The raw milk national standard will be revised after 8 years, and the previously approved indicators are too low

Different from previous revisions, in addition to adjusting the physical and chemical index requirements, the discussion draft proposes for the first time that the quality of raw milk will be classified, and the use of reconstituted milk, which is a secret in the industry, is regulated, and the testing method is announced

Raw milk is divided into three levels

The current national standard for raw milk implemented in China was formulated in 2010.

The raw milk was jointly announced by the Milk and Milk Product Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture (Beijing), the Dairy Product Quality and Safety Risk Assessment Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture (Beijing), and the Dairy Innovation Team of the Beijing Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

The reporter noticed that the requirements for key indicators in the discussion draft of the national standard for newborn milk have been greatly improved, and according to the indicators, raw milk is divided into three levels: excellent, good and qualified, and it is stipulated that the raw milk used can be marked on the packaging of related products.

Taking the previously controversial microbial indicators as an example, the discussion draft shows that the original total number of colonies per milliliter has been changed from the previous lower limit of 2 million to 1 million, and the standard of premium raw milk has been greatly improved, requiring the total number of colonies to be less than 10.

According to the interpretation of the dairy innovation team under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which participated in the revision of the national standard, the reason for adopting the grading system is to guide processing enterprises to distinguish high-quality milk sources from general milk sources when processing products, so as to avoid waste caused by mixed use.

Song Liang, an independent dairy analyst, told the First Financial Reporter that milk source grading is a good thing for the industry.

However, the revision of the national standard announced at present is still too small, especially in some key indicators, there is still a big gap between the European and American standards

The dairy innovation team believes that the domestic dairy farming industry has a short history of development, the farming methods vary widely, and the level of raw milk varies greatly

Wang Dingmian, the former executive director of the China Dairy Association, believes that after two rounds of major adjustments in the dairy industry in 2008 and 2014, domestic small and medium-sized farmers have almost disappeared, and the remaining are mostly medium and large-scale breeding enterprises, and then set such a low standard Too conservative, the standards should be further raised, and low standards should not be used to protect farmers, but high standards should be used to force industrial upgrading

The revision is good for medium and large farms

Song Liang believes that although the grading system has missed the best implementation period, if it can be realized, it will still benefit medium and large-scale pasture enterprises with better indicators, and the grading system will help them formulate more reasonable purchase price standards

At the same time, the reporter found that in the four discussion drafts on the identification standards of raw milk, pasteurized milk, sterilized milk and reconstituted milk announced in this round, attempts were also made to restrict the use of reconstituted milk and resist the impact of imported dairy products.

At present, the domestic raw milk industry has rebounded twice since 2016 but has not been able to get out of trouble

In January and February 2018, the major domestic raw milk listed companies Modern Dairy (01117.

In this round of raw milk crisis, cheap imported large-package powder has always been considered as one of the main culprits affecting the domestic dairy industry.

In a series of discussion drafts published this time, the detection indicators of reconstituted milk - furosine and lactulose limits were stipulated.

Song Liang said that reconstituted milk has a great impact on the upstream breeding industry.
Strengthening the testing standards for reconstituted milk, and thereby regulating the rational use of reconstituted milk by enterprises, will help the upstream milk source
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It is also good news for dairy farmers
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Song Huiting, the person in charge of Kunshan Xiangyang Ranch, believes that if it can be revised, high-quality milk will have criteria for judging
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