Milking installation

A milking installation configured to milk animals, the milking installation comprising:

• a plurality of milking positions configured to milk one of the animals at a time, each of the milking positions comprising:
• a plurality of teat cups;
• a plurality of milk conduits, each said milk conduit connected to a respective one of the teat cups, each of the milk conduits including a milk sensor configured to sense at least one milk parameter of the milk flowing through the milk conduit that can be used to determine whether the milk flowing through the conduit is suitable for human consumption;
• and
• a plurality of valves, each of the valves having an inlet connected to a respective one of the milk conduits, each of the valves further comprising first and second outlets;
• a first milk receiver connected by a first common milk line to each of the first outlets of the valves;
• a second milk receiver connected by a second common milk line to each of the second outlets of the valves;
• a vacuum system connected to the first and second milk receivers;
• and
• a control arrangement connected to each of the milk sensors and to each of the valves,
• wherein the control arrangement is configured to control whether the inlet of a given said valve is fluidly connected to the first outlet or the second outlet of the given valve based on whether the at least one parameter associated with the milk flowing to the given valve indicates that the milk is suitable for human consumption, such that the milk received in a given said teat cup is passed to the first milk receiver if said milk is suitable for human consumption, and the milk received in a given said teat cup is passed to the second milk receiver if said milk is not suitable for human consumption, and
• wherein the milking installation is configured so that the milk is directly conducted from a given said teat cup to one of the first and second milk receivers, without temporarily storing milk at the milking positions.