Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act, 1994. Country/Territory Ireland Document type Legislation Date 1994 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provision for the establishment of a National Milk Agency to regulate the supply of milk for liquid consumption throughout the state and to provide for the dissolution of the Dublin and Cork District Milk Boards and for other matters connected with the matters aforesaid. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Institution Hygiene/sanitary procedures Milk/dairy products Contract/agreement Registration Inspection Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract There shall be a body to be known as the National Milk Agency to regulate the supply of milk for liquid consumption in accordance with the provisions of this Act (sect. 2). Section 5 prohibits the sale or supply of heat-treated milk for liquid consumption in the State unless it is prepared from raw milk which: (a) has been purchased: (i) from a producer under a contract registered under this Act; or (ii) from a registered processor who purchased it from a producer under a registered contract; or (b) has been produced on a milk production holding and has been heat-treated by the producer, the producer being also a registered processor, unless the sale is exempt under this Act. The Agency shall, on the application of either party, register a contract for the supply of raw milk for heat treatment for liquid consumption made between a producer and a processor provided the requirements of section 6 are complied with. The Agency shall keep a register of contracts. Section 15 specifies powers of inspection and examinationof inspectors. (24 sections) Full text English Website www.bailii.org References - Legislation Amended by Milk (Regulation of Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1995. Legislation | Ireland | 1995 (2000) Keyword: Institution, Milk/dairy products Source: FAO, FAOLEX Milk (Regulation of Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1996. Legislation | Ireland | 1996 (2000) Keyword: Institution, Milk/dairy products Source: FAO, FAOLEX