Milk Collection Centre

When there was the surplus in the fresh milk market,
in 1969, His Majesty gave assistance to dairy farmers by
setting up a Milk Collection Centre to buy raw milk from
them for pasteurisation and distribution to the public at
a low price in order to promote fresh milk consumption.

Raw milk from the Suan Chitralada Dairy Farm and milk bought from the
diary cooperatives that passed the quality control, is kept in a collection tank at
4 degrees Celsius. It is then homogenised and flavoured to produce flavoured pasteurised milk. In the pasteurisation process, milk is warmed at approximately 72 degrees Celsius for 16 seconds. After that, the temperature is reduced to 4 degrees Celcius and then the milk is packaged.

Pasteurised milk has to be kept in a cold temperature of below 8 degrees Celsius, and can be kept for 7-10 days.