{"id":18985,"date":"2022-10-02T15:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=18985"},"modified":"2022-11-10T23:26:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T23:26:38","slug":"dairy-hygiene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Hygiene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/#Dairy_Regulation\" title=\"Dairy Regulation\">Dairy Regulation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/#Premise\" title=\"Premise\">Premise<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/#Inspection\" title=\"Inspection\">Inspection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/#Butter_Manufacture\" title=\"Butter Manufacture\">Butter Manufacture<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/#Construction_of_Dairies\" title=\"Construction of Dairies\">Construction of Dairies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/#Dairy_Hygiene\" title=\"Dairy Hygiene\">Dairy Hygiene<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/#Testing\" title=\"Testing\">Testing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/dairy-hygiene\/#Bottling_and_Composition\" title=\"Bottling and Composition\">Bottling and Composition<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dairy_Regulation\"><\/span>Dairy Regulation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There exist several pieces of legislation regulating aspects of agricultural industries from the perspective of ensuring food hygiene and safety.\u00a0 This reflected the importance of agriculture to the newly independent State.\u00a0 Much of the legislation is still in force but has been superseded or restricted by later European based, more comprehensive food hygiene measures.<\/p>\n<p>The Dairy Produce Act provides for the regulation of the manufacture, marketing and export of dairy products to improve its general standard.\u00a0 It makes provision for the registration and control of premises engaged in the manufacture or sale of dairy produce and the marketing of such products.<\/p>\n<p>Regulation under the Act is still sometimes found in parallel with the legislation under the more modern legislation.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Premise\"><\/span>Premise<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>All premises on which dairy produce is manufactured must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be structurally suited for the manufacture of the description of dairy produce concerned;<\/li>\n<li>Premises, plant and equipment, appliances and utensils must be kept clean and in good order;<\/li>\n<li>Milk, cream and other ingredients used in manufacturing must be clean;<\/li>\n<li>Premises must be situated in a position and used in a manner to prevent exposure of dairy products or ingredients to any contamination or potential contamination;<\/li>\n<li>There must be available good and wholesome supply of water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plants must be equipped with the requisite appliances and utensils as required by law.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inspection\"><\/span>Inspection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Department of Agriculture inspectors may enter any premises at which dairy produce is manufactured for sale, inspect all plant and equipment and take samples as required.\u00a0 It is an offence to obstruct an officer.\u00a0 An officer may make a notice requiring compliance with conditions in relation to cleanliness, hygiene, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The notice may make requirements in respect of the premises, plant and equipment, repairing, structural alterations, improvement, mandatory steps, removal of contamination, and supply of water. It is an offence to fail to comply with the notice. There is provision for disputes in relation to notices to be referred to an arbitrator.<\/p>\n<p>Where the notice requires the premises to be put in good repair or structural alterations, there are special provisions dealing with the scenarios where the person notified is not the occupier or is a tenant and not the owner.<\/p>\n<p>There are provisions whereby the person carrying on the business is free to undertake work notwithstanding restrictions in tenancies etc.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Butter_Manufacture\"><\/span>Butter Manufacture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are detailed provisions in the legislation regarding manufacturers of butter.\u00a0 Butter must be manufactured only on premises registered in the registry of creameries, butter factories, manufacturing or non-manufacturing exporters.<\/p>\n<p>Butter must be packed in accordance with regulations under the legislation.\u00a0 The package and wrapping must comply with marks prescribed by the regulation. \u00a0Butter may not be removed from packaging prior to export.\u00a0 There are provisions in respect of water content and cleanliness.<\/p>\n<p>Inspectors may inspect the interior of all premises registered under the Dairy Produce Act or other legislation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Premises on which butter was sold, exposed for sale, stored;<\/li>\n<li>Premises of a person engaged in the business of carrying such goods for reward;<\/li>\n<li>Warehouses involved in exporting;<\/li>\n<li>Docks, piers, jetties, etc;<\/li>\n<li>Ships, railways, boats, cars, lorries, vans, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Samples taken by authorised officers.\u00a0 It is an offence to obstruct or impeded an officer.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Construction_of_Dairies\"><\/span>Construction of Dairies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Regulations may specify construction of dairies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lighting, ventilation, drainage, water supply;<\/li>\n<li>Cleanliness of dairies and all plant and equipment;<\/li>\n<li>Precautions against infection and contamination;<\/li>\n<li>Manner of cooling of milk;<\/li>\n<li>Conveying and distribution of milk;<\/li>\n<li>Labelling, marking and identifying of receptacles;<\/li>\n<li>Inspection of vessels;<\/li>\n<li>Milking of animals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Breach of the regulation is an offence.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dairy_Hygiene\"><\/span>Dairy Hygiene<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are provisions in relation to the prevention of diseases likely to be caused by infected milk.\u00a0 Milk supplies may be stopped and prohibited where they are likely to cause disease.<\/p>\n<p>It is an offence to sell infected or diseased milk.\u00a0 It is an offence for an employee not to inform the dairymen of milk becoming infected.\u00a0 The sale of milk to which an infected person has access is prohibited.\u00a0 It is prohibited for infected persons to have access to milk.<\/p>\n<p>Milk may not be sold without notice where it is likely to be exposed to infection.\u00a0 The dairyman must inform the authority in writing of the full facts of any risk of infection.<\/p>\n<p>It is an offence to use milk from animals suffering from specified diseases.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Testing\"><\/span>Testing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The legislation permits the minister to appoint bacteriological examiners for the purpose of the legislation.\u00a0 Fees are payable in respect of the examination.\u00a0 The Department, the authority and dairy men may submit samples of milk for examination.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities and regulators have the power to sample milk.\u00a0 There is provision by which samples may be divided. There are provisions for taking sampling.<\/p>\n<p>It is an offence to sell or expose for sale any contaminated or dirty milk.\u00a0 It is not lawful to sell milk in a public place from a vehicle unless certain details are provided and appear.<\/p>\n<p>Separated or skimmed milk must be labelled and marked in a manner provided by regulation.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bottling_and_Composition\"><\/span>Bottling and Composition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The minister may make regulations specifying the method of bottling milk for sale under a general designation and providing in particular, the grant by the authority of general designation bottling licences, a form of licences, duration of licences, terms and conditions.<\/p>\n<p>It is an offence to sell as whole milk any milk with less than the prescribed percentage of milk fat and milk solids.\u00a0 It is an offence to sell such skimmed or separated milk, milk containing less than the prescribed percentages of milk solids and milk fat.<\/p>\n<p>It is an offence to sell as cream any article which would lessen the prescribed percentage of milk fat.\u00a0 It is an offence to sell as buttermilk any article of food with less than the prescribed percentage of milk solids other than milk fat.\u00a0 The minister may make regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The definition of milk shall mean whole milk, skimmed, separated milk cream or buttermilk as prescribed under the legislation. The general sale of food legislation applies to milk, and it must comply with the provisions referable to milk content if sold under the description.<\/p>\n<p>A person selling milk may be required to furnish details of the persons who sold or consigned the milk to them.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-18985\" data-postid=\"18985\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-18985 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dairy Regulation There exist several pieces of legislation regulating aspects of agricultural industries from the perspective of ensuring food hygiene and safety.\u00a0 This reflected the importance of agriculture to the newly independent State.\u00a0 Much of the legislation is still in force but has been superseded or restricted by later European based, more comprehensive food hygiene [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18985"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20316,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18985\/revisions\/20316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}