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GB Milk Hygiene

Published 3 February 12

Milk Hygienic Quality 

Hygiene Milk Quality

The data below covers the monthly average milk quality for Great Britain from 2008.

Bactoscan levels for November increased compared to October from 30,000/ml to 32,000/ml.  This is the same level as November last year. Average Bactoscan for the 2010 year stood at 30,000/ml, up 1,000/ml from the 2009 average.

SCC levels decreased by 7,000/ml between October and November 2011 to an average of 184,000/ml. This is 2,000/ml more than in November last year.  For the 2010 year the average cell count stood at 192,000/ml, 2,000/ml below the 2009 average of 194,000/ml. 

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Average GB Milk Quality

 

Bactoscan ('000 per ml)

 

  

2008

2009

2010

2011

January

35

32

34

34

February

32

30

 33 

33

March

30

29

31

32

April

29

30

29

30

May

28

27

27

29

June

27

24

25

29

July

26

25

26

29

August

28

27

27

28

September

31

 28 

27

29

October

32

31

30

30

November

34

34

 32 

32

December

34

35

33

 

Yearly Average

31

29

30

 

Cell Count ('000 per ml)

 

 

2008

2009

2010

2011

January

187

183

187

190

February

190

185

188

193

March

193

186

 190 

190

April

194

196

192

192

May

198

198

193

192

June

200

200

194

192

July

205

204

197

193

August

210

207

202

 197 

September

210

 206 

201

197

October

201

 195 

190

191

November

193

 188 

182

184

December

184

185 

 182

 

Yearly Average

197

 194

 192

 

Raw Data provided by: DIAL/FMG Members

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