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Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972

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Regulations relating to Hygiene Requirements for Milking Sheds, the Transport of Milk and Related Matters

Prohibition on the Production of Milk except in an Approved Milking Shed

2. Prohibition on the production of milk except in an approved milking shed

 

(1) No person shall use a milking shed for the purpose of milking dairy stock in order to produce milk for human consumption, unless the milking shed in which the dairy stock are milked is an approved milking shed and such milking shed is used in accordance with the provisions of these regulations and the conditions of the certificate of acceptability issued in respect of that milking shed.

 

(2) The provisions of subregulation (1) shall not be applicable to a milking shed in which milk is produced solely for own use.

 

(3) If a local authority is of the opinion that a milking shed is being used in a way which, constitutes a health hazard or that a situation has developed in the milking shed constituting such hazard, the local authority may, order in writing the owner or possessor of a existing milking shed not to remove any milk for human consumption from the milking shed until the hazard or situation has been rectified to the satisfaction of the local authority.