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Indian Journal of Nutrition

Research Article

Study of Milk Adulteration in Hyderabad, Telangana State

Madhuri A*, Bai BK, Anisha A, Ankitha E, Sushma C, Poojitha M and Sushma MS

Department of Microbiology, Government Degree College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
*Corresponding author: Madhuri A, Department of Microbiology, Government Degree College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana, India; E-mail: a.madhuri108@gmail.com
Article Information: Submission: 07/05/2022; Accepted: 28/05/2022; Published: 31/05/2022
Copyright: © 2022 Madhuri A, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Food adulteration is age old practice and is an issue of concern throughout world. The threat of adulteration in food is seen more in developing countries due to lack of proper monitoring facilities. However, this can be one foremost common phenomenon that has been overlooked in many countries. Unfortunately, milk adulterants can pose serious health hazards resulting in fatal diseases. This paper showed the results for presence of milk adulterants in 20 milk samples collected from various places from Hyderabad. We have checked for adulterants like urea, formalin, detergent, salt, maltodextrin etc. and we observed that majority of the samples are positive for formalin, maltodextrin and salt. These adulterants can result in health problems like liver damage, allergic reactions, weight gain etc. Other adulterants are found in less number of samples.