Quality Control Activities :

 

TCMPF is well equipped with State of the Art Quality Control Laboratories to check the quality of the Milk at all Dairies, State wide.

 

The Milk is procured from the Milk Producers’ Cluster Societies and the quality of Milk is analyzed by AMCU, DPMCU and automated cloud based Milk analyzer. The rates are provided to the Milk Producers based on the quantity and quality of Milk.

 

Dairies are receiving the Milk from the BMCs and CCs for further processing into different variants of Milk & Milk Products. The Dairy quality Control Laboratories are equipped with the sophisticated equipments such as FTIR technology based Milk Analyser for immediate analysis of the quality parameters and Adulteration parameters such as Urea, Detergent, Maltodextrose, Sugar, etc. The Adulterant free Milk only is allowed to be processed further for the production of Milk & Milk Products.

 

The Production and Quality control activities are monitored by the trained Food Safety Supervisors at each stage of Production. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Housekeeping Practices (GHP) are monitored by the Quality Control team to ensure the safety of the Milk & Milk Products. Personal hygiene of the food handlers are also ensured in the dairy premises for hygienic product handling.

 

TCMPF Ltd. also obtained ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System (FSMS) certification for the Metro Dairies at Ambattur, Madhavaram, Sholinganallur, Product Dairy, Tiruvannamalai Powder Plant and Erode, Salem, Madurai and Coimbatore DCMPUs.

 

TCMPF is also approved by AGMARK, BIS and Export Inspection Council of India for the products such as Skimmed Milk Powder, Butter, Ghee and UHT milk.

 

TCMPF is also establishing a Centralized Laboratory facility for testing the Pesticide residues, Drug Residues, Heavy Metals and Aflatoxin M1 content in Milk Products under the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) scheme. The laboratory will be utilized for testing the quality parameters for all the DCMPUs and TCMPF Units which is presently carried out through external NABL/FSSAI laboratories.

 

It is provided with high precision equipments such as Triple Quadruple Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometer (LCMSMS), Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometer (GCMSMS) and Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometer (ICPMS) to analyze Chemicals, Heavy Metals, Residual and Nutrient compounds in the Milk & Milk products to confirm the regulatory requirements.

 

Advanced Pathogen laboratory is in pipeline at Coimbatore DCMPU for analyzing Milk & Milk Products from the nearby District Unions.