Bulletin of the IDF N° 486/ 2017: The IDF Guide to Water Footprint Methodology for the Dairy Sector
These guidelines are intended to reach better understanding of water footprint assessment within the dairy sector. They provide transparency about a dairy product’s water profile throughout its life cycle to allow monitoring, quantification and evaluation of the potential environmental impacts related to water use. The document reviews previous work on life cycle assessment and provides […]
IDF Annual Report 2016-2017
Showcases some of the IDF’s excellent technical work, which underlies the key role the Federation plays in working to reach a global consensus on topics relating to dairy.
IDF Factsheet 4/2017: Country Reports Spring 2017
Members of the IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policies and Economics (SC DPE) from 11 countries submitted country reports covering the six months leading up to April 2017.
IDF Factsheet 3/2017: Guidance on Antimicrobial Resistance from the Dairy Sector
This document describes what antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is, outlines dairy sector guidance on prudent use of antimicrobials and defines the global dairy position on AMR. These initiatives complement the many animal health, animal welfare and food safety practices that the dairy sector has in place to deliver safe and secure dairy products to global consumers.
IDF Factsheet 2/2017: Reasons why galactose is good for you
Galactose is a simple sugar that is normally transformed in the liver before being used up as energy. This sugar is quite abundant in human diets and helps in a number of functions.
IDF Factsheet 1/2017: 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 pressure in the cells, in the acid-base balance and in the control of muscles and nerves.
Bulletin of the IDF N° 265/1991 – Determination of free fatty acids in milk and milk products
Scanned copy of the Bulletin of the IDF No. 265/1991 Determination of free fatty acids (FFA) to measure the degree of lipolysis in milk and milk products and its relation to the development oflipolytic off flavours are the main subjects of this monograph. General aspects of FFA determination – isolation of the acids, their quantitative […]
All Standards & Bulletins 2019
This subscription gives you the right to receive and access permanently all IDF Publications, Bulletins and Standards (including the joint IDF/ISO standards) related to this specific year in PDF format. As soon as articles become available, you will receive a notification by e-mail.
Bulletin of the IDF N° 235/1988 – Interlaboratory collaborative studies (second series)
By various Groups of Experts (See also Bulletins N° 207/1986 and N°285/1993) Reports on interlaboratory collaborative studies undertaken to establish the precision of standard methods of analysis giving the analytical data in full, together with the precision figures derived from them. Covers water content in butteroil (Karl Fischer), total solids in sweetened condensed milk, chloride […]
Bulletin of the IDF N° 490/2017: Quality Assurance Tools for Mid Infrared Spectrometry in Dairy Laboratories – Part 1
The first paper in this Bulletin briefly reviews the history of the development of recombined milk samples and explains the principles behind their use. To enable easy implementation of recombined milk samples by laboratories, the process of preparation and any critical points are described, taking into account recent developments. In recent years several new applications […]
