Dairy sector teams-up to tackle food fraud
A symposium held as part of the ISO/IDF analytics week held in Copenhagen in May 2016, highlighted the value of collaboration in defending the food chain from food fraud.
Raw milk containing abnormalities is a growing problem. The abnormalities can be caused by deliberate adulteration, for example, with lard or melamine or by accidents if water or cleaning agents are mixed with the milk. With the MilkoScan™ 7 RM you can screen incoming raw milk samples to identify a suspect raw milk sample quickly and as a normal part of everyday testing. The suspect sample can then be further analysed to determine the contaminant.
FossConnect™ is a centralised networking management solution for MilkoScan™,Fossomatic™, BactoScan™, and CombiFoss™ that helps you to reduce operational costs and secure consistent high performance from your analytical instruments. With FossConnect™, you can manage, configure and monitor your instruments remotely from any internet-enabled computer and safeguard your data for whenever you need it.
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Read the article to learn about the screening test for ketosis in dairy cattle developed by Valacta milk-testing laboratory, Canada, in collaboration with FOSS. With a typical cost of Ketosis at *$350.00 per cow, an early warning of ketosis in the dairy herd can help dairy farmers achieve considerable savings at a very low cost.
Read articleA symposium held as part of the ISO/IDF analytics week held in Copenhagen in May 2016, highlighted the value of collaboration in defending the food chain from food fraud.
| Specifications MilkoScan™ 7 RM | |||||
| Most of the calibrations are using multiple wavelengths selected freely from the entire Mid-IR spectrum in order to optimise robustness and accuracy. Compared to traditional filter calibrations, they are called full spectrum calibrations. |
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| Performance Carry-over for all components <1% relative |
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| Component |
Measuring range | Performance range | Repeatability | Accuracy Bulk | Accuracy Single cow |
| Fat |
0-15% | 2-15% | CV < 0.5% | CV < 1.0% | CV < 1.5% |
| Protein | 0-10% | 2-10% |
CV < 0.5% | CV < 0.9% | CV < 1.5% |
| Lactose | 0-10% | 2-10% | CV < 0.5% | CV < 0.9% |
CV < 1.5% |
| Solids | 0-20% | 2-20% | CV < 0.5% | CV < 1.0% | CV < 1.5% |
| Urea | 10-100 mg/dl | 10-100 mg/dl | Sd < 1.5 mg/dl | Sd < 3 mg/dl | Sd < 3.5 mg/dl |
| Citric Acid | 0.1-0.5% | 0.1-0.5% | Sd < 0.005% | Sd < 0.01% | Sd < 0.015% |
| FPD (Screening) | 400-600 m°C | 450-550 m°C | Sd < 0.5 m°C | Sd < 4 m°C | N/A |
| Novel parameters | |||||
| Fatty acids profile |
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| Ketosis screening (BHB, acetone) | |||||
| Untargetted screening raw milk (adulteration) | |||||
| Application data |
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| Analysis capacity |
100, 200, 300, 400, 500 or 600 samples per hour | ||||
| Sample intake | 5 ml | ||||
| Required sample temperature | 37 - 42°C | ||||
| Performance Specifications | Full spectrum calibrations | ||||
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Standards and Approvals
The MilkoScan™ 7 RM techniques comply with: |
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