internal cleaning of milk tankers

[Bungus the Fogeyman]

This came up as a topic of conversation with someone at Stafford today. What was the cleaning regime internally for milk tankers? How often was it carried out and indeed where?

 

Disgusting of Market Harborough

[Fat Controller]

This came up as a topic of conversation with someone at Stafford today. What was the cleaning regime internally for milk tankers? How often was it carried out and indeed where?

 

Disgusting of Market Harborough

I remember at Carmarthen, one of the loading points was next-door to the station; there, they used a steam lance to clean the tanks as soon as they returned from London. I believe they were also rinsed out with clean water at the unloading points. This was done after every loaded trip- the outside, of course, wasn't treated in the same way, which meant you could always tell if the Milk had just passed during the summer.

[Karhedron]

Yes, steam cleaning before loading was essential as the stuff could spoil easily. I remember a reference to one dairy using local spring water for cleaning but I cannot remember which one.