Traduction de «Fin de la phase de sédimentation du caillé » (Français → Anglais) :

The human factor is of utmost importance also in the cheese’s processing cycle, in particular during the following operations which are all carried out manually on the basis of traditional skills acquired locally: the addition of vegetable rennet, which requires particular skill given that it coagulates less easily than animal rennet; the cutting of the curd, which is carried out gently with the help of a pointed tool (the ‘spino’ whisk); and the moulding, obtained by applying just the right pressure to allow the whey to be properly drained.

alternatively, it should be possible, at the stage when the drained curds are mixed with salt, to add fresh butter up to a proportion of 15 % to improve the texture, flavour and aroma of the ‘Kopanisti’, a practice which is widespread in domestic cheese-making within the production area. The butter is made from the cream obtained after skimming the milk produced in the area of the Cyclades, which is used in the production of other cheeses in the area. The milk is produced from the same dairy animals that are kept under the same conditions and fed the same diet within the identified area of the Cyclades islands.

The refinement of the effect assessment for water/sediment could be based on chronic toxicity tests on the most sensitive aquatic/benthic organisms identified in Phase IIA assessment.

It would be more appropriate to carry out follow-up on accumulative substances from sediment and biota rather than from water.