Microbiology of ultrahigh temperature milk.
Ultrahigh temperature thermal processing can sterilize milk. Potential energy savings of a commercially sterile, aseptically packaged, nonrefrigerated milk provide the incentive for eventual introduction of the product in the United States. Attention should be directed to raw milk quality, processing parameters, quality control tests, and thermal inactivation data for spores in the ultrahigh temperature range.
D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus; D005506:Food Contamination; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods