Product Quality & Safety

Proper management of animal products is important because contamination, poor handling, inadequate storage, and improper processing can reduce quality and create food-safety risks.

Milk, meat, eggs, and other products require appropriate handling from collection through storage and transportation to help preserve their quality and safety.

Handling, Storage & Hygiene

Physical damage, moisture, insects, microorganisms, unsuitable temperatures, and poor packaging can reduce the value and safety of animal products.

Farmers should focus on hygienic collection, handling, storage, and transportation from the point of production to the market.

• Use clean collection equipment
• Maintain appropriate storage conditions
• Protect products from contamination
• Minimize physical damage
• Use suitable packaging
• Maintain appropriate temperature control

Milk, Eggs & Meat Management

Milk should be collected using clean equipment and cooled or processed according to appropriate food-safety practices. Eggs should be collected frequently and handled carefully to minimize cracking and contamination.

Meat processing should follow applicable veterinary, hygiene, and food-safety requirements, including appropriate temperature control.

Value Addition & Market Opportunities

Value addition can provide additional income opportunities for livestock farmers. Milk can be converted into products such as yoghurt, paneer, cheese, or other permitted processed foods.

Hides, skins, wool, feathers, and manure can also have commercial uses when suitable markets and processing systems are available.

• Yoghurt and fermented milk products
• Paneer and cheese
• Processed and packaged meat
• Egg grading and packaging
• Wool, hides and skins
• Manure and agricultural inputs