date:Aug 01, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agricultures Agricultural Marketing Service recently published guidelines for farms that want to renew requests for derogations, or exemptions, under the European Union Health Certificate Program. The derogations allow milk from farms having difficulty meeting the EU regulations for somatic cell counts to be used in dairy products exported to the European Union.
The major difference between the United States and EU milk requirements is the maximum limit on somatic cell an