Milk sampling device, and milking system therewith

A sampling device for taking a representative milk sample from a milking device,

• the milking device comprising:
• a milking means, a milk jar for collecting milk from a milking, a milk hose between the milking means and the milk jar, a milk tank for storing milk from a plurality of milkings, a milk line between the milk jar and the milk tank, a milk pump for pumping the milk from the milk jar to the milk tank at a milk pumping speed, a milk meter for determining a yield of milk milked in the milking, and a control unit for controlling a robotic milking device;
• and
• the sampling device comprising:
• a sample line with an input connection to at least one of the milk jar, the milk pump and the milk line, and with an output to a sample collection receptacle, and
• a control device controllable by the control unit on the basis of the yield of milk determined by the milk meter in order to direct, during said pumping, a predetermined sample quantity of milk through the sample line.