After milking, take the milk to the collection centre as quickly as you can. Remember to protect your milk from the sun during transport. Most bacteria in milk come from milking utensils which are not cleaned properly. Milk residues on utensils provide good living conditions for bacteria, which contaminate the fresh milk during the next milk-ing. If the milk residues dry on the utensils, it is much harder to wash them clean.
High temperatures help milk fats dissolve and help cleaning in general.
After washing with detergent, rinse the utensils thoroughly in clean water again. Leave the utensils to dry after dipping in disinfectant solution. If local water is clean, rinse the utensils in clean water just before next milking. Washing 50 Rinse all milking utensils in cold water . Wash the milking utensils in hot water with detergent .