milk quality laboratory

Serbia still awaits national milk quality laboratory: Producers and consumers left in the dark

Although it was fully equipped in late 2015 and technically ready for operation in 2016, Serbia’s national reference laboratory for milk quality control has yet to begin functioning. This delay has left a significant gap in the dairy supply chain. Currently, the quality of milk delivered to dairies is assessed by the dairies themselves, which effectively allows them to determine the purchase price unilaterally. Without an independent laboratory, consumers remain unaware of the true quality of the milk they buy,…