QUALITY OF THE MILK SUPPLY: EUROPEAN REGULATIONS VERSUS PRACTICE

摘要

The European Union comprises fifteen member countries adhering to a common agricultural policy to manage output and provide an even spread of opportunity. Raw milk offered for sale within and into the European Union has to be produced according to therequirements of Commission Directive 89/362/EEC (1) and to meet quality standards described in Council Directive 92/46/EEC (2, 3). These should have been fully implemented in member countries since 1998. However, compliance is very variable between countries inspected as shown in a series of evaluations summarized previously (4, 5).