Fact Sheets
The MQIP is responsible for the production and distribution of the Dairy Foods Science Notes and other informational bulletins, which provide brief overviews of topics of current interest to the dairy industry and consumers. The following documents are currently available, click on the document you would like to download or send your request to receive the pdf.
General
- Milk Quality Improvement Program - MQIP
- MQIP - Pasteurized Milk Voluntary Shelf-Life Program
- Raw Milk Dangers of Consumption - Consumer Sheet
- Raw Milk Sales & Consumption - Position Statement
- School Milk - Handling to Maintain Quality
- Sanitation in Soft-Serve Frozen Dessert
Pasteurized Fluid Milk Quality & Shelf-Life
- Recommendations for Improved Milk Shelf Life
- Evaluation of Fluid Milk Shelf-Life - Bacterial Methods
- Pasteurized Milk versus Ultra Pasteurized Milk
- Importance of Raw Milk Quality on Dairy Products
Microbiology
- General Dairy Bacteriology
- Bacteria in Raw Milk - Review
- sjl38 [at] cornell.edu (subject: Dairy%20Foods%20Science%20Notes%20-%20Microscopic%20Eval%20of%20Milk%20-%20Bacteria) (Microscopic Evaluation of Milk - Bacteria (draft) pdf)
- sjl38 [at] cornell.edu (subject: Dairy%20Foods%20Science%20Notes%20-%20Microscopic%20Eval%20of%20Milk%20-%20Somatic%20Cells) (Microscopic Evaluation of Milk - Somatic Cells (draft) pdf)
- Coliform Bacteria - Indicators in Food & Water
- Preliminary Incubation Count for Raw Milk
- Thermoduric Bacteria in Raw & Pasteurized Milk
- Psychrotrophic Spore Formers & Pasteurized Milk
- Dairy Starter Cultures General Characteristics
- Lactic Acid Bacteria - Homo/Hetero-Fermentative
- Listeria monocytogenes in the Dairy Environment
Sensory & Chemistry
- Alkaline Phosphatase Test for Milk Pasteurization
- sjl38 [at] cornell.edu (subject: Dairy%20Foods%20Science%20Notes%20-%20Flavor%20and%20Odor%20Defects%20in%20Milk) (Flavor and Odor Defects in Milk pdf)
- Light-Induced Defects in Milk
- Light-Induced Defects in Milk - Threshold Exposure
- Vitamin Fortification of Fluid Milk
- Sensory Evaluation as a Tool to Detect Fluid Milk Contamination with Sanitizer
- Common Practices for the Prevention of Fluid Milk Contamination with Sanitizer
- Chemical Test as a Tool to Detect Fluid Milk Contamination with Sanitizer