Food and Veterinary Agency ( AUV has started implementing a permanent programme for monitoring and monitoring of the milk sector, which envisions regular checks and lab analysis in all the links of the chain of milk products and manufacturing.
The programme is being implemented in co-operation with the Milky Producers Association, and includes taking samples and official controls at production farms, collection points, processing factories, as well as in imported products and those traded in Kosovo.
According to the AUV, the goal is to create a stable monitoring system, which will be based on risk assessment, laboratory results and the history of the operators’ compliance with legal requirements.
The programme aims to establish a sustainable sector surveillance system based on risk assessment, laboratory results and the history of the operators’ compliance with legal requirements, said AUV.
Controls will extend throughout the milk chain, ranging from animal food and farm production, transportation and transportation, to processing, packing, import, distribution and marketing of ready products.
The AUV has made it known that the programme includes both milk and products produced in the country and imported ones, with the aim of monitoring all links, from farm to consumer.
Under this programme, every month physical-chemical lab analysis, microbiological and food safety, depending on the type of product and risk level, will be conducted.
Controls will include analyzing animal food for the presence of mikotoxes and other contaminants, as well as testing crude milk on farms and collection points.
Meanwhile, local and imported products will be analysed for the content of fats, proteins, palm oil and other plant fats, as well as for the use of powder milk.
Also, the labs will control the presence of aflatoxins, remains of antibiotics and other illicit substances.
Microbiological analyses will include testing dangerous bacteria and microorganisms, such as Salmonella spa.
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