"Raw Milk Quality and Safety Production Control Technical Specifications" and "Raw Milk Quality Grading" agricultural industry standards have been approved

News from this newspaper (reporter Yang Xiaojing) A few days ago, the dairy industry innovation team of Beijing Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Dairy Product Quality and Safety Risk Assessment Laboratory (Beijing) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Milk and Dairy Product Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Beijing) The agricultural industry standards "Technical Specifications for Raw Milk Quality and Safety Production Control" and "Raw Milk Quality Grading" jointly formulated by the China Animal Husbandry Standardization Technical Committee have been approved by experts

In 2018, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Revitalization of the Dairy Industry to Ensure the Quality and Safety of Dairy Products", which put forward clear requirements for strengthening the whole-process management and control of dairy production and establishing and improving the whole-process dairy quality and safety traceability system such as breeding

In order to support the "National Food Safety Standard Raw Milk" and the "Technical Specification for Raw Milk Quality and Safety Production Control" standard formulation group, from the six key links of sensory, physical and chemical indicators, pollutants, mycotoxins, microbial limits, pesticides and veterinary drug residues, comprehensive The practical application experience and management methods of 260 pastures in 61 dairy enterprises across the country have systematically sorted out 86 key control points

It is understood that the technical content of the standard has been verified by practice in 61 enterprises in 25 provinces across the country

The verification experts believe that the formulation and release of this standard has solved the long-term lack of control technical specifications corresponding to raw milk product standards in China

The formulation of the "Grading of Raw Milk Quality" is based on the fact that China lacks a quality grading and evaluation system for raw milk for a long time.

Therefore, how to establish the standard of raw milk quality evaluation system is one of the key issues that needs to be solved urgently for the healthy development of the dairy industry

According to the "Opinions on Promoting the Revitalization of the Dairy Industry and Ensuring the Quality and Safety of Dairy Products" to "research and improve the regulations on the quality and safety of dairy products, establish a quality grading system for raw milk, and guide high quality and good prices", the standard formulation group refers to the relevant grading standards for raw milk at home and abroad, Based on the big data analysis of China's raw milk quality safety and nutritional quality database, the raw milk was graded into special, excellent and qualified grades from the four key indicators of fat, protein, total number of colonies and somatic cells

The verification experts believe that the formulation and release of this standard will play an important role in guiding the high-quality development of China's dairy industry, supporting government decision-making, enhancing corporate competitiveness, and scientific consumption by the public

"China Food News" (July 13, 2021 Edition 04)

(Editor-in-charge: Yang Xiaojing)