Quality on the Line: Stress is Good

FDA (21CFR 131.110) describes milk as "the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrums, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows." Milk obtained aseptically from the udders of healthy cows contains a very low number (<1,000/ml) of bacteria. However, since milk is an excellent growth media, microorganisms introduced during production and handling may multiply rapidly under conditions of marginal refrigeration(slow cooling and storage between 40)

FDA (21CFR 131.110) describes milk as "the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrums, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows." Milk obtained aseptically from the udders of healthy cows contains a very low number (<1,000/ml) of bacteria. However, since milk is an excellent growth media, microorganisms introduced during production and handling may multiply rapidly under conditions of marginal refrigeration (slow cooling and storage between 40

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“Quality on the Line” by Henry Randolph, Ph.D., offers dairy processors an inside perspective on the operations and quality issues most important to their business. Throughout more than 40 years, in academic pursuit and as president of Randolph Associates, Inc., Henry Randolph has helped dairy companies find technical and quality solutions to processing concerns.