Fact Sheets
IDF Factsheet 001/2017: The importance of salt in the manufacturing and ripening of cheese
Salt contains the two elements sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), which both fulfil important functions in the human body. Sodium plays a role in the regulation of our water balance and the osmotic pr...
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Raw milk cheeses
Raw milk cheeses have a desirable flavour and its consumption has a positive impact on the gut microbiota. Food safety of raw milk cheeses is assured by interventions at the dairy farm, at the process...
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Bacillus cereus in milk and dairy products
Bacillus cereus may cause contamination of raw milk leading to food poisoning. Adoption of measures to minimise contamination of food from the very outset, even before processing is the best way to av...
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Escherichia coli as indicator in cheese processing
Coliforms can be found in the environment and can be used to indicate that other pathogenic organisms of faecal origin may be present. This factsheet explains the use of Escherichia coli as hygiene in...
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Impact of Transport temperature on the Quality of dry dairy Products
The aim of this document is a communication on the conditions dry milk products experience when shipped in dry shipping containers and how this impacts the quality of these goods....
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Use of wood in cheese ripening
In some countries the use of wooden vats or the practice of ripening cheese blocks/loaves on wooden shelves is considered critical in moisture exchange and in defining the final texture and flavour o...
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IDF Country Reports – Oct 2016
Members of the IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics (SC DPE) from 13 countries submitted country reports covering the six months leading up to April 2016....
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Cronobacter species in the dairy industry
IDF’s Standing Committee on Microbiological Hygiene has released a Fact Sheet on Cronobacter species in the dairy industry describing its importance and how to manage its risk....
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Field Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Aflatoxins in Dairy Products Across the Supply Chain
This factsheet presents current practices for controlling mycotoxins in the milk supply chain. Aflatoxins are generally considered a critical contaminant and good indicator to measure the appropriat...
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IDF Executive Summary of IDF Country Reports
Members of the IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics (SC DPE) from 13 countries 1 submitted country reports covering the six months leading up to April 2016....
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Why semicarbazide is not a suitable marker for nitrofurazone in dairy products
For dairy products, adhere to direct measurement of intact nitrofurazone rather than semicarbazide. Because semicarbazide can arise from other sources, such as protein interactions during storage and...
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Trans fatty acids
This factsheet provides further information on Industrially produced TFA and on Naturally occurring TFA....
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