Dairy farming is the most successful business for farmers. This is a business to raise stocks and food production. Dairy farmers target to ensure the safety and quality of the raw milk to satisfy the highest expectations of the food industry and consumers. The on-farm practices should ensure that milk is produced by healthy animals under the acceptable conditions for the animals and in balance with the local environment.

There are many significant principles that apply to the production, processing and handling of the all milk and milk products. All the dairy products should be subject to a combination of control measures. These measures should meet the appropriate level of public health protection.

It is important to apply the good hygienic practices throughout the production and processing chain, so that the milk and milk products are safe and suitable for the intended use. The hygienic practices for milk and milk products should be implemented with the general principles of food hygiene.

Good farming practices support the marketing of safe, quality-assured milk based products. All the dairy farmers, suppliers to diary farmers, milk carriers and haulers, diary products and food manufacturers, distributors and retailers should be part of an integrated food safety and quality assurance management system.

Dairy farmers’ role is to ensure the good agricultural, hygienic and animal husbandry practices employed at the farm level. The focus should be on preventing a problem instead of solving it after it has occurred. The good dairy farming practices should contribute to enduring milk and milk products are safe and suitable for their intended use.

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