Description:  In a mechanical milking system, teat cup liners, also known as dairy inflations, operate with a vacuum repeatedly drawn on one side to stimulate milking. The other side is the first food contact surface encountered by warm milk fresh from the cow.

Potential Concern: Chemicals of concern may migrate into the milk from some food contact materials used to manufacture dairy inflations, and be carried forward into the final dairy products.

Solution Focus:  Choose inflations that avoid chemical additives of concern. Also avoid inflations made of plastics or elastomers that pose toxic hazards over the lifecycle of the product. For sustainability, prefer more durable teat cup liners that last for multiple years.