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Out At The Fonterra Factory Where I’ve Been ...
Contributed by John Perry on Apr 17, 2010 (message contributor)
Out at the Fonterra factory where I’ve been working some shifts they make yoghurt. The milk is pumped into huge stainless steel vats & they add culture, heat the mix & about 6 hours later the milk & culture is basically turned into yoghurt. But between every batch of yoghurt the vats are washed down & sanitised to protect the integrity of the product. Even a small amount of bacteria will ruin the batch. When the yoghurt finally comes out of the vat & is poured into the various size containers ready to be packed & sent off to the supermarkets. The first few tubs off the line & then a few tubs in the middle of the line & then a few tubs at the end of the line are taken as samples to the lab & tested. If they detect any bacteria at all in the yoghurt thousands of dollars of yoghurt is thrown away!
But here’s the hinge pin – it all depends on the condition of the vat.
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