LPT 311: Milk and Milk Products Technology (1+1)

SAMPLING OF MILK

• Milk and its products are subjected to chemical analysis more frequently than any other food product.
• Thus every lot of milk received for processing has to be examined for its chemical, microbiological and physical quality before processing or when mixed with the lot.
• A sample from the bulk should give a true picture of the bulk. Thus the sample should be a representative portion of the milk supplied.
• Errors in collecting the sample may under value or over value the bulk leading to heavy losses. Thus sampling of milk should be done methodologically in a proper way.
• The sampling and associated equipments should be sanitized and rinsed with the milk to be sampled