Monitoring of common adulterants in raw milk in different agroclimatic zones of Rajasthan
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Authors
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Sanjita Sharma
Advanced Milk Testing and Research Laboratory, Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary Education
& Research, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Science, Jaipur
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vishnu SHARMA
Department of LPM, RUVAS
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Manisha Mathur
Assistant Professor, Department of LPM, RUVAS
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Navav Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of LPM, RUVAS
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Anurag Pandey
Assistant Professor, Department of LPM, RUVAS
Abstract
Present study was carried out to monitor the present status of quality of raw milk sold in different agroclimaticzones of Rajasthan. Total 1650 raw milk samples were randomly collected from animal farm,
milk vendors and sweet shops (Halwai) from different agro-climatic zones of Rajasthan and carried out
investigations to detect the presence of various adulterants. The results of present study revealed that
the percent adulteration of different adulterants in milk are urea 6% ( n=99), soda 8% ( n=132), salt 2.54%
(n=42), starch 1.93% (n=32), detergent 8.12% (n=132) and added water 53.21% (878). The study indicates
that there is trend of adulteration of raw milk sold in different parts of Rajasthan affecting the nutritive value
of milk and may also cause human health problems.
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23-05-2018
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23-05-2018
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Sharma, S., SHARMA, vishnu, Mathur, M., Singh, N., & Pandey, A. (2018). Monitoring of common adulterants in raw milk in different agroclimatic zones of Rajasthan. Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management, 33(1-2). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAPM/article/view/80020