Partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption

OBJECTIVE: pursuant to the undertakings given by the Community, simplification of certain vertical Directives relating to food to take account only of the essential requirements to be met by the products they cover in order that those products may move freely within the internal market. SUBSTANCE: the proposal for a Council Directive relating to certain preserved milk adapts Directive 76/118/EEC to, in particular, Directives 79/112/EEC on the labelling of foodstuffs, 89/107/EEC on additives, and 92/46/EEC laying down the health rules for production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products. The list of special designations in Annex II to the proposal has been reviewed to take account of the designations actually used on the market in the Member States. Finally, the proposal retains the option offered by Directive 76/118/EEC of allowing the Member States to authorize vitaminization of the products covered. �