Quality Fault Lines in Dairy Plants SHAM S. CHAUDHRY Consultant in Quality Management Former Assistant General Manager (Quality Control), GCMMF Ltd, Anand March 9, 2019 All the dairy plants in the country are expected to observe GMP at all times. However, there is much variation in the observance of this requirement. The dairy plant should adopt highest standards at the designing stage itself for matters relating to quality. Also, quality is produced on the production floor and not in the quality assurance (QA) laboratory. Thus, QA staff should spend much of their time on the production floor to see and help the production staff observe GMP and SOPs. The dairy must have an established, clear QC system of sampling, testing, release of the product, etc. The QC workforce should own this system.