Intergovernmental standard on milk powder

The GOST 33629-2015 «Canned milk products. Milk powder. Technical Regulations» complies with the acting in Russia technical regulations that set requirements to the food, including milk, products as well as requirements to labeling and packaging. The standard has been prepared on the base of the working in the RF document the GOST R 52791-2007 (with Amendment N1), harmonized with requirements of the international food codes and the standard of the Republic of Belarus. In the article most important issues present in the sections of the standard are outlined such as classification, organoleptic and physical-chemical indices of milk powder, list of the raw materials applied et al. Besides requirements to the skim and whole milk powders the norms for the partially skimmed milk were added for the first time, that corresponds to the TP TC 033/2013 and the Codex Standard 207-1999. The fist of the milk raw materials has been widened due to the application of the raw material - cow milk pasteurized. It is worth to note as a positive item the fact that in Russia the relevant normative document has been worked out for each type of the milk raw material intended for milk powder production. Besides, for improving quality and preventing oxidative spoilage of milk fat in the whole and partially skimmed dry milks and to extend their storage fife it is allowed to apply domestic antioxidant of the vegetable origin dihydroquercetin. At present the technology has been developed and the GOST 33504-2015 «Food supplements. Dihydroquercetin. Technical Conditions» was approved. The intergovernmental methodology for determination of the dihydroquercetin level in canned milk products has been certified, and commercial production of the supplement started.

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