Juan Romero, CDR’s Analytical Group Coordinator, served as the project leader that produced a new international standard, “Dried milk— Determination of content of lactic acid and lactates.” The document, Ref.: ISO 8069 | IDF 69:2005 can be purchased through the following websites: Shortcut to IDF web site: http://www.fil-idf.org/content/default.asp? Shortcut to ISO web store: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/ISOstore/store.html

Kristin Houck, microbiologist, worked with Michelle Hanson and Bill Wendorff to research and report on the “Effect of Heat Treatment of Milk on Activation of Bacillus spores.” This research was published in the Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 68, No. 7, 2005.

Rani Govindasamy-Lucey was the lead author on a research project recently reported in the Journal of Dairy Science. You can find “Influence of Condensed Sweet Cream Buttermilk on the Manufacture, Yield, and Functionality of Pizza Cheese,” in Vol. 89, No. 2, 2006.