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National Dairy Council (USK) Chairman Prof. Dr. Muhittin Özder, stating that there is no reduction in milk production capacity since the outbreak a novel of coronavirus (Covid-19) across Turkey and said, "On the other hand we are about to get into a new term in which production will increase due to seasonality reasons." Özder explained that the sector is in a position to meet the demand in milk and dairy products and emphasized that farmers continue to produce raw milk and industrial sector producing dairy products work in this regard. Özder also pointed out that it is one of the most important duties to follow the market continuously as USK. "There has not been any decrease in the milk producers' production capacity since the first day of the Covid-19 outbreak. We clearly see the stability in the raw milk supply and raw milk quantities collected by our dairy industrialists on a daily basis," Özder noted. On the other hand, remembering the dairy indust...

Turkey Milk, Meat, Food Industrialists and Producers Association (SETBİR) Chairman Tarık Tezel said that suggesting to boil the milk in a pot means ‘endangering human life'. Stating that raw milk contains hazards that disrupt the health of people and cause diseases, Tarık Tezel said: "The way to get rid of the disease-causing bacteria in raw milk has been clear since 1862, called pasteurization. French scientist Louis Pasteur invented this method for 157 years to protect people from deadly diseases that can be transmitted from raw milk. It should not be forgotten that boiling in a pot at home does not pasteurize raw milk and does not purify the bacteria causing disease. Claiming that means putting human life into danger. As a matter of fact this is a crime in our country and also across the world." “UHT would be banned if it were harmful” Pointing out that in dairy industry, in addition to pasteurization, other heat treatment technologies, especially UHT, are also...