CELEX: 31986R2248
Language: en
Date: 1986-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2248/86 of 17 July 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 on detailed rules of application for public storage of skimmed-milk powder

No L 196/26                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              18 . 7. 86
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2248/86
                                                          of 17 July 1986
                  amending Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 on detailed rules of application for public
                                                storage of skimmed-milk powder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 335/86 (2), and in particular Article 7 (5)
thereof,                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 625/78 is replaced by
625/78 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  the Annex to this Regulation.
1 134/86 (4), determines the characteristics of milk quality
and control methods ; whereas, the rules given in the
aforesaid Annex should be adapted in the light of expe­                                     Article 2
rience gained and in particular in the light of changes
made to the reference standards for analysis methods ;              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1986.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 17 July 1986.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No    L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 .
(2) OJ No    L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 19.
0   OJ No    L 84, 31 . 3 . 1978 , p„ 19.
 4  OJ No    L 103, 19. 4. 1986, p. 29 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                                                             'ANNEX I
                                             QUALITY OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER
            1 . Characteristics
                 (a) Fat content :                                 1 % maximum
                (b) Water content :                                3,5 % maximum
                (c) Titratable acidity :
                     in millilitres of decinormal sodium
                     hydroxide solution :                          19,5 ml maximum
                (d) Lactate content :                              150 mg/ 100 g maximum
                (e) Additives :                                    none
                (f) Phosphate test :                               negative, i.e. less than or equal to 4 micrograms of
                                                                   phenol per gram of reconstituted milk,
                (g) Insolubility index :                          0,5 ml maximum (24 ° C)
                (h) Scorched particles content :                   1 5 mg maximum, i.e. at least disc B
                (i) Total colony count :                          40 000 per g maximum
                (k) Coli aerogenes organisms :                    negative in 0,1 g
                (1) Detection of buttermilk :                     negative
                (m) Detection of whey :                           negative
                (n) Taste and smell :                             clean
                (o) Appearance :                                  white or slightly yellowish colour, free from impurities
                                                                  or coloured particles
            2 . Control measures
                (a) Without prejudice to the provisions concerning the harmonization of analytical methods, the
                     following reference methods are obligatory for the application of this Regulation :
                     — fat content :                              ISO Standard 1736 : 1985
                     — water content :                            International Standard IDF 26 : 1964
                     — acidity :                                  ISO Standard 6091 : 1980
                     — lactate content :                          ISO DIS 8069 (')
                     — phosphatase test :                         ISO Standard 3356 : 1975
                     — insolubility index :                       ISO DIS 8 1 56 (')
                     — determination of sorched of scorched
                         particles content :                      ADMI Standard Methods ed., 1971 , page 28 , 6th prin­
                                                                  ting 1983
                     — total colony count :                       International Standard IDF 49 : 1970
                    — Coli aerogenes organisms :                  International Standard IDF 64 : 1971
                (b) As regards the detection of :
                     — buttermilk :                               the absence of buttermilk can be ascertained either by
                                                                  an on-the-spot inspection, without prior notice, of the
                                                                  production plant, carried out at least once a week or
                                                                  by a laboratory analysis of the end product (2),
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                  — rennet whey :                               determination of glycomacropeptides by high­
                                                                performance liquid chromatography (3). However, until
                                                                31 March 1986, Member States may also use determi­
                                                                nation of free sialic acid (4). Until that date, determina­
                                                                tion of free sialic acid will, at the request and expense
                                                                of the party concerned, also be used where the latter
                                                                does not accept the results obtained using the new
                                                                method, in which case only the results obtained by
                                                                means of the free sialic acid method will be con­
                                                                sidered,
                  — acid whey :                                 tests laid down by the Member States .
          (') In the version valid on the day of publication of this Annex in the Official Journal of the European
              Communities.
          (2) The Member States must notify the Commission of the method chosen. In addition, the Member States
              must notify the Commission each month of the maximum and minimum values observed and the
              average value established during the previous month as a result of the laboratory analysis.
          (3) The method is that set out in Annex V.
          (4) With regard to the detection of rennet whey by the quantitative determination of free sialic acid, the
              method of analysis shall be that laid down in points 1 to 7 of Annex IV. If the result thus obtained is
              higher than 60 ppm, the tests set out in point 8 of the same Annex must be carried out.'