A research study was conducted among South African consumers to determine their attitudes, perceptions and needs regarding mangoes and mango products. A total of 855 consumers in traditional white and none-white residential areas in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Central region and the Western Cape...

A qualitative approach was followed when conducting a survey among six tender contractors and retail groups to determine their opinions regarding the consumption patterns of mangoes and mango products as well as their own experience with buying and selling mangoes. Simultaneously street vendors in...

45% of 65 raw milk samples, 44% of 25 ice cream samples, 40% of 5 cream samples, 25% of 8 Cottage cheese samples and 19% of 32 yoghurt samples collected over a 6-month period in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa were positive for coliforms, with mean counts of 780/ml, 20.7/g, 161/ml, 71.4/g...

These regulations, made under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972, repeal regulations published on 2 Sept. 1977. They lay down compositional and microbiological requirements to be satisfied by milk and cream (raw, pasteurized, sterilized and UHT), other milk products, and...

4 papers read at the 17th Annual General Meeting of the South African Society of Dairy Technology, Durban, 5 Oct. 1983, present the views of the Animal and Dairy Science Research Institute (Lück, En, pp. 105-109, 3 ref.), the Dairy Board (Roux, Af, pp. 109-112), the fresh milk distributors (Döckel, ...

Legislative aspects of the new milk-pricing scheme in South Africa [see preceding abstr.] are discussed, stress being laid on the need for precise regulations specifying the procedures for sampling, sample handling and analysis, the qualifications of analysts, the requirements to be satisfied by...

This paper, which starts in Af, then switches to En, discusses the work of the Dairy Control Board in South Africa and mentions some aspects of the Board's control scheme which need to be improved, with particular regard to quality payment for milk, the pricing of surplus milk diverted from liquid...

This code of practice contains recommendations for conditions in the factory; hygiene for employees engaged in manufacture of the product; preparation and processing of chilled and frozen foods; packing and marking; storage (including tables showing optimum storage conditions and times for butter,...

This specification covers definitions, general requirements, materials, construction, marking, inspection and methods of test for tanks and ancillary equipment of tankers used in the bulk transport of milk.

This code of practice gives recommendations for the cleaning and disinfecting of equipment used in the production of milk and the processing and manufacture of milk products. Sections discussing general requirements, the fundamentals of cleaning processes and the formulation, selection and handling ...