PRE-FREASIBILITY STUDY FOR DAIRY PROCESSING PLANT docx

[...]... plants To improve the handling of raw milk and achieve a better quality for processing at the plant site, some dairy plants have started to equip milk collection centres with chilling units and to use insulated road tankers for bulk transport from the centres to the plant This enables them to buy milk directly from the katcha dodhis Some plants already collect 80% of their procurement themselves Large-scale... include adequate testing/laboratory facilities and close monitoring of staff to ensure that necessary quality checks are made and standards enforced 3.5 RATIONALE FOR SETTING UP A UHT MILK PROCESSING PLANT The rationale for setting up the proposed UHT milk processing plant of 100,000 litres per day capacity includes: 25 Current availability of more than 33.0 million tonnes per day (projected figure 2006)... processed milk, market for processed milk growing at more than 20% per annum for the past 3 years and projected to continue growing at the same rate for the next 5years The Government of Pakistan’s Strategic initiative for the milk processing industry which includes; increasing milk yield per animal, stronger enforcement of laws relating to adulteration and hygiene, a media program aimed at informing consumers... concentrated program by the dairy industry promoting the use of UHT treated milk Availability of requisite technology for setting up a UHT processing plant and trained manpower for running the same Huge export potential for UHT treated milk in the Region, with Pakistan being the only milk surplus country in the Region In view of the above it is suggested to establish a UHT milk processing unit of 100,000... As stated earlier, the Government of Pakistan has also accorded a high priority to the Dairy Industry and has set up a company known as Dairy Pakistan on the 23 lines of Dairy Australia; among the areas in which Dairy Pakistan is concentrating includes human skill development of the professionals required for the Dairy industry 3.3 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK The legislative framework that guides food markets... working at dairy farms, handling milk or any container meant to be used for storage or transportation of milk Section 22: Pasteurization and sterilization parameters are laid down Section 23: Equipment and processes needed for gaining approval by the government to operate milk processing plant have been specified Sections 272 and 273 of the Pakistan Penal Code deal with the issues of penalties for adulteration... become major suppliers to dairy processing plants Size and production of the 15 commercial farms have limited their contribution Of the milk marketed by the functioning co-operatives and Village Livestock Associations, created in some districts of Punjab to supply the Lahore Milk Plant (their designated long-term marketing partner), only a small proportion is channeled to the dairy plants To improve the... and street and door-to-door vendors The flow chart is shown below in chart 2 CHART - 2 SIMPLIFIED DIAGRAM OF FLOW CHANNELS FOR MILK IN PAKISTAN Formal Sector 2-3% Share Informal Sector 98% Share Dairy Farmer Gawalla (milk man) Milk Collector Milk Collection Agency Milk Processing Plant Retailer Distributor/ Retailer Consumer Source: Strategy Development in Milk Production and Distribution (SMEDA Report,... the first UHT plant in 1977 in the area has ensured that the skill levels of the workers have developed to the required level, in addition local engineering expertise, transportation network, marketing channels and support services for the plant as well as marketing have developed Karachi, the main city of Pakistan and the largest market for UHT, is not considered as a location for the plant because... expected Packaging size: Processing conditions are independent of container size, thus allowing for the filling of large containers for food-service or sale to food manufacturers Cheaper packaging: Cost of package and storage; transportation costs; laminated packaging allows for use of extensive graphics 27 3.6.3 DIFFICULTIES WITH UHT Sterility: High performance equipment and plant are needed to maintain . THE STUDY 3 1.2 METHODOLOGY 3 1.3 STUDY TEAM 4 CHAPTER 2 – MARKET/ NEEDS ASSESSSMENT 5 2.1 PROFILE OF PAKISTAN’S DAIRY SECTOR 5 2.2 MODERN MILK PROCESSING. IN-HOUSE QUALITY ASSURANCE 25 3.5 RATIONALE FOR SETTING UP A UHT MILK PROCESSING PLANT 25 3.6 PROPOSED UHT PROCESSING UNIT 26 3.7 THE UHT PROCESS FLOW