PRESERVING MILK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 225, 23 September 1938, Page 13

PRESERVING MILK.

PROCESS DESCRIBED.

SAMPLES FROM HOLLAND.

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Thi* would be an absolutely safe milk; all disease germs and harmful organisms would he destroyed; the nutri-

tive qualities would not be seriously altered, and they could be easily replaced." Such is the opinion of ihe Auckland Metropolitan Milk Council's technical adviser, Mr. W. C. Neil, of the sample of sterilised milk received recently by the board from Holland. At the last meeting each member drank a glass of the milk, which had travelled in its liquid form from a Holland farm, preserved under a new process.

"And we are still alive,'* commented Mr. A. Rosser to-day.

In a detailed report Mr. Xeil stated that the milk was quite sterile, and no bacteria could be found. One of the tests showed that the milk liad been treated by a process involving more severe heat treatment than ordinary pasteurisation. *In comparison with ordinary New Zealand milk, the fat test was low, being 2.75 per cent compared with 4 per cent. On the other hand, the casein content was high. It would appear that this was normal milk from the Dutch breeds of dairy cattle, which gave milk somewhat similar to the Friesian breed.

After describing the process as outlined in a letter from Professor Riddet, of Massey Agricultural College, Mr. Xeil pointed out that it differed from the English system of sterilising milk in that a higher temperature was used, and the niilk was bottled after sterilisation, special precautions being taken to prevent contamination.

Mr. C. J. Lovegrove commented that the new process might be the basis of a new industry in the Dominion.

Mr. R. B. Stonex said that it would be most valuable for preparing milk for use in the tropics and on ships.