Existing cleaning process involves human interactions which is time consuming and is prone to risk. So to overcome drawbacks of human oriented process it is necessary to bring up a automated methodology in the cleaning process especially in dairy industry. This paper gives the basic principles of CIP washing process in the dairy industry. This procedures are automatic or semi-automatic internal cleaning process of production facilities without dismantling the system .

Keywords : Cleaning In Place (CIP), Dairy plant, Cleaning efficiency, automation.