Hygienic Control of Raw Milk from Small Farms
2016
ROKO XHILDA | SHEHU FATMIRA | MACI RENIS | BIJO BIZENA | BEGA FEJZO | STEFI GORI
also to support a profitable dairy industry. The Albanian law "On rules of producing and selling milk and milk-basedproducts" and the Regulation No. 853 / EC / 2004, defines the criteria of raw milk hygiene. This legal basis requiresthat the number of somatic cells per ml (cytological indicator) must not exceed 400,000 (SSC) and Total BacterialCount (TBC) must not be more than 100.000 UFC / ml. This study was conducted by testing of 108 samples of milkcollected in farms in Lushnja, Fier and Kavaja. This study was supported by the center of "Livestock and RuralDevelopment". The results obtained showed that 54/108 milk samples had values over the limits for cytologicalindicator, while 68/108 showed values above the limits prescribed by law for the total bacterial load. In positivesamples were verified changes in physical and chemical indicators, resulting in decrease of lactose content in 37samples of milk and of protein percentage decline in 41 samples. Given the fact that the production of milk and itsderivates of these areas provides most of milk production of Albania, this situation calls for effective measures to helpfarmers to produce milk that meets the standards for customer and for milk industry.
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