News

Milk SA R&D Advisory Committee took note of progress

15 May 2012

Milk SA

Milk SA's Advisory Committee on Research & Development met today to take note of progress in its projects and to formulate advise to the Board on certain aspects.
Restructuring Foodbev: How does it affect the position of Dairy?

13 May 2012

Gerhard Venter - Milk SA Project leader: Skills transfer, secondary industry

At the start of the 2011/12 SETA year (1 April 2011) the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nzimande, amended the SETA constitutions to make provision for the ministerial appointment of three additional members to the Boards of SETAs, i.e. an ‘Independent’ Chairman; a representative from Community and a representative from Professional Bodies.
The Dairyman Curriculum: An exciting approach to skills transfer

13 May 2012

Gerhard Venter - Project Manager: Skills development, Secondary Industry

Members of the Milk SA Subcommittee: Skills Development, Secondary Industry recently took note of progress made in the very promising progress made in the new approach to training in the secondary industry.

The Dairyman curriculum, which deploys the same approach as that used for artisan training, is currently being ’tested’ in a pilot study. Industry has nominated a number (60) of experienced ‘dairymen’ (and the title is not gender-based) to participate in the pilot study.
Milk SA assists matriculants to take up careers in dairy

13 May 2012

Gerhard Venter - Milk SA Project Manager: Skills Development, Secondary Industry

Milk SA has registered a project in which certain participating employers in the secondary industry recruit matriculants for temporary employment and enrollment in learnerships (in this case the NQF 2 learnership on Milk and Cream Handling and Storing).
Non-formal training should be awarded

6 May 2012

Milk SA

Non-formal training is made possible by Milk SA through the project registered with SAMPRO. At their meeting last week, the Subcommittee on Skills Development in the Secondary Industry emphasized the importance of awarding learners who were non-formally trained by making use of the so-called coaching manuals. Coaching manuals were developed by SAMPRO and acknowledged by the Seta, based on the formal learning materials.
Dairyman Curriculum well on track

6 May 2012

Milk South Africa

The Subcommittee that met last week took note that the Dairyman Curriculum, that will replace the present unit-standard based curriculum, proceed quite well and that its completion was expected in 2013.
Internships for graduates from academic universities promoted

6 May 2012

Milk South Africa

The Subcommittee: Skills Development, Secondary Industry regards it extremely important that graduates from academic universities also be exposed to workplace experience (internships). These institutions will be approached by the project manager, Gerhard Venter. Venter said that Foodbev Seta was receptive of this initiative and that they would like to see a proposal in this regard as soon as possible.

Foodbev Seta currently provides internship subsidies for the secondary dairy industry (some 150 per annum).
Action taken against misrepresentation of imitation foodstuffs ("cheese analogues") as cheese

29 March 2012

Dairy Standard Agency

Cheese analogues or imitation cheese are products used as replacements for cheese. These include vegetarian substitutes as well as some dairy products and may even include types of processed cheese that do not qualify as true cheeses. (Processed cheese is normally made from normal cheese and sometimes other unfermented ingredients, plus emulsifiers, extra salt, food colourings, flavourings and whey).
New draft regulations pertaining to sodium reduction in foods

28 March 2012

The draft regulations relating to sodium reduction in food which was discussed at a Milk SA Advisory Committee meeting yesterday.
THIS is the correct regulation for Milk and Dairy Products

23 March 2012

Dairy Standard Agency

It has come to the attention of the Dairy Standard Agency that a draft regulation R759 of 2 July 2004, Regulations relating to milk and dairy products : amendment is currently in circulation in the dairy and retail industry and used as reference document for food safety specifications.