suspending, and restoring of a permit for the sale of the milk; requirements for animal health and holding; requirements for the collection, pre-treatment, storage, and transportation of the milk; milk harmlessness requirements and sampling of the milk; and requirements for the sale of the milk.

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Website
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