scholarly journals Quality assessment of raw milk according to type of milking and of conditions of transport and storage

2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (389) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaella Belchior Brasil ◽  
Marco Antônio Pereira da Silva ◽  
Thiago Soares Carvalho ◽  
Jakeline Fernandes Cabral ◽  
Edmar Soares Nicolau ◽  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 927-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAJESH MODI ◽  
Y. HIRVI ◽  
A. HILL ◽  
M. W. GRIFFITHS

The ability of Salmonella Enteritidis to survive in the presence of phage, SJ2, during manufacture, ripening, and storage of Cheddar cheese produced from raw and pasteurized milk was investigated. Raw milk and pasteurized milk were inoculated to contain 104 CFU/ml of a luminescent strain of Salmonella Enteritidis (lux) and 108 PFU/ml SJ2 phage. The milks were processed into Cheddar cheese following standard procedures. Cheese samples were examined for Salmonella Enteritidis (lux), lactic acid bacteria, molds and yeasts, coliforms, and total counts, while moisture, fat, salt, and pH values were also measured. Salmonella Enteritidis (lux) was enumerated in duplicate samples by surface plating on MacConkey novobiocin agar. Bioluminescent colonies of Salmonella Enteritidis were identified in the NightOwl molecular imager. Samples were taken over a period of 99 days. Counts of Salmonella Enteritidis (lux) decreased by 1 to 2 log cycles in raw and pasteurized milk cheeses made from milk containing phage. In cheeses made from milks to which phage was not added, there was an increase in Salmonella counts of about 1 log cycle. Lower counts of Salmonella Enteritidis (lux) were observed after 24 h in pasteurized milk cheese containing phage compared to Salmonella counts in raw milk cheese with phage. Salmonella Enteritidis (lux) survived in raw milk and pasteurized milk cheese without phage, reaching a final concentration of 103 CFU/g after 99 days of storage at 8°C. Salmonella did not survive in pasteurized milk cheese after 89 days in the presence of phage. However, Salmonella counts of approximately 50 CFU/g were observed in raw milk cheese containing phage even after 99 days of storage. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that the addition of phage may be a useful adjunct to reduce the ability of Salmonella to survive in Cheddar cheese made from both raw and pasteurized milk.


1996 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUMBERTO G. MONARDES ◽  
ROBERT K. MOORE ◽  
BRIAN CORRIGAN ◽  
YVON RIOUX

This study, carried out by the Quebec Dairy Herd Analysis Service, compares (during summer conditions in Quebec) the performance of three types of preservatives for raw milk under four different systems of sample storage: no refrigeration, refrigeration at the laboratory only, refrigeration during transport and at the lab, and complete refrigeration from sampling at the farm to analysis. The objective was to determine the best preservative and storage conditions for protecting milk components during transportation and storage of raw milk samples collected at the farm and sent to a central testing lab for analysis. Milk samples were analyzed at day 3 and at day 7 after sampling to observe the effect of aging. A total of 12,480 samples were collected during the trial. The components studied were percentage of fat and protein and somatic cell count (SCC). In general, samples preserved with bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol and 2-bromo-2-nitropropanol) in liquid or in microtab tended to give higher readings for fat and protein contents than samples preserved with potassium dichromate. Significantly lower fat values were observed in 7-day-old samples compared to 3-day-old samples. Fat depression was more accentuated in nonrefrigerated samples. Under current methods of handling raw milk samples, refrigeration during the whole process of sampling, transportation, and until analysis, seems an ideal to attain to avoid significant reductions of fat values.


2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Necidová ◽  
Z. Šťástková ◽  
M. Pospíšilová ◽  
B. Janštová ◽  
J. Strejček ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to monitor <I>S. aureus</I> growth and toxin production in soft cheese during the technological processing. In model experiments, raw milk was inoculated separately with five <I>S. aureus</I> strains isolated from milk and milk products. All the strains were producers of staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) of types A, B, or C. SEs were detected by the enzyme-linked fluorescence assay (ELFA) performed in the MiniVIDAS device. This study has shown that the amount of SEs varied with the tested strains and stages of the technological process. SEs were detected in soft cheese made from pasteurised milk inoculated with 2.9 × 10<sup>5</sup> CFU/g of <I>S. aureus</I>. The prevention of <I>S. aureus</I> contamination and multiplication during the cheese making process is a prerequisite for the production of safe soft cheese. The most important enterotoxin dose build-up factor can be overcome by strict compliance with the cooling requirements during the manufacture, distribution and storage of the product.


1972 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Patel ◽  
G. Blankenagel

A total of 216 raw milk samples with a variety of Standard Plate Counts and psychrotrophic bacteria counts were laboratory-pasteurized, stored at 7 C, and then evaluated for flavor after 1 and 2 weeks. Results showed that milk with counts of &gt;1,000,000/ml before heating frequently developed objectionable flavors after pasteurization and subsequent storage. The most common defect was a bitter flavor which appeared within 2 weeks after pasteurization in nearly all samples which as raw milk had counts exceeding 10,000,000/ml. This off-flavor developed in spite of small numbers of organisms in the pasteurized product and in the absence of post-pasteurization contamination.


1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 361-369
Author(s):  
J. A. Lucey ◽  
C. Gorry ◽  
P. F. Fox

Heating impaired the rennet coagulation properties of milk which deteriorated further during storage, i.e. rennet hysteresis occurred. Acidification to pH values ≤ 6.2 or addition of low concentrations of CaCl2 greatly improved the rennet coagulation properties of heated milk. Acidification of heated milk to pH values < 5.5 followed by neutralization to pH 6.6 to produce reformed micelles, resulted in greatly improved rennet coagulation properties except for severely heated milks (120°C for 10 min) which were not coagulable even after acidification/neutralization. Acidification of heated milk to pH values < 5.5 and storage at the low pH for 24 h before neutralization resulted in a further improvement in the rennet coagulation properties. Dialysis of heated milk that had been acidified and reneutralized against an excess of normal milk resulted in a dramatic deterioration of its rennet coagulability. Reheating milk that had been heated, acidified and reneutralized resulted in little change in RCT or gel firmness. Addition of heated milk to raw milk resulted in an increase in RCT of the latter and a reduction in gel firmness.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 5004
Author(s):  
Anna Lewandowska ◽  
Katarzyna Joachimiak-Lechman ◽  
Przemysław Kurczewski

One of the most recently developed life cycle-based methods is an environmental footprint of products and organisations established by the European Commission. A special procedure of data and dataset quality assessment has been developed as a part of the environmental footprints methodology. The procedure may be recognised as vital and powerful but, at the same time, a bit complicated and time-consuming. It is worth discussing this subject and looking for potential simplification. In this paper, we suggest a possible way for simplification. We propose to remove an impact-assessment-based step from the procedure of company-specific datasets quality assessment. There are two potential benefits: a reduction in the need for expert knowledge and time savings. The threats posed are connected to the fact that all data influences the Data Quality Rating indicator of the entire dataset to the same degree. With a higher volume of data included in the assessment, there is a risk of greater differentiation in their quality. In this paper, an example of raw milk production is presented. The assessment of quality of the dataset was performed in three variants: pursuant to the approach established by the European Commission in the pilot phase, transition phase and with certain modifications employed.


Author(s):  
Bohdana Janštová ◽  
L. Necidová ◽  
B. Janštová ◽  
L. Vorlová

The aim of our study was to assess Staphylococcus aureus growth and the time of first detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins type A, B and C (SEA, SEB, SEC) in different type of milk, depending on the strain and storage conditions. Raw, pasteurized, and UHT milk were inoculated with three strains of S. aureus, and growth patterns were determined by the plate method in accordance with EN ISO 6888-1. Baird-Parker agar medium was used for the detection of S. aureus and the Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay (ELFA) used with a miniVIDAS analyzer tested the production of staphylococcal enterotoxins. The results of model experiments showed the dependence of the growth rate and subsequent production of staphylococcal enterotoxins on incubation (storage) temperature, S. aureus strain, and type of milk. A significant finding was that the growth of S. aureus and production of enterotoxins in raw milk was inhibited by natural microflora, and production of enterotoxins was therefore not detected in raw milk within 102 hours of storage either at 15 °C or 22 °C. The highest risk of SEs production is associated with secondary contamination of pasteurized and UHT milk when stored at room temperature, where production was first detected after 12 hours of incubation.


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