Eleventh deliverable out now

The eleventh deliverable of the project is the first one of work package 3, 'Redefinition of acceptable milk qualitty'. Its title is 'Definition of normal and abnormal milk at time of milking - Consequences of definitions of acceptable milk quality for the practical use of automatic milking systems'.

The general conditions of hygiene in milk production in the EU are defined by a Commission Directive, but not all elements apply to automatic milking. This deliverable D6 proposes the following text to be included in the coming EU Hygiene Directive: Milking must be carried out hygienically ensuring in particular: - that milk from an animal is checked for abnormalities by the milker or a method achieving similar results and that only normal milk is used for human consumption and that abnormal, contaminated, and undesirable milk is excluded. This text is based on definitions of normal, abnormal, contaminated, and undesirable milk.

Message date: March 10, 2003