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CARE KENYA/SITE NOV 2009
Kaluworks limited also manufacturers the Pardini aluminium milk cans which have gaskets in
their lockable lids making them leak-proof. Ashut Engineering limited is manufacturers of milk
cans as well as milk scoops/pints and own the DATINI trademark.
Milk handlers should clean their current plastic milk containers appropriately as an immediate
solution to improved milk quality. A long term solution would be to acquire aluminium milk
cans with the reorganization of the sector in regard to milk collection and transportation.
iv. Milk Testing Equipment
The milk producers and collectors in Garissa perform sensory tests on milk before buying. They
normally taste the raw camel milk using the lids of the milk containers to determine its freshness.
Tasting and even consuming raw camel milk by the
producers and collectors was discouraged during the
training because of the inherent danger of infection with
diseases such as Brucellosis and Typhoid. The camel milk
handlers were also trained on basic milk testing techniques
such the simple clot-on-boiling test by boiling a small
amount of camel milk in a spoon over a flame to determine
the freshness of the milk instead of tasting. They were also
shown how to perform the density test using a lactometer so
as to detect milk adulterated with water.
Milk testing equipment
v. Milk Pasteurization Equipment
The primary milk collectors at Kamuthe shared how they use the milk-filled plastic milk
containers to boil milk indirectly by dipping them in a sufuria of boiling water over a simple fire
place. They shared how this method takes long to heat and cool the milk and this leads to
bursting of the milk containers while on transit if it is transported hot. There is simple equipment
which is more efficient and the camel milk handlers can use it to heat-treat camel milk indirectly
and later cool it sufficiently thereby eliminating incidences of the plastic container bursting while
in transit. This equipment will also be necessary once the Garissa milk traders establish milk
canteens. This equipment includes:
o Improved energy saving jikos
The energy saving jikos are ideal for milk pasteurization since they do not waste heat energy
to the environment but instead concentrate all heat energy to the milk being pasteurized.
They are constructed in a special way with clay bricks, charcoal dust, sand and fireproof
cement to ensure that the jikos are insulated against heat loss. There are many jua kali
artisans capable of fabricating these jikos.
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