DPC 7, Sampling Fluid Milk

DPC-007

Published: 1998

Pages: 12

This guideline is designed to help laboratory, field personnel and producers determine the cause and methods of correction of high bacteria counts in raw milk. It compares the Standard Plate Count (SPC) and the Preliminary Incubation method (PI) as tools for determining high bacteria counts. It gives the various causes of high counts and the practical ways to reduce these counts.

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