How is Milk Produced

Rachel Chen

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Introduction

Most of our food comes from farms, but the cow gives us many things, such as milk, cream and butter.

Cows Grazing

Cows are usually milked twice a day at

about 6am in the morning and 5pm in the

evening. Nowadays, cows are milked by

machine. It takes about 5 minutes for 1 cow

to be milked by machine.

Cows Grazing

Storing Milk

The milk is refrigerated at 4 degrees Celsius

for 2 days. After the milk has been collected,

the storages are cleaned before the farmer

milks again.

Tankers

The milk is collected every 1 or 2 days. The

trucks that collect the milk are called tankers, and they are made from special stainless steel to keep the milk cool. The truck drivers are milk graders, who accept good qualities of milk and reject bad qualities of milk. The tanker then transports the milk to the factories for laboratory testing.

Tank Milk

Laboratory Testing

Samples of milk are tested for milk

fat, protein and bacteria. It is

important that the samples are

stored correctly.

Laboratory Testing

Laboratory Testing

The milk is further processed in the storage

to kill bacteria that could be harmful to

people, (Pasteurisation) and to make sure

that the milk fat has evenly spread,

(Homogenisation).

Laboratory Testing

The milk is then sent to the shops in

refrigerated trucks.

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