OBJECTIVE To identify consumer attitudes and beliefs about (liquid) milk that may be barriers to consumption. DESIGN Two random-quota telephone surveys conducted in Auckland one year apart. Respondents were questioned about their usual milk intake and their attitudes to milk. The questionnaire included attitude items that reflected the main themes of consumer interest in milk. SETTING New Z...

OBJECTIVE Human milk has well-established health benefits for preterm infants. We conducted a multidisciplinary quality improvement effort aimed at providing at least 500 mL of human milk/kg in the first 14 days of life to very low birth weight (VLBW) (< 1,500 g) infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Improvement activities included antenatal consults with at-risk m...

MILK IMPORTS TO Africa increased sixfold in the last decade and now exceed 2 million tonnes of liquid milk equivalent per year, accounting for about 30% of total consumption. They have a present value of about US$ 800 million. Substantial increases in milk production in Africa are feasible. This paper summarises the major environmental constraints to increased production of dairy products and d...

OBJECTIVES To describe and compare the consumption of dairy products in cohorts included in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). METHODS Data from single 24-hour dietary recall interviews collected through a highly standardised computer-based program (EPIC-SOFT) in 27 redefined centres in 10 European countries between 1995 and 2000. From a total random samp...

Cow's milk is the most important dietary source of iodine in the UK and Ireland, and also contributes to dietary selenium intakes. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of season, milk fat class (whole; semi-skimmed; skimmed) and pasteurisation on iodine and selenium concentrations in Northern Ireland (NI) milk, and to estimate the contribution of this milk to consumer iodine and ...

milk and dairy products are important components of a balanced diet. milk does have distinct physicochemical, biological and microbial characteristics. the bacterial contamination of milk not only reduces the nutritional quality but its consumption threatens health of the society. in this study, 100 pasteurized milk samples were collected randomly from tabriz city, northwestern and were analyze...

The Spanish market offers a significant number of folic acid (FA) voluntarily fortified foods. We analysed FA and (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid ((6S)-5-CH3-H4PteGlu) content in ready-to-eat cereals (RTEC) (n=68) and cow's milk (n=25) by a previously validated affinity chromatography-HPLC method. Contribution to potential FA intakes for children aged 2-13years, was assessed using food consum...

I t is a common observation of dairymen that the milk flow of the dairy cow rises for some time after calving and then declines steadily. In preceding papers 1 we have presented data and have offered an interpretation for the declining segment of the curve of milk secretion. Having found that after the first month of lactation the curve of milk secretion with the advance of the period of lactat...

Background & Aims: Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is a major metabolite of aflatoxin B1 detected in the milk of mammals that their foods have been contaminated with aflatoxins. Aflatoxins are a group of highly toxic metabolites produced by the common fungi Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus. They are among the most potent carcinogens found in foods. Considering its risk to the human health and high consum...