MILK, ITS QUALITY AND ITS ON-FARM TRANSFO RMATION AN EXAMPLE OF A COORDINATED PROCEDURE WITH THE HELP OF PRACTICING VETERINARY SURGEONS

The farm made cheese St Nectaire is an Appellation d'Origine Controlee (A.O.C.) (its production is controlled and its quality assured). Its production is indispensable for the economy of the region concerned. F abrication technology exposes production to bacterial contamination. I n order for the cheese to conform to the rules of production a plan to improve the microbiological quality has been designed and introduced by practising veterinary surgeons. The cheese is made from raw milk by the producer at the farm and for this reason the plan had to be adapt ed to take into account the particularities of production.