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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.11 
17 March 2006 
 (06-1203) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 14 Marc h 2006, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the European Communities. 
 
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Animal by-products and products derived therefrom not intended fo r human consumption:  processing 
of milk and milk products intended for feeding  
 
 Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
3 October 2002 laying down health rules con cerning animal by-products not intended for human 
consumption  (O J L273, 10 October 2002 pp. 1-95, notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/103, 24 November 
2000) provides for rules concerning the means of di sposal and uses of animal by-products, including 
milk for animal feed.   In view of the large sums of money invest ed in eradicating Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) 
following the outbreak in 2001, and with a view to preserve the status of free from FMD, any milk 
imported into the Communities (EC) for feeding animals must follow a treatment of 72°C for 
15 seconds followed by desiccation or acidification (1 hour at a pH below 6).   The regulatory proposal notified hereby " Draft amending Annexes VII, X and XI to 
Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Pa rliament and of the Council as regards the 
requirements for the processing of milk and milk pr oducts defined as Cate gory 3 animal by-products " 
(Document SANCO/2153/2003 Rev.14) seeks to increase producers' options for processing animal by-products.  It includes alternativ e treatments that take account of th e methods for the inactivation of 
possible FMD virus in milk described in the 1999  Report of the Scientific Committee on Animal 
Health and Animal Welfare on a " Strategy for Emergency Vaccination against Foot and Mouth 
Disease "
1 and of Appendix 3.6.2 of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code2, 2005 Edition, of the World 
Organization for Animal Health (OIE).   The treatments are outlined below: 
 
• Treatments 
 
o sterilization at a level of at least F 03; 
 
o HTST (High Temperature Short Time pasteurization at 72°C for at least 15 seconds) 
or equivalent pasteurization effect achieving  a negative reaction to a phosphatase test, 
applied twice; 
                                                      
1 http://europa.eu.int/comm/f ood/fs/sc/scah/out22_en.pdf  
2 http://www.oie.int/eng/norms/mcode/en_chapitre_3.6.2.htm  G/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.11 
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o HTST in combination with another physical treatment, by 
  (i) additional heating to 72°C or more, combined with a drying process, or    (ii) lowering the pH below 6 for at least 1 hour;  
o UHT combined with another physical treatment, by 
  (i) additional heating to 72°C or more, combined with a drying process, or   (ii) lowering the pH below 6 for at least 1 hour;  
o Whey to be fed to animals of species susceptible to foot and mouth disease and 
produced from milk treated as described above and must be collected at least 
16 hours after milk clotting and its pH must be recorded as below 6.0 before transport 
to pig holdings. 
   Proposed date of adoption:       End of February 2006 
  Proposed date of application:   End of March 2006 
  Final date for comments: Comment period:  Does not apply (the new proposed 
inactivation measures for milk products meant for animal feeding complies with the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (OIE/WOAH). 
 
 The notified document can be obtained from the EC Enquiry Point:  sps@cec.eu.int
 
 
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