Operating procedure of milk procurement:
To meet the milk requirement for manufacturing different milk products.
In this procedure we provide our infrastructure for milk chilling, staff for grading & testing of milk and tankers for timely lifting of milk from MCC, to a person who procures milk on our behalf. Milk comes directly to our MCC dock, where after proper grading and testing milk is accepted.
In this system, people who have their own chilling facilities, procure milk through small vendors and after proper chilling of milk, send the milk to our dairies through their own tankers. At dairy, after proper testing on different parameters, if milk is found as per prescribed norms is accepted.
- Procurement and collection of milk is undertaken with most modern management systems and IT intervention. It involves use of Automatic Milk Collection Unit (AMCU/DPMCU). The person is selected as VSP after proper screening.
- The milk is collected in both shifts i.e. morning and evening throughout the year, through the Village Level Milk Collection Centers. (VLCs).
- Each VLC is staffed and equipped with the following: –
One educated person called Village Service Provider (VSP), having a minimum qualification of matriculation, from the same village, who is adequately trained in clean milk production, collection and testing of milk, dispatching and transportation of milk, operating AMCU/DPMCU, pricing of milk, record keeping and reporting etc. - Each VSP is required to have adequate space for collection and testing of milk, which can accommodate testing equipment’s, milk collection and transporting milk cans and keeping records etc.
- Each producer is trained in hygienic milking procedure and carrying milk in a steal bucket, with a cover on it to VLC.
- A team of qualified and trained supervisors is engaged to control& monitor the activities at VLC level. They also train, guide and facilitate the VSP to accomplish his task of procuring good quality milk from the producers.
- Milk from VLCs is brought to MCC through milk vans in 40 litre aluminium cans, as per the schedule time table so that quality of milk remains good and it is immediately chilled below 40C, to keep the quality of milk intact.
- At dairy dock of MCC, qualified staff is deputed for proper grading and testing of milk and as per norms, only good quality of milk is accepted.
- From Dairies as per the demand of market, milk & milk products are supplied through insulated vans so that quality of milk & milk products could be maintained as per norms and government guidelines.
- The left out urban areas would be covered through direct selling of milk & milk products through distributors and vendors’ network.
