Milk (Great Britain) Order 1967
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1967 No. 455
FOOD AND DRUGS
MILK AND DAIRIES
The Milk (Great Britain) Order 196721stMarch 1967
30thMarch 1967
2ndApril 1967
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6 and 7 of the Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following order:—
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This order may be cited as the Milk (Great Britain) Order 1967; and shall come into operation on 2nd April 1967.
(2) This order shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this order—
"catering business" means the business or undertaking of an inn, public-house, hotel, restaurant, cafe, tea-shop, buffet, coffee-stall or any place of refreshment open to the public, or of a club, boarding house, apartment house, refreshment contractor, school feeding centre, staff dining room or canteen; and "caterer" shall be construed accordingly;
"Channel Islands milk" means—
(a) as respects England and Wales, milk which is produced from cows of the Channel Islands breeds and which is labelled "Channel Islands milk", "Jersey milk" or "Guernsey milk" when sold in a container;
(b) as respects Scotland, milk which is lawfully sold as Channel Islands milk pursuant to the Milk and Dairies (Channel Islands and South Devon Milk) (Scotland) Regulations 1958(b), as amended (c);
"Homogenised milk" means milk which (i) has been treated by heat (ii) has been so processed as to break up the globules of butterfat and cause them to remain uniformly distributed throughout the milk instead of rising to the surface and (iii) when sold in a container is labelled "Homogenised milk";
"milk" means liquid cow's milk but does not include separated milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk or evaporated milk;
"the Ministers" means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly;
"Pasteurised milk" means milk in respect of which the special designation "Pasteurised" is lawfully used, in relation to England and Wales, pursuant to
(a) 1964 c. 60.
(b) S.I. 1958/2229 (1958 I, p. 1192).
(c) The amending regulations are not relevant to the subject matter of this order.
the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1963(a), as amended (b), and, in relation to Scotland, pursuant to the Milk (Special Designations) (Scotland) Order 1965(c), as amended (d);
"Premium milk" means milk in respect of which the special designation "Premium" is lawfully used pursuant to the Milk (Special Designations) (Scotland) Order 1965, as amended;
"sell" includes offer or agree to sell or expose for sale;
"South Devon milk" means—
(a) as respects England and Wales, milk which is produced from cows of the South Devon breed and which is labelled "South Devon milk" when sold in a container;
(b) as respects Scotland, milk which is lawfully sold as South Devon milk pursuant to the Milk and Dairies (Channel Islands and South Devon Milk) (Scotland) Regulations 1958, as amended;
"Standard milk" means milk in respect of which the special designation "Standard" is lawfully used pursuant to the Milk...
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