Africa / Animal Products / Cattle / Dairying / East Africa / Food Safety / ILRI / Livestock / LIVESTOCK-FISH / LIVESTOCKCRP / PIL / Southern Africa / Tanzania / Value Chains

Assessing use of the Mazzican to transport and improve milk quality in Tanzania

This report presents results of field testing a new and affordable food grade plastic container (the “Mazzican“) to assess acceptability and validate its efficacy to improve the bacteriological quality of milk when it is used for handling and transportation of raw milk by agro-pastoralists and smallholder farmers. Continue reading

agriculture / Animal Products / Dairying / ILRI / LIVESTOCK-FISH / Pakistan / South Asia / Value Chains

‘Mazzican’ introduced to Pakistan from East Africa to improve milk quality for smallholders

Smallholder milk producers in Pakistan will soon find that a new multi-purpose milk can made from recommended food grade plastic known as ‘Mazzican’ is both more hygienic and affordable. The Mazzican is designed to help in checking mastitis, reduce spillage and ease milk collection and transportation: It has a black funnel design that makes it easy to check for mastitis, a watertight cover to prevent milk spillage, and it is designed to be stackable to ease transportation. Continue reading