How to enhance consumer safety in dairy industry

Kenyans drink a lot of milk. Various studies estimate that Kenyans consume between 50 and 100 litres of milk per person each year and consumption is growing much more rapidly than meat consumption, for example.

In Nairobi, even poor households consume around a litre a week. Milk is considered by many as the perfect food: after all, it is designed by nature to meet all the needs of rapidly growing offspring. However, because milk is so highly nutritious, it is also good at feeding bacteria and other germs.