Ghulam Shabir Barham, Atta Hussain Shah.
Quality Profile Of Raw Milk Supplied To Households Within Hyderabad City.
Isra Med J Jan ;8(3):153-7.

OBJECTIVES: To detect the different adulterants in milk supplied to households, to assess the nutritive quality and energy level of milk supplied to households in Hyderabad city Sindh. STUDY DESIGN: Alongitudinal-Cross sectional study. th th PLACE AND DURATION: Department of Animal Products Technology, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam from 5 April 2015 to 27 September 2015. METHODOLOGY: 125 milk samples were collected from different marketing agencies, detected for different additives and evaluated for nutritive quality and energy level at the Analytical lab of Department of Animal Products Technology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan. RESULTS: Of the milk samples examined, 49.6% were adulterated with superfluous water, followed by detergent (28.80%), cane sugar (17.60%), starch (14.40%), skimmed milk powder (16.0%), formalin (12.80%), hydrogen peroxide (12.0%), caustic soda (8.40%), urea (6.40%) and sodium chloride; NaCl (4.0%). Increased values of pH of milk collected from middleman and processor were observed compared to that of milk vender, milk producer and dairy shops. The specific gravity of milk samples obtained from milk producer found comparatively better than the other milk supplying agencies, while the milk received from dairy shops was more acidic compare to that of other agencies. Improved nutritive quality and energy level; fat, protein, total carbohydrates and ash contents of milk were observed received from producer than that of other distributing agencies, though low energetic and cheep quality milk was supplied through dairy shop keeper, middlemen and milk venders to households of Hyderabad city. CONCLUSIONS: The peoples of Hyderabad city consuming unhygienic and low nutritive quality milk.

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