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The management and control of milk hygiene in the informal sector by environmental health services in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisor Lues, J.F.R.
dc.contributor.author Agenbag, Michael Hermanus Albertus
dc.contributor.other Central University of Technology, Free State. School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
dc.date.accessioned 2014-10-12T20:47:48Z
dc.date.available 2014-10-12T20:47:48Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11462/109
dc.description Thesis (M. Tech.) -- Central University of Technology, Free State, 2008 en_US
dc.description.abstract Local government (LG) is under increasing pressure from the milk industry and consumers regarding their ability and willingness to carry out their mandate with regard to the quality control of milk, especially in the informal sector. The government and the milk industry currently have programmes underway to stimulate economic activities in the informal sector, targeting emerging cattle farmers for the production of milk as part of government’s Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (ASGISA). These initiatives further increase the number of informal milk producers and distributors, which holds a further challenge to regulatory authorities. At the same time, the quality of milk from the informal milk-producing sector poses a serious public health concern. Most of the milk produced and sold by the informal sector is raw (unpasteurised), which does not meet the minimum statutory requirements, and the milking practices applied by the informal sector also do not comply with best practice compliance standards. Local authorities (LAs) are statutorily responsible for registering milking parlours and controlling milk hygiene quality from production stage to purchase stage in order to ensure safe and wholesome dairy products to the consumer. Therefore, LG should play an increasingly important role in ensuring that safe and wholesome milk is produced and distributed to the consumers. All metropolitan municipalities (metros) and district municipalities (DMs) should be authorised by the Ministry of Health to enforce the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1972) through their authorised officials – mainly environmental health practitioners (EHPs). Secondly, LG should have specific programmes, systems and resources to register, monitor, evaluate and control milk production and distribution outlets for continued compliance en_US
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dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Bloemfontein : Central University of Technology, Free State
dc.subject Central University of Technology, Free State - Dissertations en_US
dc.subject Milk - Quality - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Milk hygiene - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Milk production - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Dairy farming - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Milking - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Milk - Microbiology - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Milk pasteurization - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Milk contamination - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Environmental health - Research - South Africa en_US
dc.subject Dissertations, academic - South Africa - Bloemfontein en_US
dc.title The management and control of milk hygiene in the informal sector by environmental health services in South Africa en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dc.rights.holder Central University of Technology, Free State


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