In
many developing countries around the world and in India, milk
cans play an essential role in transporting milk from various
productions / collection centers to the dairy or the processing
centers. Since these cans also act as storage vessel by having
raw milk in them for hours together, they were found to be among
the prime source of microbial contamination to the milk, which
has got direct implication on the quality of processed milk
and other end products and further on the public health.
These facts call for proper research on the effects of milk
cans on microbial quality of milk kept in them. A study, hence
conducted on two major types of materials used for milk cans,
Aluminum alloy and Stainless Steel, with reference to cleaning
and sanitation efficiency gave some alarming results.
