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 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

Comments

kallanga Tuesday, July 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.

ZenZappa Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the father of microbiology

guest Saturday, May 1, 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.

Dena123 Saturday, June 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?.

guest Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Why do you need it?

guest Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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

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