Rikilt Institute of Food Safety
Bornsesteeg 45
6708 PD
Wageningen
Netherlands
Phone : ++31 317 480256
Fax : ++31 317 417717
Technical Manager (or contact person)
Saskia van Ruth
saskia.vanruth@wur.nl
Affiliation(s)
Government/Regulatory
Type of Milk
Cow milk and Goat milk
Fields of competence related to analyzing milk
Research and development in analytical methods and National regulatory control of analyses
Categories of analytical methods practised
Wet chemistry, Spectroscopic and routine methods, Chromatography, Physico-chemical methods, Biochemical methods (enzym., immuno., mol. biol.), and Microbiological methods
Milk and milk Products Tested
Liquid milk and whey (including raw milk, skim milk, homogenized,heat-treated, etc.), Butter, Cheese and Processed Cheese and Processed Cheese Preparations, Milk Powders, Cream Powder and Whey Powders, and Composite foods with dairy ingredients
Purpose of the Analytical Activity in the Laboratory
Milk payment to producers according to milk composition and quality, Food safety and nutrition (protection of consumers), and Food trade regulation (protection of customers)