ISSN: 2574-2701
Authors: Kumbe A*, Negasa B, Bekele B, Husen B and Onate A
Dairy technology research team has several contributions in identifying major constraints and developing suitable production technologies related to dairy production in its mandated Borana pastoral and agro-pastoral areas. Accordingly, the team has conducted researches on livestock disease, dairy cattle nutrition, breeding, milk and milk product handling and processing and marketing of dairy and dairy products. Milk is a marketable commodity whereby consumers buy when they get satisfied by the quality of the product based on their perception. Having a due attention to total quality aspects of milk production and consumption; quality detection and safety precautions became of paramount importance. In wrapping the container and soaking in water technology, milk containers were wrapped with sisal foil over the total body up to the neck level and soaked in water before adding the milk to the container. Then milk is added to the container and transported to the market. The wrapping of container with sisal foil and soaking in the water has a valuable effect in maintaining the quality of milk hygiene and keeping the quality parameter to optimum level at the time of transportations to the market. The manual can be important reference for the dairy processing cooperative, pastoral community involved in milk transportation to market and individual milk seller during camel milk transportation to the market. In this manual, important justification about the sisal foil, input material, method of using sisal foil wrapped container and effective result is included. Furthermore, from this manual the effect of sisal foil wrapped milk containers on quality parameters of camel milk transportation is clearly sorted and will solve the problem of milk spoilage, deterioration of milk hygiene and improve quality parameter during transportation to the market. Lastly, the exact usage of
Keywords: Wrapping; Camel Milk; Quality Control
