Analysis of Milk and Its Products: A Lab Manual 2nd edn

About the Book: Analysis of Milk and Its Products: A Lab Manual This is the second edition of a manual that has achieved a distinguished place in the dairy industry and has rendered a service to the industry throughout the world. The general form of presentation of the text has been retained but the material has been rearranged under a greater number of chapter headings to provide more clarity and to facilitate ease in locating the various topics when using the manual. A consistent effort has been made to cite the best available reference material for the contents of all chapters. The book divided into 7 parts and 43 chapters along with appendix. This well illustrated book will satisfy its readers requirements and form a valuable book for all those concerned with milk industry and utilisation of their products. Contents Part I: Organization of a Dairy Laboratory; Chapter 1: The Milk Control Laboratory, Routine control measures, Bacteriological equipment, Babcock equipment, Mojonnier equipment; Chapter 2: Suggested Schedule of Routine Laboratory Procedure, Receiving stations and milk processing plants, Creameries, Ice cream plants; Part II: Microbiological Control of Dairy Products; Chapter 3: Agar Plate Counts, Introduction, American Public Health Association standard methods, Preparation of materials, Agar plate count, Gravimetric samples for the agar plate methods, Simplified procedure for making bacteria counts; Chapter 4: Agar Plate Counts on Special Products, Butter, Cheese, Cheese spreads, materials of pasty consistency and fruits, Condensed milk, Cream, Evaporated milk, Granulated materials, Ice cream, Powdered materials; Chapter 5: Determination of Special Types of Organisms, Acidophilus, Brucella, Coliform group, Pathogenic streptococci, Protein digesting bacteria, Ropy milk organisms, Sporogenes test, Thermoduric and thermophilic bacteria; Chapter 6: Determination of Sanitization of Utensils and Equipment, Bacterial counts of containers, Tests for sanitar