In the current scenario, food adulteration is major issue of significant importance in the developing world. Specially milk adulteration paid more attention in this regard and this unethical activity is practiced frequent. Milk marketing channels are directly involved in this unethical activity. The study was planned to detect different adulterants in the market milk sold in the locality of Shaheed Benazirabad formerly Nawabshah district of Sindh during the year 2014. A total of 100 milk samples were collected, twenty (n= 20) from each milk producers (MP), milk collectors (MC), middlemen (MM), processors (P) and dairy shops (DS), were observed for different adulterants. Among these adulterants water was found in bulk of milk samples, followed by detergent, starch, rice flour, cane sugar, skimmed milk powder, caustic soda, formalin, vegetable oil, hydrogen peroxide, sodium chloride, urea, ammonium sulfate, boric acid, glucose, arrowroot, and sorbitol. Freezing point of 50% milk samples of MP, 70% of MC, 75% of P, 80% of MM, and 95% of DS appeared towards 0 o C rather than that of control milk, and assumed to be adulterated with extraneous water. The extent of extraneous water in milk sold at DS, MC, P and MM was non-significant (P>0.05) with each other, but remarkably higher (P<0.05) as compared to MP. The ratio of adulteration among DS, MM and MC was found non-significant (P>0.05) with each other, but significantly (P<0.05) higher than P and MP.
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Shabir Barham, G., Khaskheli, M., Hussain Soomro, A., & Ahmed Nizamani, Z. (2017). Risk of adulteration in milk consumed at Shaheed Benazirabad District of Sindh. International Journal of Adulteration, 1(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v1i1.e3ijad3005
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