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- Title
ANALYZING EFFICACY OF MILK ADULTERATION TESTING KITS AND CONVENTIONAL BIOCHEMICAL METHODS PREVAILING IN INDIA.
- Authors
Kumar, Vipin; Aulakh, R. S.; Gill, J. P. S.; Bedi, J. S.
- Abstract
Milk safety is a challenging global problem of human health concern. It denotes a condition of being protected from physical, chemical and microbiological contamination. The chemical safety of milk for various adulterants was determined by a number of qualitative analytical tests. It is important to know the detection capability of usual biochemical methods and available kits used for preservatives, neutralizing, diluting, thickening and non-dairy fat emulsifying agent to get aware all stake holders and regulatory agencies. Laboratory investigation revealed that the analytical sensitivity of most of studied kits and methods to recognize milk adulteration were up to pph (%) level. Only the formaldehyde and water (nitrate) tests confirmed low level of fraud and able to determine the tested concentrations up to ppm level. Other tests showed limitations in detecting the unlawful addition of adulterants at tracer amount and they may not be able to assure the complete absence of these substances in milk. Moreover, a number of variants were available for a particular qualitative test used in practice. Variation in amount of chemicals used in preparation, amount of reagent used in performance, variation in test procedure were also evident in different kits and methods. Therefore, there is an immediate need for development of rapid, easy and sure tests for detection of nature and extent of adulteration, uniform monitoring to regulate milk fraud and to ensure safe and wholesome milk to consumers.
- Subjects
INDIA; ADULTERATIONS; MICROBIAL contamination; MILK; GOVERNMENT agencies; CHEMICAL safety
- Publication
Veterinary Practitioner, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 2, p256
- ISSN
0972-4036
- Publication type
Article