ELGO DEMETER – MILK QUALITY CONTROL LAB OF PATRAS

Technical Manager (or contact person)

Konstantinou Eleni
konsel@elog.gr

Accreditation Organisation

Coverage of Accreditation

Chemical and Microbiological testing in raw cow’s, sheep’s and
goat’s milk.

Type of Milk

Cow milk, Goat milk, and Ewe milk

Fields of competence related to analyzing milk

National regulatory control of analyses

Categories of analytical methods practised

Spectroscopic and routine methods, 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.)

Purpose of the Analytical Activity in the Laboratory

Milk recording / Dairy Herd Improvement / Dairy genetic, Milk payment to producers according to milk composition and quality, and Food safety and nutrition (protection of consumers)