Monitoring the quality and hygiene of processed milk from Bistriţa-Năsăud county

Authors:
Dorin Ţibulcă, Mirela Jimborean, Claudiu Dan Sălăgean, Rowena Cheleman, Aurora Ţibulcă, Maria Crăciun

Volume 18, Issue 1;
Pages: 65-69;
ISSN: 2069-0053 (print) (former: ISSN:1453-1399), Agroprint;
ISSN (online):2068 – 9551

The research aimed at monitoring the hygiene and quality of raw milk from Bistriţa-Năsăud over three years since 2007, when Romania joined the ranks of EU countries. In the milk hygiene control laboratories are allowed, for the assessment of milk hygiene quality, some specific parameters like: somatic cell count (SCC), total plate count (TPC) and freezing point.