“If we want people to still be drinking real milk in 20 or 30 years, we need to give them a reason to drink milk, not just...
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Title: Safety aspects of pesticides on dairy farms
Date: 22 August 2024, 10:00 -11:00
Presenter: Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, CropLife SA
2024
Let’s troubleshoot cheesemaking and get solutions to your challenges!
After the previous cheese fermentation webinar, we received numerous requests for assistance with challenges experienced during cheesemaking. This follow up webinar focused on the most...
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Fermentation techniques that play a role in cheesemaking and ripening
Fermented dairy products, particularly cheese, have been used for thousands of years to preserve milk, to make it more transportable, readily available, and more digestible...
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DSA lab services … making a difference in the dairy industry
This webinar took place on 30 April 2024. Watch the recording below.
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Understanding lameness in dairy cattle
The welfare, production loss and health implications of lameness in dairy cattle are well documented. However, there appears to be a general lack of understanding...
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Recent developments in the dairy regulatory landscape
The organized dairy industry acknowledges the importance of compliance with the law and related standards (national and international) as it pertains to the dairy value...
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Increase your profits with dairy farm animal welfare
A happy cow is a healthy cow, a healthy cow is a productive cow, and a productive cow is a profitable cow! In this webinar,...
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Managing flies on dairy farms
Flies are not only a nuisance, but they are also vectors of bacteria and disease. Flies, often dismissed as mere nuisances, pose a far more...
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Consumer Protection Act, Consumer Goods Services Ombud as well as Code
Presentation regarding the impact of the Consumer Protection Act, Consumer Goods Services Ombud as well as Code on the primary and secondary industry. Download the...
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The prudent use of agricultural chemicals on dairy farms
To prevent the hazardous nature of these substances from turning into risks for farmers, their workforce, dairy cows and the environment. Pesticides are regulated by...
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Public Health risks related to consumption of raw milk and raw milk dairy products
Raw milk has a diverse microbial flora which can include pathogens transmissible to humans. The main microbiological hazards associated with raw milk from milking animals...
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Process of certifying detergents & disinfectants fit for use in dairy industry
The webinar outlines the SABS product certification process as it applies to detergents and disinfectants for use in the dairy industry (SANS 1828 and SANS...
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The key to effective sampling of milk & dairy products in the trade
In this Webinar Recording, the DSA addressed the topic of effective sampling of milk and dairy products in the trade. In this webinar, the following...
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Design criteria and factors important for effective cleaning
Hygienic design principles, relating to equipment as well as the relevant processes, are applied in Food and Beverage operations. This is done to allow for...
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Pasteurisation to the next level
Pasteurisation of milk will remain a hot topic! This heat treatment ensures safety for human consumption by reducing the number of viable pathogenic bacteria. The...
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Escherichia coli from a One-Health perspective
Escherichia coli (E. coli), a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacterium predominates among the bacteria in the intestine of many animal species. E. coli infections in livestock...
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Reduce the risks of retail bulk milk
The importance of control over milk as a perishable food product needs no emphasis. Milk, pasteurised or unpasteurised, is offered to the consumer as packed...
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Foot and mouth disease – Practical considerations
The Dairy Standard Agency acts as the independent organization of the organised dairy industry with its members, MPO and Sampro. The main purpose of DSA...
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Key areas of hygienic design
Consistent action creates consistent results! In other words, what you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while. This...
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Mycotoxins
The diet of a dairy cow is complex, being composed of various raw materials – what is the mycotoxin risk of these diets, and which...
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The prudent use of antibiotics
Antibiotics have revolutionised the world of medicine, for both human and animal health. They are especially valuable in maintaining the high-health status of today’s incredibly...
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Packaging and Labelling in the Dairy Industry
It’s a wrap! We’ve come to the end of the series of insightful monthly webinars for 2021. To round off the topics on the ins...
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Importance of the dairy cold chain
The dairy cold chain is indeed a chain that should be unbreakable! The importance of keeping milk and other dairy products cold at all times...
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DSA Cleaning and Sanitising in the Dairy Industry
In today’s competitive and challenging times, a credible chemical supplier has a role far beyond the simple supply of cleaning and sanitation chemicals. In this...
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Mastitis and the quality of your milk
Mastitis is an endemic disease and is considered to be one of the most frequent and costly diseases in the dairy industry. Mastitis might be...
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DSA Laboratory Tests
The Dairy Standard Agency’s primary objective is promoting compliance of milk and other dairy products with product composition, food safety and metrology standards. DSA has...
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Sampling of milk in the trade
After numerous requests, it was well thought to include the topic of sampling in one of DSA’s monthly webinars. For the benefit of especially the...
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Introductory to pasteurisation
Pasteurisation of milk ensures safety for human consumption by reducing the number of viable pathogenic bacteria. Although the public health benefits of pasteurisation are well...
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Brucellosis & TB – The importance of zoonoses in dairy
Zoonoses (transmission of disease or infection from animals to humans) is a reality and not a myth. Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (TB) is widespread across South...
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The following content has been compiled by Dr Mark Chimes BVSc – Animal Health & Welfare Programme Manager & Veterinary Advisor for Milk SA.
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