QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF RAW MILK SAMPLES PURCHASED FROM AUTOMATIC MİLK VENDING MACHINES IN NİĞDE PROVINCE

Abstract

In the regulation published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Turkey, it is stated that only automatic milk machines can be used to put raw milk on sale. This study aims to examine some physical, chemical and microbiological properties of a total of 40 raw milk samples sold in automatic vending machines and unpackaged, by egulations in Niğde province, and to compare the milk samples according to the retailer from which they were purchased. The study also aimed to quantitatively determine carbonate and hydrogen peroxide residues in milk samples and the presence of beta-lactam and tetracycline group antibiotics with a commercial kit. At the end of the study, the average value of lactic acid (%) density, fat, protein, non-fat dry matter, lactose, freezing point and pH values of the samples were determined as 0.153% ± (0.022); 1.028± (0.03) g/ml; 3.525%± (0.656); 3.5%± (0.107); 9% 4± (0.277); 5.134± (0.152); -0.549°C ± (0.018) and 6.55 ± (0.102) respectively. As a result of microbiological analysis of milk, the average number of total aerobic mesophilic organisms, coliforms, fecal coliforms, yeast-molds and micrococci-staphylococci was determined as 5.38 ± (0.47); 3.73 ± (1.11); 2.76 ± (1.66); 2.33 ± (1.86) and 4.29± (1.20) log cfu/ml respectively. Carbonate, hydrogen peroxide, beta-lactam and tetracycline antibiotic residues could not be detected in the milk samples. The fact that some of the results obtained in the study were outside the limits specified in the codexes and different from the study average reveals that the milk sold in businesses selling street milk should be analyzed regularly.