Dry Skimmed Milk - vitamin enriched (EU specifications)
The milk powders must be manufactured after the award of the supply contract.
The reference methods for analysis and quality evaluation of milk and milk products are those listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1854/96 (OJ L 246, 27.9.1996, p. 5).
Skimmed-milk powder obtained by the spray method and meeting the following minimum requirements:
- protein: minimum 31,4 % of non-fat dry matter,
- fat: maximum 1 %,
- moisture: maximum 4 %,
- titratable acidity in ml of decinormal sodium hydroxide solution: maximum 19,5,
- lactates: maximum 150 mg/100 g,
- additives: none,
- phosphatase test: negative, i.e. maximum 4 ìg of phenol/g of reconstituted milk,
- insolubility index: maximum 0,5 ml (at 24 °C),
- burnt particles: maximum 15 mg, i.e. at least disc B,
- micro-organisms: maximum 40 000/g,
- coliform test: negative in 0,1 g, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1080/96 (OJ L 142, 15.6.1996, p. 13),
- buttermilk test: negative,
- whey test: negative,
- taste and smell: clean,
- appearance: white or slightly yellow, no impurities or coloured particles,
- antimicrobial substances: negative,
- absence of pathogenic /toxic bacteria and/or salmonella and/or mouse disease,
- vitamin A content in IU/100 gram: 5 000-10 000,
- vitamin D content in IU/100 gram: 500-1 000.
The vitamin mixture incorporated in the milk must be guaranteed to contain 10 times more vitamin A than vitamin D. The vitamins must be of pharmaceutical quality and produced for human consumption. The vitamin A must be in the form of palmitate and/or acetate. The 10:1 ratio between the vitamin A and vitamin D concentration and also the content of these vitamins in the preparation to be added to the skimmed-milk powder shall be guaranteed by the producer and/or supplier in writing. Only products meeting these requirements may be added to the skimmed-milk powder to enrich it with vitamins A and D.
The information on the preparation of the vitamins A and D used allowing identification of:
- entries, removals and quantities used,
- the name and address of the producer and/or supplier,
- the enrichment procedure used,
- the ‘use-by’ date,
must be entered in a register that the manufacturer of the vitaminised skimmed-milk powder shall be obliged to keep. The register shall be available to the Commission or its representative (monitor) for consultation.
The reference method for determination of vitamin A content is that given in international standard FIL 142. That for determining the vitamin D content of the preparation to be added to the skimmed-milk powder is the one given in AOAC Methods 43.079.
Age requirement:
- The enriched dried skimmed milk powder must have been manufactured not more than one month before shipment date.
- “Use by date” 2 years from manufacturing date, 1.5 year after date of delivery.
Required Health controls: Health certificate + certificate of origin |