Health Regulations for Dairy Product Factories.

This Regulation, issued by the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, consists of 15 articles and gives health rules and conditions for dairy products factories. It provides for: a necessary municipal license; location and details for interior decor; equipment complying with the Omani standards. The Factory shall be divided in sections: (i) packages and raw material store; (ii) dairy and its products processing division; (iii) packing division; (iv) processed dairy and products division; (v) laboratory division; and (vi) workers changing-room. The specifications of the processing division are divided in: pasteurized milk, pasteurized cream, sterilized milk, concentrated and condensed milk, yogurt and laban, and cheese.