The Dairy Practices Council (DPC) has published four new guidelines, which were distributed electronically to its entire membership and are for sale on the DPC website.

DPC 28 – Troubleshooting residual films on dairy farm milk handling equipment

This guideline provides practical information for troubleshooting films on dairy farm milk handling equipment. It tells how to identify the films, the causes, how to remove the films and how to prevent films.

DPC 62 – Resources for dairy equipment construction evaluation

This guideline provides information to assist in the evaluation of dairy processing, packaging and handling equipment, or machinery in meeting the appropriate sanitary criteria.

DPC 92 HACCP principle number one – Hazard analysis

This guideline is one in a series of guidelines prepared by the DPC to assist milk and milk products processing and manufacturing plants in the development of hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) systems. As the Food Safety Modernization Act is implemented, the role of HAACP systems will likely be modified. Nonetheless, hazard (or risk) analysis will remain a necessary part of any food safety program.

This guideline addresses HACCP principle one – hazard analysis. Other DPC guidelines in this series will address several important subjects required in developing a HACCP system, including effectively dealing with prerequisites, developing flow diagrams and product descriptions, and understanding the remaining six principles of the seven principles of HACCP. In addition, many other DPC guidelines address food safety issues such as allergens and will be found useful to the dairyperson in designing a comprehensive food safety program.

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DPC 112 – Greening of the dairy lab

This guideline offers concepts and ideas to consider for “greening” your dairy lab. Greening laboratories will help to reduce the carbon footprint of your lab by utilizing recycling and other energy conservation techniques.

All of the guidelines are listed on the DPC website. PD

—From Dairy Practices Council news release