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Obituary: Prof Donald Muir

Prof Donald Muir had sadly passed away. Donald, SDT Gold Award recipient and Honorary member, spent much of his research days at the Hannah Research Institute. During his lifetime Donald made a very significant contribution to dairy technology, authoring over 200 research papers and 3 patents. Many thanks to Jean M Banks, Enid M Gray and W. Banks for compiling Donald's obituary. 

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SDT Spring Conference 2025: Extending the Shelf Life of Milk and Dairy Products

The Spring Conference 2025 included presentations from ingredient, processing equipment companies, researchers and chemical suppliers to the industry, informing on new developments and technologies to extend the shelf life of dairy products thereby driving the industry forward. The venue at University of Nottingham offered excellent facilities to house the event and delegates had an opportunity to visit Cropwell Bishop Creamery the day before.  

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Gold Medal Awarded to Andrew Wilbey

A Gold Medal was presented to a long-standing member of the Society (45 years) who has been involved with SDT publications for 38 years, more latterly compiling summaries of the Journal editions for Dairy Industries International. The Gold Medal was presented by Nick Edwards to Andrew Wilbey at a meeting of our Publication Committee in Easthampstead Park, Wokingham on 13th February 2025. The SDT Gold medal, manufactured by the Royal Mint, was presented to Andrew for his long and distinguished career in dairy technology and for the immense amount of work and support he has contributed to the Society through his publications and positions held within the Society over many years. 

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