Common use of European Union Requirements Clause in Contracts

European Union Requirements. Beston is registered for export to the European Union (EU) and all milk and milk products that are exported to the EU, must meet BMCC criteria which is governed by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS). Therefore, Beston will not pick up milk from any farm that does not meet the AQIS/EU standard for BMCC and TPC. Any farms calculated to have a rolling geometric mean above the maximums below, will be required to complete the relevant paperwork required to be submitted to AQIS. Rolling Geometric Mean Bactoscan 2 months <100,000 cfu/ml Rolling Geometric Mean BMCC 3 months 400,000 cells/ml Milk cooling is a critical component in maintaining milk quality standards. To comply with food safety regulations and dairy farm licence and export market requirements, milk must be cooled to 5°C or less within 3.5 hours of the commencement of milking. To maximise transport efficiencies, milk may be collected soon after milking even though milk may not be cooled to the required temperature. Should the supplier’s milk collection occur within 2 hours from the completion of milking, milk may be pumped into the milk tanker at temperatures above 5°C (subject to conducting sensory grading and applying the temperature assessment in Graph 1). In applying the temperature assessment in Graph 1, tanker drivers will use the milking completion time displayed in the supplier’s milk room as the basis for the calculation. Failure to clearly display accurate milking times may result in a supplier’s milk being rejected due to temperature non-conformance. For milk out of the above temperature and time specifications, in the first instance, the Supplier’s Field Services Officer will contact the supplier to ascertain the cause of the issue, which is then to be rectified and a Corrective Action Report completed. Subsequent failure to eliminate the problem, may result in the milk being paid as grade milk. Graph 1-Milk Cooling Envelope 2nd ,3rd & 4th Milking 1st Milking 25 Temperature (°C) 20 15 5 The supplier must contact their Field Services Officer immediately when milk cooling is interrupted for example, due to vat breakdown or power failure.