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Concept of Clean Milk Production

Quality initiatives need to be made strong by introducing concept of clean milk production at the village level. “Clean milk” may be defined as “ milk drawn from the udder of healthy animals, which is collected in clean, dry milking pail and free from extraneous matter like dirt, dust, flies, hay, manure etc. Clean milk has a normal milk flavour with low bacterial count and is safe for human consumption.”

Milk secreted from the udder under normal conditions is almost sterile. It contains many essential nutrients such as protein, lipid, lactose, minerals and vitamins and therefore, acts as an ideal medium for rapid proliferation of micro-organisms. Milk needs to be protected from all possible sources of microbial contamination and various types of pathogenic organisms. The employment of hygienic practices at the time of milking is therefore one of the first and foremost important step in clean milk production.

Clean milk production is always beneficial/profitable for both the producers and the consumers because of the following reasons:
  •  Safe for human consumption
  •  Better keeping quality and chances of spoilage minimized
  •  High commercial value
  •  Renders protection against diseases like typhoid, dysentery, etc. which are transmitted to the milk through human contact
  •  Helps to produce good quality dairy products or value added products
  •  Transportation over long distance
Quality of product encompasses safety, hygiene, reliability, wholesomeness and acceptance by consumers. Quality conveys different meaning to different people”.“Milk quality is not an option but it’s an obligation”.

Milk quality is the most important factor in dairying today; quality is a result of totally integrated approach, from the dairy farm environment to cooling and storage of bulk milk on the farm.

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