Assessment of the Axicare human milk pasteuriser (CM80).

The performance of the Axicare human milk pasteurizer was evaluated under different load conditions. The design criteria for pasteurisation specified that milk should be held at 63 degrees C for 30 min. The holding time at this temperature was insufficient if bottles of milk frozen at -20 degrees C were placed into the machine as directed, after the water-bath preheating phase. However, if the machine was loaded with frozen bottles before the whole cycle was commenced, adequate thawing and warming to holding temperature was achieved in sufficient time for satisfactory pasteurization. The pasteurizer gave consistent and adequate temperature and time conditions. The seals on three types of bottles tested tended to leak during the pasteurization cycle but no method of avoiding this problem was established.