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a) Place of visit:
There was an Industrial Visit arranged by our group to Central Dairy, Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai-400065 on Saturday, 5th of September, 2009. From our class 28 students visited this trip and gained some knowledge about pasteurization of milk.
b) Purpose of visit:
To learn the management and functioning of a dairy. The students got to see the pasteurization
visit.
The first company we approached was Cadburys company, but due to some problem of security they cancelled our visit. The second company was Borosil, but the company was winding up and shifting to Gujarat, and hence they refused politely.
We finally decided to choose a place or industrial unit that openly encourages student visits in their company and hence, we went to Aarey milk colony. Then came in the swine flu problem in the way and the trip got delayed by a week. Also the company denied visits for a period of a week or so taking into consideration the hygiene of the milk production which could have got deteriorated due to swine flu spreading among the people. After that side by side we were trying for Voltas but the things did not work out because the company had a month end audit and the staff was busy with the same. The most common problems encountered when we approached big companies were:
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2. When the person concerned came on line he/she wanted to be pampered. 3. The last but not the least they ignored our calls and were very rude while speaking.
Due to many delays we had to wind up the session early because the other group had their visit too.
PROCESSES :
Milk being a perishable product it has to be either chilled or procured at its earliest. For this purpose chilling centers and processing dairy plants are established. Generally, the milk is chilled up to 4 degree centigrade which can remain in good quality up to 20 hrs. For further storage the milk has to be processed (pasteurization/sterilization). The processed milk can be kept for 3 days. During pasteurization the milk is heated up to 78 degree centigrade and immediately chilled up to five degree centigrade.
Homogenization is a procedure for increasing the digestibility of milk. During the homogenization the fat globules of milk is reduced to about 1 micron from 3 to 4 microns. Pasteurization and homogenization are done simultaneously. Every hour testing of milk is carried out. There are specialized machines for packing of the milk pouches. In one minute, a machine packs 40 pouches and in one day 80 thousand pouches are packed. Each tank of milk carries 2 and a half litres of milk. Milk is sold in the pouches of 500 ml & 1000 ml. Some time back the milk was sold in glass bottles of 500 ml. The loss factor of glass bottles forced the government to look at polyfilm packaging & this proved to be the right decision. Also the adulteration factor was minimized in pouch filling.
Prices :
Scheme Consumer PriceConsumer Price for 1 Ltr (Rs.) for 1/2 Ltr(Rs.) Milk22.00 11.00 Mumbai & Gove- 1.Cow 2.Aarey Spl.29.00 14.50 Bhiwandi area 3.Tonned Milk 22.00 11.00 Type of Milk
Contact Information:
Designation & name of incharge V.B. Kajale, Dairy Manager (Incharge) Address of the Office Central Dairy, Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai400065 Telephone No. 26858705,26858730 Fax No. 26858117 E-mail Address cdaarey@yahoo.co.in