The present publication deals with sampling techniques and sampling of milk products, errors, precision, accuracy and uncertainty in quantitative analysis, cream, malai and cream powder, butter and margarine, ghee/butter oil, milk powders (skimmed, partially skimmed and whole), infant milk & milk cereal weaning food , condensed milk /evaporated milk, ice cream, kulfi and dried ice cream mix, dried frozen, dessert, cheese, indigenous dairy products (dahi or curd and mistidoi, paneer or channa, khoa, chakka and shrikhand , yoghurt) and whey powder and edible casein products. A has also made attempt to produce a compiled and completed advanced technical information related to the analysis of quality of milk products in the form of Handbook on Analysis of Milk Products (Chemical and Microbiological). We expect that the said publication is able to meet the requirements of dairy men, students as well as dairy educationists.

Dr. M.K. Srivastava has done his M.Sc (Organic Chemistry) and D.Phil (Micro Analysis of Organic Compounds) from Allahabad University, Allahabad. He has got one year training in Quality Analysis of Milk and Milk Products from National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand and different trainings in analysis of Milk products and Minerals from National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal. He has more than 30 years working experience in Dairy industry and well versed with the Quality and Food Safety Management for Food and Dairy Products and Lab accreditation under NABL. He has good experience in dealing with National (BIS, Agmark, FSSA-2006 etc.) and International (Codex, IDF etc.) Quality agencies. He is working as Senior Chemist in Pradeshik Co-operative Dairy Federation Ltd., Lucknow and undertaken various projects of Council of Science and Technology, U.P. UPDASP etc. He is also academic counsellor in IGNOU for DDT programme. He has published 18 research papers and two Books. He is an approved Food Safety Lead Auditor.