European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday november 1, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 milk flows via danish Dairy connection b of. Mai of tikk Breme Rhim a Bureau christiansi1 i d. Denmark delivering Dan ish Dairy prom Lucas to . Military outlets in Den Germany within 24 hours is a is Cable problem one about 750 Miles Long Dair officials say. Most contracts stipulate milk delivery within 24 hour of processing and officials at the Chris trans fold processing Center say that is what they pet even in Berchtesgaden. Which lies at the Southern lip of the danish Dairy Supply route to Germany. Stops along that route include commissaries through out Northern Germany As Well As Berlin Giessen Weer burp and Munich. Air bases in Greenland and Are markets off the main route said pc bin Blach , exp it manager for the danish butter Export Board. The danish Dairy connection began in late october 1946, when the first milk Supply train to american Mili tary markets in Europe rolled South out of the North German Border City of i Lens burp. Thirty nine ears liter. 200,000 quarts of milk a week leave a computer controlled Central Dairy processing facility for delivery to army air fore and Navy commis Saries As Well As Zafus outlets. Four decades of doing business with the americans also has brought new products onto the danish Market such As cottage cheese sour Cream and chocolate milk Blach said. First produced for the american Market it look nearly 20 years of patient marketing to pet cottage cheese onto the shelves of danish stores he said. The Chrisl Mansfeld processing Center is supplied by 1 million danish Dairy cows on 700 farms. Most of the cows arc just numbers in a computer that keeps track of pregnancies diets and medical information. But some like Carolina also known As no. 252, Are named by their owners. The 1,000-Pound Carolina and 69 other usually or g Nail cows on Gerhard Hansen s farm near christians fold Are fed a diet that includes grass in the summer and beets in Winter. American cows by contrast arc fed More grains in Winter Blach Laurson said. American and danish cows receive a High protein supplement such As soybeans he said. The cows Are milked twice daily and the milk is pumped into cooled containers. A truck from the proc Essing Plant picks the milk up daily for delivery to one of he processing Center s five storage vats each of which has a capacity of 100,000 quarts said Uffe Pedersen chief of Quality control from the storage vats on through the Homo nation and past Curi action processes a multicoloured computer screen keeps track of quantities and temperatures. A Quick punch on the keyboard can open valves and trans Fer milk from one production stage to another. Programmed Inlo the computer and awaiting production in november is the eggnog recipe Hal will reach from he cow to he. Checked right by Arm 58.s photo by Tony Nauroth Carton Gerhard Hansen s Dairy left is inspected regularly. Before shipping the final product is by veterinarian capt. Mark Wolken at left and Ute in Derson danish Buller Board chief. Commissaries by thanksgiving Pedrr san said. The Dairy operates around the clock. Milk Destine for the american military is processed in the Early morning and underway shortly after Daylight Pedersen said. Production is limed to allow for deliveries on tuesdays and fridays which is preferred by most commissaries he said. Although danish Quality control standards Are strict Dairy officials said they became even stricter As a result of the contracts with the americans faced with volumes of standards brought on by the military contracts the decision was made years ago to produce one Standard of milk instead of Domestic and Export varieties Pedersen said. . Army veterinarians attached to the american embassy in Copenhagen keep watch Over the Dairy production. Raw milk destined for military consumption is pumped Inlo separate tanks and personnel like staff sol. Dan Mernandez arc there to meet incoming Rucks. In addition to microscopic testing of each Batch of milk destined for the military. Hernande up cruises the loading of the finished product. In t he has had to reject one truck on the truck was allowed to Load after Nannc said. Capt. Mark Wolken is the of Fie e past four months cleanliness grounds t was washed her r in charge of the ians. In addition a Jutland Branch of the army Vel Erin inspection duties at Sites As far away As Iceland. Wolken said he checks the christians eld Dairy several limes a year. A lot of the problems the Danes catch and Correct before we Pel there Wolken said. In the to years he has been inspecting he Dairy the processing Center has passed 90 percent of the inspect lion on the first to around Wolken said. Palle Rasmussen cleans Between the cottage cheese in at he Chrisl Mansfeld Plant. Ute Pedersen explains How computerization is used in Dairy production
