Food Regulation 2025
61Sampling and testing of milk by certain dairy businesses
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61 Sampling and testing of milk by certain dairy businesses
61 Sampling and testing of milk by certain dairy businesses
(1) The holder of a licence authorising the operation of a dairy transport business must ensure the following requirements are complied with in relation to milk collected by the business for transport from a dairy primary production business to a dairy processing business at the time of collecting the milk—
(a) a record must be made of the temperature of the milk,
(b) a representative sample of milk must be taken,
(c) the sample must be taken, stored and transported under temperature control.
(2) The holder of a licence authorising the operation of a raw milk product collection, transport or delivery business must ensure the following requirements are complied with in relation to raw milk collected for transport for sale, transported for sale or delivered for sale by the business at the time of collecting the milk—
(a) a record must be made of the temperature of the raw milk,
(b) a representative sample of raw milk must be taken,
(c) the sample must be taken, stored and transported under temperature control.