Tiger80 Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 NEW DELHI: Beware, your daily glass of good health could actually be doing you harm. As much as 70% of milk samples picked up from the capital by a government agency failed to conform to standards. Of the 71 samples randomly taken from Delhi for testing by the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), 50 were found to be contaminated with glucose and skim milk powder (SMP), which is usually added to milk in the lean season to enhance volumes. Elsewhere in the 33 states and UTs study, milk was found adulterated with detergent, fat and even urea, besides the age-old dilution with water. Across the country, 68.4% of the samples were found contaminated. Only in Goa and Puducherry did 100% of the samples tested conform to required standards. At the other end were West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Mizoram, where not a single sample tested met the norms. Other prominent states fared just a shade better. Around 89% of the samples tested from Gujarat, 83% from Jammu & Kashmir, 81% from Punjab, 76% from Rajasthan, 70% from Delhi and Haryana and 65% from Maharashtra failed the test. Around half of the samples from Madhya Pradesh (48%) also met a similar fate. States with comparatively better results included Kerala where 28% of samples did not conform to the FSSAI standards, Karnataka (22%), Tamil Nadu (12%) and Andhra Pradesh (6.7%). The samples were collected randomly and analysed from 33 states totaling a sample size of 1,791. Just 31.5% of the samples tested (565) conformed to the FSSAI standards while the rest 1,226 (68.4%) failed the test. A study conducted by Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) across 33 states has found that milk was adulterated with detergent, fat and even urea, besides the age-old practice of diluting it with water. Across the country, 68.4% of the samples were found contaminated. These were sent to government laboratories like Department of Food and Drug Testing of Puducherry, Central Food Laboratory in Pune, Food Reasearch and Standardization Laboratory in Ghaziabad, State Public Health Laboratory in Guwahati and Central Food Laboratory, Kolkata, for testing against presence of adulterants like fat, neutralizers, hydrogen peroxide, sugar, starch, glucose, urea, detergent, formalin and vegetable fat. Detergent was found in 103 samples (8.4%). "This was because milk tanks were not properly washed. Detergents in milk can cause health problems," FSSAI official told TOI. The non-conforming samples in rural areas numbered 381 (31%) out of which 64 (16.7%) were packet milk and 317 (83.2%) were loose samples. In urban areas, the number of non-confirming samples were 845 (68.9%) out of which 282 (33.3%) were packed and 563 (66.6%) were loose. The most common adulteration was that of fat and solid not food (SNF), found in 574 (46.8%) of the non-conforming samples. This, scientists say, is because of dilution of milk with water. The second highest parameter of non-conformity was skim milk powder in 548 samples (44.69%) which includes presence of glucose in 477 samples. Glucose could have been added to milk probably to enhance SNF. The report asked state enforcement authorities to check whether the new FSSAI rules are being complied with. An earlier first-of-its-kind study of milk boiling habits that involved 2,400 women across eight major cities had found that Chandigarh leads the pack in boiling milk, doing it more than three times a day. While 84% women in Kolkata boiled milk for more than five minutes, about 46% of women in Pune preferred to boil milk in high temperatures. The study, by the Indian Medical Academy, said, "About 49% boil milk more than thrice before consumption. Around 56% boil it for more than 5 minutes, and 73% don't stir while boiling," said Dr Pawan Gupta, IMA. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/70-of-milk-in-Delhi-country-is-adulterated/articleshow/11429910.cms
DomainK Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 People are so shameless. Imagine five states with 100% adulterated milk. :headshake: Nestle slim milk FTW.
Sir john Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 doodhvaale seeh doodh leeh tooh 40% water.:facepalm: dairy milk dooodh smell dmrc milk no option available :facepalm:
Lord Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 i drink amul dudh.:nervous: thats ok.i drink that too:two_thumbs_up:
hari504504 Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 the buck doesn't stop at milk... most non-branded stuff you buy from the supermarkets are adulterated.. spices,coffeee,tea, cooking oil etc .
Tiger80 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Posted January 10, 2012 doodhvaale seeh doodh leeh tooh 40% water.:facepalm: dairy milk dooodh smell dmrc milk no option available :facepalm: Aap ek bhains khareed lo ,taaza doodh milega aur jo bach jaayega woh bech dena.Dukaan kaa naam rakhna ICF Sir john taaza doodh diary :two_thumbs_up:
KhanSaab Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 And thats why India cant produce genuine fast bowlers
Clarke Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 ^^ Actually that's the reason Dhoni can't bat in tests.
Sir john Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Aap ek bhains khareed lo ,taaza doodh milega aur jo bach jaayega woh bech dena.Dukaan kaa naam rakhna ICF Sir john taaza doodh diary :two_thumbs_up: TUM TABELE VAALE HOO KYA?:peter: i don't need free advice.
KhanSaab Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 i don't need free advice. I am willing to charge you for it
Desi Cartman Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Gayi bhans pani main :cantstop: BTW most of the khoya and mithais have so much crap in them that they are almost poisons. I saw one man on news making khoya with paint and pig fat etc ..
Tiger80 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Posted January 11, 2012 i don't need free advice. To meri advice ke badle paise de do :--D
Sir john Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 Gayi bhans pani main :cantstop: BTW most of the khoya and mithais have so much crap in them that they are almost poisons. I saw one man on news making khoya with paint and pig fat etc .. in delhi?:cleveland: but i buy sweets from aggarwal or bikaner only.:nervous:
akshayxyz Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 in delhi?:cleveland: but i buy sweets from aggarwal or bikaner only.:nervous: Wo kaunsa doodh ke dhuley hain? Aur dhuley bhi hain, tou dhuley doodh kee mithai bechtey honge ;)
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