Milk Adulteration Detection System

Adulteration of Milk

Adulteration of Human Milk

The necessity for testing human milk destined for milk banks in order to eliminate specimens which have been adulterated with water or cow's milk has been widely recognized since the introduction of such banks in 1910 (Mackintosh, 1947). In some centres, however, no tests for adulteration seem to be used, in spite of the fact that the mothers providing milk for these banks are not supervised be...

Milk Adulteration with Melamine - Screening, Testing and Real-Time Detection

Melamine – Screening, Testing and Real-Time Detection The adulteration of protein-based food products with melamine is now a well-known issue. Five years ago, the increasing number of renal failures in dogs and cats alerted the authorities to a problem in the pet food supply chain. We now know this was due to the mixture of melamine and cyanuric acid found inside pet food1. These chemicals were...

Acoustic Attenuation Technique for the Detection of Adulteration in Milk

An ultrasonic sensor has been used for detecting the amount of adulteration in full cream milk with water. The sample under test is filled in a rectangular perplex glass cell, containing ultrasonic transmitter and receiver which is kept in through transmitter mode for generating the ultrasonic waves. The acoustic wave passing through the sample gets attenuated. The level of

Investigation of Goats’ Milk Adulteration with Cows’ Milk by PCR

Goats’ milk adulteration with cows’ milk is becoming a big problem. In the past, the urea-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis assay with different motility of αS1-casein has been applied for the identification of cows’ milk adulteration. The detection sensitivity is 1.0%. The aim of this study was to develop a faster and more sensitive method to detect cows’ milk which may be present in adultera...