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Ordinance on the public storage of skimmed milk powder.

Country/Territory
Austria
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Text No. 80, 31 January 1995, pp. 2950-2953.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Milk/dairy products Radiation Food quality control/food safety Standards Transport/storage Inspection International trade
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Abstract

An Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry to regulate in details procedures for public storage of skimmed milk powder. Article 3 sets the condition to obtain official recognition of storehouses. Skimmed milk powder produced in other EC countries must be certified as salmonella free. The costs of transportation of skimmed milk powder to the storing places have to be born by the producer. The AMA ("Agrarmarkt Austria") is responsible for the quality of the skimmed milk powder, especially as regards radioactivity. Entitled persons must allow access to their premises for inspection by competent authorities, i.e. the Agrarmarkt Austria, the Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, and various bodies of the EC. The Ordinance consists of 13 articles and 1 Annex. The Annex lays down the quality standard for skimmed milk powder. The above-mentioned AMA is entrusted with the enforcement of this Ordinance.

Full text
German

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Skimmed Milk Powder Ordinance 1996.

Legislation | Austria | 1996

Keyword: Milk/dairy products, Transport/storage, Inspection, Standards, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX