Food Adulteration
Declaration
I, ____________ student of ___________________ is doing project report entitled Food Adulteration eing su mitted to ___________________is an original piece of !or" done y me#
$%ignature&
Food Adulteration - In our daily life there are so many unhygienic and contaminated things for our health# .ost of our things our contaminated# +/en the food, !hich !e eat, is adulterated# ,o! a 0uestion arises that !hat is adulteration1 *he ans!er is that the deli erate contamination of food material !ith lo! 0uality, cheap and non2edi le or to3ic su stances is called food adulteration# *he su stance, !hich lo!ers or degrades the 0uality of food material, is called an adulterant# Adulteration rings a lot of easy money for the traders, ut it may spoil many li/es# Food adulteration can lead to slo! poisoning and /arious "inds of diseases, !hich can e/en result in death# Adulteration ma"es the food items used in our daily life unsafe and unhygienic for use# An easy e3ample of food adulteration is /anaspati ghee in desi ghee# *he traders use it for their economic enefit !ithout thin"ing a out its effect on the common population of our country, !hich consumes it# For pre/enting it our go/ernment has made some certain commissions and la!s# %till it pre/ails in our country on large scale# Adulteration should e chec"ed properly in common food items so as to sa/e people from its ad
effects# Adulteration is the go/ernment and !e for the common people therefore something should do a type of curse against it#
4# .il" -2 It is adulterated y the addition of !ater, starch, s"im mil" po!der and remo/al of cream#
5# 6hee -2 It is adulterated !ith /anaspati and animal fats such as pig7s fat# In order to impro/e the fla/or of adulterated ghee tri utyrin is added#
8# Cereals -2 Rice and !heat are mi3ed !ith stones sand grit and mud to increase the ul"#
9# Flour -2 :heat flour is mi3ed !ith soapstone and ;engal gram flour is adulterated !ith <esari dal or lathyrus flour#
=# Pulses -2 *hey are adulterated !ith <esari Dal stones are added to pulses such as mott urad, and masoor# *o3ic chemical such as metanil yello! are added to old stoc"s of pulses to impro/e their colour appearance#
># +di le 'il -2 *hey are mi3ed !ith cheaper oil, to3ic oil $e#g# argemone oil& and mineral oil#
.aterial re0uired
4# 6lass :ares -
5# Food %amples#
8# Chemical Re0uired
9# *est *u e stand#
4# Banaspti in 6hee -2 *oo" one tea spoon full of li0uid ghee# Added e0ual 0uantity of conc# @Cl shoo" this mi3ture in a test tu e# ,o! added a pinch of common sugar# %hoo" it !ell for a out one minute and then allo!ed it to stand for = minute and o ser/ed the result#
5# :ater in mil" sample-2 Put a drop of sample mil" on a plain slide# *ittled the slide and o ser/ed the result#
8# Agremone oil in edi le oil -2 *oo" some amount of edi le oil in a test tu e# Poured 829 drops of conc nitric acid# %hoo" it !ell and o ser/ed the result#
9# .etanil yello! in Dal -2 *oo" = gms of sample# Add =ml of !ater and a fe! drops of dil# @Cl and o ser/ed the result#
' ser/ation
%r#,o#
%ample
Procedure
' ser/ation
4#
6hee A
%ampleCConc#
CCC
@Cl C %ugar
Crimson colour in
mi3ture
5#
6hee ;
2do2
CC
8#
6hee C
2do2
%r#,o#
%ample
Procedure
' ser/ation
4#
.il" A
%ample on a
plain slide
5#
.il" ;
2do2
CC
8#
.il" C
2do2
CCC
%r#,o#
%ample
Procedure
' ser/ation
4#
Pulse A
=gm of sample
CCC
=ml of !ater C
Pin" colour
Conc# @Cl
appearance
5#
Pulse ;
2do2
8#
Pulse C
2do2
%r#,o#
%ample
Procedure
' ser/ation
4#
+di le 'il A
= ml %ample
CCCC
8 drops of
Reddish ;ro!n
conc# @,'8
colour
5#
+di le 'il ;
2do2
CC
8#
+di le 'il C
2do2
Conclusions
+di le 'il C - It gi/es positi/e test to small e3tent, hence is least adulterated#