Blog Posts About Liquid Sampling Written by Our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
Biofilms in the Dairy Processing Industry—What and Why are They Important?
Biofilms in the dairy processing industry are a big problem because they threaten the quality and safety of dairy products. The growth of bacterial biofilms is the primary reason for microbial contamination of milk and other dairy products. “In recent years, the formation and impacts of biofilms on dairy manufacturing have been studied extensively, from…
Heat-Resistant Psychrotrophic Bacteria and Their Effect on the Quality of Pasteurized Milk
Heat-Resistant Psychrotrophic Bacteria or Heat-Resistant Psychrotrophs (HRP) can affect the quality of pasteurized milk. Have you ever poured milk from a carton only to see it come out in chunks? Have you ever gulped milk only to realize too late that it tastes awful? Milk curdling and off-flavors in pasteurized fluid milk are huge turnoffs…
Maintaining the Quality of Pasteurized Fluid Milk
Quality control of pasteurized fluid milk can be complex and requires the understanding of microbial contamination, both in raw and processed milk. Aseptic and representative sampling plays an important role in monitoring raw milk quality and process monitoring for contamination within the dairy plant. Fluid milk (A commonly used term in the industry for milk…
What Drives Sampling?
Someone told me that you need to do something that scares you every day. While I understand the logic, I like to believe that you need to surround yourself with people who challenge you every day. Working in an industry that some may describe as being slow to change can be challenging at times. However, my…
The SHACCP Explained
I trust we all know HACCP. HACCP and me go back a long way; as a matter of fact, we were conceived in the same year! When I came across HACCP during my student years, I thought it was really boring; HACCP being methodical, slow and elaborate and me being young and restless. However these…
The New Normal for QualiTru
I’m guessing that many of you reading this blog might agree that a new language has developed while living through a global pandemic. Many of us would also likely agree that referring to the ‘new normal’ is becoming just tiring. But, what exactly does a ‘new normal’ really mean? For many of us, it means…
