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Pasteurization of milk

Pasteurization - Definition

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The heating of every particle of milk or milk product to a specific temperature for a specified period of time without allowing recontamination of that milk or milk product during the heat treatment process.


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Posted by:  kallanga(Guest)  Posted on: 07/12/2011
its much better drink pasteurized milk so as to e away from milk born diseases i like and i m at muhimbili university study milk processing.



Posted by:  ZenZappa  Posted on: 04/27/2010
Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the father of microbiology


Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 05/01/2010
Haha, I was about to type what ZenZappa wrote and I scrolled down and saw your comment. Yes, this page is mislabeled. Antony [Anton] van Leeuwenhoek IS the Father of Microbiology because he was the first to discover the existence of protozoa and bacteria.




Posted by:  Dena123  Posted on: 06/27/2009
I need to pastries small quantity of camel milk. Where you think I can find small pasteurization equipment for sure High temperature short time type?.


Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 10/13/2009
Why do you need it?



Posted by:  guest  Posted on: 11/18/2009
try ur microwave for like 6 min then quicly put it in your fridge




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