Bottled milk 'use by' dates...

[Greenbeast]

I have considered going back to having a milk man

You can't beat wandering down the drive three days a week for your fresh local gold top

 

[Exfarmer]

I have considered going back to having a milk man

After giving up milking, i was shocked at the s*** t they delivered. You could count on the fact that after a thundery night the milk would be off .
At least the supermarket milk was drinkable

 

[neilo]

TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE
Why don`t domestic fridge makers put a temp display on their units.
Most people have no idea what their fridge runs at. Typical reply " The green light is on so its working "
Another typical reply " Well I put it back in the fridge every night ".
Milk should be stored at less than 4 degrees C & returned to the fridge straight away
Milk in our cold store is fine after 17 days 2 degrees
We date it 11 days after bottling

Got a snotty call from a shop one day." Your milk is going off before its date"
Was there within 30 minutes with our calibrated thermometer. Fridge was bunged up with dust 14 degrees FFS.
I could write a book ..............................

Our (Samsung) domestic fridge does have a temperature display on the front in the form of a row of LED's. For some reason it doesn't cover 4 degrees, which is standard fridge temp iirc, so it sits at 3 degrees, which always feels too cold when a bottle of white wine opens itself.

 

[Danllan]

When we went round the new Arla plant they said it went though more filters so it gave it a longer life

Is that the plant by the A41 near Tring? Had a tour of that with a dairy friend when it first opened, I was quite impressed, the scale was way over anything I'd seen before. In fact, thinking of its size, it is remarkable for the fact that you can see it from pretty much anywhere in the Vale...

 

[db9go]

Is that the plant by the A41 near Tring? Had a tour of that with a dairy friend when it first opened, I was quite impressed, the scale was way over anything I'd seen before. In fact, thinking of its size, it is remarkable for the fact that you can see it from pretty much anywhere in the Vale...

Yes that is the one when did you go round as about two years ago it doubled its capacity and all it does is liquid milk 24/7 with very few staff

 

[essexpete]

When I was at college I used to have a small caravan fridge in my room (contrary to college regs of course), just big enough for alcohol and milk. When I took milk back from the bulk tank at home, it would last all week. If I hadn’t gone home and had to buy some pasteurised stuff from a shop, it would be going off after 3-4 days.

Incidentally, milk dipped at night from the college’s dairy would last all week too.....

Lashings of cream skimmed off the top?

 

[Danllan]

Yes that is the one when did you go round as about two years ago it doubled its capacity and all it does is liquid milk 24/7 with very few staff

Can't remember exactly, late 2014 I think. There were a fair number of people working there then, some stuff still being set up and installed too.