A guide to the law on milk
Ditsche, M., 1980: A guide to the law on milk. BBV Handbuch Milch 1: 195-204
This article describes the main legislative texts covering dairy products in the German Federal Republic, viz.: the Milk Law of 31 July 1930 and the 1st Ordinance for its implementation, dated 15 May 1931, last amended on 2 March 1974 and 18 April 1975 resp.; the Butter Ordinance of 10 Aug. 1970, Cheese Ordinance of 19 Feb. 1976, and Dairy Products Ordinance of 15 July 1970, all last amended on 13 Aug. 1979; the Market Milk Designation Ordinance of 19 June 1974, last amended on 18 June 1975; the Food and Consumables Law of 15 Aug. 1974, last amended on 24 Aug. 1976; the Packaging Ordinance of 16 Dec. 1971, last amended on 14 Dec. 1979; the Milk and Fats Law of 28 Feb. 1951, last amended on 14 Dec. 1976; EEC Ordinance No. 804/68, laying down the bases of the EEC dairy market regulation; EEC Ordinance No. 1411/71, which prescribes standard types of liquid milk in all member states; and the EEC Guidelines of 18 Dec. 1975 for preserved (i.e. dried or condensed) milk products. The differences between the various types of legislative text (law, ordinance, etc.) used in the German Federal Republic and EEC are explained, and the German Food Code and the guidelines of the German Food Law and Food Science Association (Bund fur Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde) are also mentioned. Advice is given on what dairy manufacturers should do in the event of complaints, and finally the lines along which the law on milk products is likely to develop in the future are briefly discussed.Other references
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