Pasteurization - Definition

Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: Pasteurization, definition, milk, milk products, temperature, recontamination, heat treatment process

Written by - Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D

Medically Reviewed by - The Medindia Medical Review Team

Last Updated on Feb 18, 2020

Pasteurization - Definition

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

Published on Apr 01, 2016
Last Updated on Feb 18, 2020

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kallanga

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.

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ZenZappa

Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the father of microbiology

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guest

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.

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Dena123

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?.

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guest

Why do you need it?

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guest

try ur microwave for like 6 min then quicly put it in your fridge

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