No 6 (2009)

Consumption trends in Russia based on the investigations made by the company Nielsen are outlined and analyzed. In particular analysis of consumers' behavior in the conditions of economical instability is given. The work has been carried out in the frames of investigation project of the Nielsen company The Russian consumer in the crisis

Importance of such areas of enterprises activity as expenditures reduction, improvement of business efficiency, proper organizing of marketing, information and managing work, resources evaluation, prices formation is underlined.

Principle characteristics of package for milk and milk products applied with the account of new products, extension of their shelf life and technologies improvements are given

The machine-building plant Tauras-Fenix offers to its consumers to provide lines for filling yogurts and milk desserts in PET-bottles with the machine for thermoshrinking labels application. For polyethylene sealed packs the automated machine Pitpack MJ2 is recommended, for paperboard package like Pure-Pak - automated line of revolving-linear type Pastpack TX and for plactics cups - rotor and linear automating machines like Pastpak 4L' are suitable.

Requirements to optimizing milk products storage, advices on design and providing storage rooms with refrigerating devices, approaches to labor automation are discussed.

Consumer preferences in the field of packaging are analyzed. Following aspects have been discussed: formation of package wastes, their utilization and reduction of damage to environment.

The article is devoted to investigation of the problems related to modification of the package for milk and milk products. Efficient modification methods for improving adhesive strength in combined materials have been determined.

The article contains information about the pasteurizing-cooling plant with the capacity of 35000 l per hour manufactured by the company OOOSlavutich. Operation of the plant is described in brief. The company also offers installation and maintenance of the plant.

The author of the article informs about experience of providing enterprises with plants supplying ice water.

Method and device for removing adherent powder from the inner surface of the spray dryer were developed with the aim to improve capacity and safe operation. For this purpose when hot air and product are not delivered to the camera the device installed on the inspection door is set in operating position. After that a tube is put forward into the drying chamber. Stop valve is opened and exhaust ventilation is switched on. Due to the air stream powerful whirl movement of air and dry powder mixture occurs inside the drying chamber that provides an abrasive effect and clean the walls of the chamber. The author certificate on the method has been received.

Requirements to sanitarian-hygienic treatment of tanks with application of the clean-in-place systems are discussed. Attention is paid to precise reagents dosage and technology for dairy wastes purification.

The wastes received after milk processing (at the main and auxiliary production) at the Rublevskii milk plant are enumerated. Physical-chemical characteristics and composition of the wastes are given. Principle ways of the wastes utilization are outlined.

Comparing analysis of complete nucleotide successions of the genes 16S pPHK of closely related subspecies of the industrial strains Lactococcus lactis applied as starter cultures for fermented milk products manufacturing was made. Possibility to apply the method for identification of two subspecies of Lactococcus lactis: cremoris and lactis was shown. Existence of unique replacements in the proximal area of the gene 16S pPHK subspacies cremoris has been demosntated that allows precisely identify the cultures L.lactis subsp: cremoris and L. lactis subsp. lactis.

The authors of the article have studied metabolism of propionic bacteria at cultivation in media with different levels of Fe+2. It was found that addition of ferrous sulphate to nutritive media promotes synthesis of metabolites that make adaptation of propionic bacteria to iron ions easier.

Pathogenic and nonpathogenic echerichia are characterized in accordance with recommendations of the World Health Organization. Pathogenic factors are described, morphology, sources and ways of contamination including food chain through milk products as well as preventive measures.