international 17/06/2020 12:3517/06/2020 12:35 JULY 2020 JULY issue The cheese www.dairyindustries.com INDUSTRIES INDUSTRIES DAIRY Kenya’s dynamic industry Kenya’s Nantwich: A historyNantwich: Hygiene & Covid-19 Stilton challenged Inside Dii COVER JUL 20**.indd 1Dii COVER JUL 20**.indd 1 JULY 2020 DAIRY INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL VOL 85 No 7 ALPMA all shapes ad 2 FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 10/03/2020 11:37 Page 1 ALPMA GB Limited Every type of cheese under the sun... Cutting machinery Cheese-making equipment Packaging machinery Process technology ...can be made on ALPMA equipment ALPMA GB Limited has been ALPMA expands the world’s supplying bespoke solutions for the broadest and most complete cheese industry in the UK since product range of equipment for 1981. 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Patrick Verhelst, chief marketing officer, Elopak Inside [email protected] Stilton challenged VOL 85 No 7 VOL Hygiene & Covid-19 Nantwich: A history Editor FEATURES Kenya’s dynamic industry Suzanne Christiansen Dii COVER JUL 20.indd 1 16/06/2020 14:18 Cover photo: Courtesy of DSM [email protected] 13 News Focus The European Union’s plan to start intervention Art Editor purchases of SMP and butter have drawn fire from US and Sue Burke Latin American dairy organisations [email protected] 18 International Cheese & Dairy Awards Digital Editor A personal reflection by Jenny Deeprose on the cancelled Alex Rivers 2020 International Cheese and Dairy Awards in Nantwich, [email protected] Cheshire, UK Regular Contributors Henrik von Suhr 20 Cheese Making Julian Mellentin An interview with Robin Skailes, chairman of the Stilton International Cheese Cheese Makers Association, UK and director of Cropwell & Dairy Awards Group Sales Manager Bishop Creamery See page 18 Mark Neilson [email protected] 22 Cheese Making How coagulants can help set new standards in cheese Sales Manager production, according to Gert van den Hoven of DSM Samantha Bull Food Specialties [email protected] 24 Kenya Accounts Kenya’s growing middle class is expanding the dairy Yee Yau market within East Africa’s economic powerhouse, says [email protected] Ramadhan Rajab in Nairobi and Poorna Rodrigo Cheese Making Publisher 26 Food Safety See page 20 Neil McRitchie An interview with Chris Edwards, incoming president of the [email protected] UK’s Society of Dairy Technology 30 Hygiene Organisations ranging from the British Standards Institute to Editorial & Sales Office The Maltings, 57 Bath Street, large hygiene firms are tackling the post-Covid-19 challenge Gravesend, Kent DA11 0DF UK 32 Filling Systems Tel: +44 1474 532 202 Zott Dairy in Germany is ensuring its filling systems are Fax: +44 1474 532 203 up to date Kenya See page 24 34 Society of Dairy Technology Despite Covid-19, the Society of Dairy Technology was able to publish the second issue of its International Journal of Dairy Technology. Andrew Wilbey reports 37 Equipment Focus CLASSIFIED 38 The Dairy Directory Hygiene See page 30 www.dairyindustries.com July 2020 DAIRY INDUSTRIES international 3 P.03 CONTENTS√.indd 3 17/06/2020 10:00 Cool your yogurt faster and make it the best ! INNOVATING COOLING CELLS • The fastest system in the market • Optimize your energy consumption • Improve quality (pH, temperature, organoleptic properties etc.) For turnkey solutions, we offer too : INCUBATION • Ultra-high accuracy incubation system • Temperature and pH homogeneity • Multi-level system INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION • Tailor-made system • Reduce your energy consumption • Turnkey solution Website: www.fromfroid.com FROMFROID_PUB2020 (2).indd 2 12/02/2020 11:12 Comment Editorial Advisory Board Cancellations, cheese and wellies Follow Dii on y wellies remain securely in the boot of my car this Dr Judith Bryans year, except for occasional wet days down at the Director General, Dairy UK allotment. However, in past years they’ve travelled to President, International Dairy M Federation @dairyindustries Cheshire with me, to protect my feet from the downpours and mud that were the past International Cheese and Dairy Awards Find us on at Nantwich. Like many other events, this year’s pavilion at the agricultural show is cancelled. The more than 5,000 cheeses have to stay home, along with the hundreds of judges and Search for Dairy stewards and the thousands of visitors. With any luck, 2021 will Industries International see the return of the cheese tent at Dorfold Hall. Please see magazine Jenny Deeprose’s report on cheese shows past and the plans for the future, on page 18 of this issue. Jenny Deeprose We’ve also caught up with the chairman of the British Stilton Dairy Journalist & Cheese Makers Association and director of Cropwell Bischop Cheese Judge Creamery, Robin Skailes. The challenges to artisanal cheese makers are many in a good year, and this year has been rid- dled with obstacles and complications to address. In a way, the difficulties of being a cheese maker in the first place prepares the industry well to deal with the issues of coronavirus in the marketplace. Read our interview with Robin on page 20. There is good news, as consumers continue to look to dairy to provide comfort and nutrition, says Julian Mellentin on page 16. See his column on how dairy will continue to benefit from Dr Fiona Lalor Food for Health Ireland consumer demands for local, delicious food. And, as the countries reopen their markets and their borders, we await developments. Stay safe, everyone. Suzanne Christiansen, Editor Follow @Bell_Publishing on Twitter or LinkedIn for regular snapshots from all of our magazines. 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ESI Nutrition, the nutrition The company was sold to division of dairy co-oper- the Russian group of com- ative Laïta, says its new panies, Rossijskoje Moloko, production line located in its two years ago by the local Ploudaniel, France facility is dairy co-operative, which after the takeover of the for- now fully operational and ran mer Schwälbchen factory, its first commercial produc- was not able to manage the tion on 28 April. dairy's operation. It is sup- The decision to invest in tions, these new bottles are even be a great match for plied by 30 farmers and has this new line dedicated to compact and perfect for ESI highly concentrated clinical 20 employees. complex nutritional prod- Nutrition’s flagship product, nutrition formulas,” explains Organic demand ucts was made in 2018, in “nourettes”, which are liquid Mathieu Lucot, marketing up in Germany response to the ever-more infant formula prepackaged manager at ESI Nutrition. Sales of organic milk are demanding quality stand- in ready-to-use baby bot- “The fact that our facility is currently growing signifi- ards set for infant and clinical tles with a dedicated screw General Administration of cantly in Germany, as more nutrition products, which are top and adapted teat, hand- Customs of the People’s Re- people eat at home. Rüdiger the primary markets targeted ed out in maternity wards. public of China-approved to Brügmann from the coun- try’s Bioland association by these new offerings. They are ergonomically de- supply products for export assumes that the trend will The installed equipment signed for easier handling to China is also a big asset continue. The organic milk consists of a sterilisation and translucent to keep that will allow us to develop market has been growing module followed by aseptic track of how much has been our reach in the area by pro- organically for many years. filling and complete with a consumed. viding nutritionally-adapted "These increases have gradually come back and secondary packaging unit. “Seeing the first market- solutions that best support have been fuelled even Beyond enhancing its pro- ready bottles coming out of infant growth and develop- more by the coronavirus duction capacity and provid- the line was a big milestone ment,” he adds.