L-02 · Accredited laboratory
Laboratory for Milk and Dairy Products
The Laboratory for Analysis of Milk and Dairy Products of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, is a teaching, research and applied laboratory unit that supports teaching and research and provides analytical services to external users.
- Institute
- Institute of Animal Biotechnology
- Field
- Food and beverages, Animal Production
The laboratory hosts practical classes for first-, second- and third-cycle students, who gain practical knowledge and laboratory skills in the quality and composition of milk and dairy products.
Accredited methods
The Laboratory for Analysis of Milk and Dairy Products is accredited to the requirements of the international standard MKS EN ISO/IEC 17025. Within its accredited scope it performs the following analyses:
- MKS EN ISO 8968-1:2014 – Milk – determination of nitrogen content – Part 1: Kjeldahl method
- MKS ISO 19662:2024 – Milk – determination of fat content – acido-butyrometric method (Gerber method)
Other laboratory analyses
Besides the accredited methods, the laboratory performs other physico-chemical analyses of milk and dairy products, including:
- determination of dry matter
- determination of ash
- determination of pH
- determination of titratable acidity
- determination of NaCl in cheese
- determination of specific gravity
- determination of lactose
- rapid milk analysis for protein, fat, solids-not-fat, specific gravity, added water and lactose
Teaching, research and applied work
The laboratory is used for practical classes, diploma, master's and doctoral research, and for research and project activities.
Analytical services are also provided to producers of milk and dairy products, farms, food industry companies, research institutions and other interested users.
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