Quality of refrigerated raw milk according to the bulk transport conditions

Technical regulations that determine milk quality standards in Brazil establish the minimum criteria processing industry's raw material must present. These rules can challenge logistics sector (transport) to maintain adequate conservation levels. We aimed evaluate influence of bulk transport and storage conditions on refrigerated quality. The experiment was carried out a dairy industry Santa Catarina State. Information samples were collected from farms, isothermal compartments trucks, silo. submitted microbiological analysis, somatic cell count (SCC), physicochemical analysis. results evaluated by ANOVA multivariate analysis (factor analysis). transfer industrial silo worsened milk's (p < 0.0001) for standard plate (SPC) psychrotrophic microorganism (PMC), without affecting, characteristics > 0.05). Poor hygienic rooms, refrigeration tanks during transport, as well longer routes, related higher SPC while receiving with temperatures only associated SPC.