Question reference: S1W-01893
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 7 October 1999
-
Current status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 October 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive why it is seeking to introduce the Draft Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations (1999).
Answer
The Draft Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 are being introduced to consolidate, amend and update the Dairy Products (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations 1995. Amendment and updating is necessary in order to implement community decisions and to act on advice of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) in relation to the pasteurisation of goats, sheep and buffaloes drinking milk.