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From plant wash to mixing pumps, our hygiene range is built for performance under pressure. Get a deeper clean and consistent milk quality with dairy hygiene products that work as hard as you do.
Dairy Hygiene
You can’t afford a near-miss when hygiene is the foundation of your business.
Milk quality, machine longevity, and herd-health - it all starts with a spotless shed. That’s why we’ve built solutions that go deeper. Powerful on grime, gentle on gear. Trusted by farmers, and backed by on-farm support.
Our handy tools
Our pH Meters and Chemical Test Kits precisely analyse your farm’s water, so your local Area Manager can tailor a wash programme for your milking machine and farm conditions.
Our Vat Recirculation Pump attaches to the vat outlet and removes build up from inside the vat, resolving any existing or potential milk quality problems.
FIL's Milk Line Camera gets into hard-to-reach spots and shows build up, deposits and perished seals without pulling the milk line apart.
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Explaining temperature as part of the plant wash
The Role of Acid, Alkali, and Chlorine Detergents
Maintaining milk quality with FIL's vat recirculation pump
Tips for monitoring auto and manual wash systems
Finding air leaks that could be affecting the wash process
Safely using powdered alkali in the dairy shed
Areas of the plant to check regularly
Understanding your farm's water quality
Checking for heat loss during the hot wash
Acid and alkali - what’s the difference?
Not all detergents are created equal. To effectively kill bacteria and remove soil from the milking plant, you need to use two kinds of detergents within your wash programme: acid and alkali.
Acid
Acid detergents remove mineral deposits from all milk contact surfaces of the plant and milk silo. They contain acid, sanitiser and surfactants.
The acid dissolves the minerals and the surfactants increase the spreading and wetting properties of a detergent.
Alkali
Alkali detergents are a crucial component of the cleaning process. They are designed to remove fat and protein. They usually contain caustic soda and other alkaline materials, chlorine, surfactants and chelating agents. The caustic soda removes fat and chlorine fractionates protein deposits.
Chlorine
Chlorine helps to break down protein deposits. While some alkali products are made with chlorine in them already, you can add additional chlorine to your alkali wash as part of your pre-season heavy duty chlorinated alkali wash or to resolve grades.
What Better Care Looks Like on Farm
Hard water no challenge for FIL Quantum Red on Northland farm
Kevin Salmon runs a 120-cow dairy operation south of Kaitaia. He purchased the 80-hectare dairy farm a decade ago and hasn’t faced many major hygiene issues in the dairy shed, except for one persistent challenge: high iron levels in the water.
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