Due to the importance of milk in the human diet, it is essential to increase milk production and to improve
its quality. In order to obtain a complex image of milk quality in Galati county there was made a study
based on analyzing raw milk, from January until December 2010, taking into account the influences of
animals feeding and conditions of transport and storage (including summer period, when the milk
production is maximum, and autumn period, when milk production decreases).
To determine the quality and safety of raw milk in Galati county there have been concerned: determinations
of physical and chemical characteristics (density, protein content, lactose content, fat content, freezing
point) and determinations of microbiological characteristics (total number of mesophyllic germs (NTG) and
number of somatic cells (NCS)).