International Journal of Animal Science, Husbandry and Livestock Production ISSN: 2141-5191 Vol. 6(4), pp. 303-311, May, 2020. © Advanced Scholars Journals

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Risk of Adulteration in Market Milk Supplied to Public Sector

Ghulam SB¹, Atta HS¹, Asad AK^2*, Shoaib AP², Gul BK¹, Mansoor TS³ and Atique AB⁴

¹Department of Animal Products Technology, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan

^*2Department of Animal Nutrition, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan

²Department of Animal Nutrition, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan

³Department of Veterinary Pathology, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan

⁴Department of Livestock Management, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan

*Corresponding Author Email: [email protected]

Accepted 9 May, 2020.

Abstract

Most of the milk from production to ultimate consumption is marketed under traditional pattern, whereby unethical activities of adulteration in market milk occurs. In this regards, 900 market milk samples from different milk marketing channels at three different zones of Sindh province were screened for adulterants. Results indicated 745 (82.78%) samples were found positive for different adulterants. Twenty adulterants were detected from raw market milk where samples with extraneous water were comparatively (P˂0.05) high and with salicylic acid the low, while with detergent at second top followed by with rice flour, cane sugar, starch, sodium chloride, caustic soda, formalin, skimmed milk powder, urea, hydrogen peroxide, vegetable oil, glucose, ammonium sulfate, boric acid, arrowroot, dalda ghee, sorbitol and hypochlorite. In conclusion, among all milk marketing channels, water adulteration was noticed remarkably high at retail level followed by milk collector, middleman, processor and producer level among all three zones of Sindh, Pakistan.  

Keywords: Adulterants, Consumption, Milk, Water adulteration