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QUALITY CONTROL
TESTING:
To have a license to sell raw milk we meet the standard three monthly laboratory tests that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) run on our raw milk. These tests are purely for the total viable bacteria count (TVCs) of the sampled milk and a 'coliform' test that detects how clean your milk is. In addition to this we pay to have a sample of our raw milk, raw cream and raw butter tested every week at a laboratory for TVCs, coliforms, presence of pathogens and other cleanliness checks. The cost of these tests do mean that our milk overheads are higher but we feel that it is important to have a weekly analysis of our produce to ensure that we are sending only the best quality products to you.
Our products are taste tested to understand how the flavours alter as the diet of the cows change through the seasons.
We also have Organic certification from The Soil Association who give us a license each year once we have evidenced that we meet their standards that cover all aspects of food production, from animal welfare and wildlife conservation, to food processing and packaging. Have a look Here for more information.
To have a license to sell raw milk we meet the standard three monthly laboratory tests that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) run on our raw milk. These tests are purely for the total viable bacteria count (TVCs) of the sampled milk and a 'coliform' test that detects how clean your milk is. In addition to this we pay to have a sample of our raw milk, raw cream and raw butter tested every week at a laboratory for TVCs, coliforms, presence of pathogens and other cleanliness checks. The cost of these tests do mean that our milk overheads are higher but we feel that it is important to have a weekly analysis of our produce to ensure that we are sending only the best quality products to you.
Our products are taste tested to understand how the flavours alter as the diet of the cows change through the seasons.
We also have Organic certification from The Soil Association who give us a license each year once we have evidenced that we meet their standards that cover all aspects of food production, from animal welfare and wildlife conservation, to food processing and packaging. Have a look Here for more information.
Our cows are tested for TB annually and we have not failed this test to date, we attribute this partly to the fact that we operate a closed herd which means that we breed our calves from our herd and do not bring other cows onto the farm. We are fortunate with the landscape of our farm, in that we have rivers as boundaries in many areas that prevent badgers crossing our land.
We run our business in accordance with our HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) which is a personalised, systematic preventative approach to food safety that has been drawn up with feedback from our local Environmental Health officers. Our HACCP system is used at all stages of the food chain, from milking the cows, preparation processes, cleaning and checks made along the way, right up to packaging and distribution. All of our staff who either milk the cows, bottle the milk, make cream or make butter are all trained in Food safety and hygiene to level 2 standard, this is not a requirement but something that we have chosen to do and evidences how serious we are about producing a good, clean product for our customers.
We run our business in accordance with our HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) which is a personalised, systematic preventative approach to food safety that has been drawn up with feedback from our local Environmental Health officers. Our HACCP system is used at all stages of the food chain, from milking the cows, preparation processes, cleaning and checks made along the way, right up to packaging and distribution. All of our staff who either milk the cows, bottle the milk, make cream or make butter are all trained in Food safety and hygiene to level 2 standard, this is not a requirement but something that we have chosen to do and evidences how serious we are about producing a good, clean product for our customers.