Standard Operating Procedure For Ghee Processing
Standard Operating Procedure For Ghee Processing
Standard Operating Procedure For Ghee Processing
NDDB/FC/06
Date of Issue
GHEE
NDDB Version 1.00
Flow Chart Page No. 1 of 2
B
Transfer to Melting Vat 80 - Draining of curd particles
850C. G3 G4
D
CCP 01
Pre-Stratified butter pumping
to Ghee boiler G7
QC Not OK
Checks
G9
OK
N
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Document No. NDDB/FC/06
Date of Issue
GHEE
NDDB Version 1.00
Flow Chart Page No. 2 of 2
B
Ghee Storage Tank. G 13
Dispatch. G18
N
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Document No. NDDB/WI/06
Date of Issue
GHEE
NDDB Version 1.00
Work instruction Page No. 1 of 2
2. Butter received from deep freezer packed from LDPE liner and corrugated
B
box which is to be removed and transferred to waste area.
D
5. Now the butter melt is pumped to Pre-Stratification tank where it is held
for 70 to 800C, where it stratifies, i.e., separates into 3 distinct layers,
viz., a top layer of floating denatured particles of curd, a middle layer of
fat, and a bottom layer of buttermilk.
9. After production of ghee test for quality parameter will be carried out and
if found not ok will be reprocessed.
N
10. After getting clearance from quality control Ghee will be filtered with
Nylon cloth of 60 mesh.
11. The filtered Ghee will be transferred to settling tank and allow it to cool
to 80-900C and allow to settle residue for minimum of 4 hours.
12. Ghee outlet valve of settling tank will be opened and ghee will be
subjected to clarification to remove fine sediments/residues.
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Document No. NDDB/WI/06
Date of Issue
GHEE
NDDB Version 1.00
Work instruction Page No. 2 of 2
13. Ghee will be stored in storage tank to make arrangement for ghee
loading and packing.
14. From the storage tank ghee will be packed in 15 kg tin and also if
available packed in Sika cartons or poly packs at the temperature
between 40 to 450C.
B
15. Granulation is facilitated/allowed to occur in packed ghee containers.
17. Visual inspection of tins, poly packs and sika cartons will be done to
verify any extraneous matter is present. If it is not ok it is sent for
D
reprocessing. If it’s ok tins / pouch/ sika cartons will be stored in a
storage room.
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