Bulletin of the IDF N°517/2022: Eco-friendly and energy-saving dairy technologies
The dairy processing sector has proven to be a committed adopter of energy saving technologies over the years. To date, evolving energy conserving measures have been incorporated in virtually all traditional unit processes deployed in dairy processes without compromising food safety and security. Emerging milder processing technologies with their promise of lower energy consumption require […]
ISO 8196-3 | IDF 128-3: 2022 – Milk — Definition and evaluation of the overall accuracy of alternative methods of milk analysis — Part 3: Protocol for the evaluation and validation of alternative quantitative methods of milk analysis
This document specifies a protocol for the evaluation and validation of alternative quantitative methods of milk analysis. This document is also applicable for the validation of new alternative methods where, due to a limited number of operational instruments, the execution of an interlaboratory study and ISO 8196-1 | IDF 128-1 is not feasible.The protocol is […]
Bulletin of the IDF N° 516/2022: Heat Treatment of Milk
Heat treatment is the most widely used processing technology in the dairy sector to guarantee product safety and longer shelf-life. It includes treatments such as thermisation and usually combined with very clean packaging technology, is increasingly applied in many countries. ESL processing intends to combine the advantages of HTST pasteurisation, such as no cooking flavour […]
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ISO 23319 | IDF 250 : 2022 -Cheese and processed cheese products, caseins and caseinates — Determination of fat content — Gravimetric method
This document specifies a method for the determination of the fat content of all types of cheese and processed cheese products containing lactose of below 5 % (mass fraction) of non-fat solids, and all types of caseins and caseinates. The method is not applicable to fresh cheese types containing, for example, fruits, syrup or muesli. […]
Bulletin of the IDF N° 515/2022: Guidelines for defining quarter and udder health status and cured clinical and subclinical mastitis cases
Given ongoing technological developments in the areas of microbiological diagnosis, detection of inflammatory markers and biomarker sensors and sensor systems, the definitions of clinical, subclinical and chronic mastitis are increasing in number and complexity. There is a need to target these definitions to their specific applications to facilitate value for the end-user. The developmental background […]
Bulletin of the IDF N° 514/2022: Inventory of microbial food cultures with safety demonstration in fermented food products
Since 2002, the International Dairy Federation (IDF), in collaboration with the European Food and Feed Cultures Association (EFFCA), has been conducting a project on the demonstration of the safety of microbial food cultures. The first inventory of food cultures was published in 2002 [14, 15], the scientific rationale for the inventory of microbial food cultures […]



