68.4% milk in India is adulterated, finds survey!

68.4% Milk In India Is Adulterated, Finds Survey!

1. Are you getting your nutrition with a glass  full of milk ? Think again, you might be ruining you body with detergents!

2.Adulteration in milk has been a great cause of wrong for the everyday consumer and the daily industry. Spiked with ingredients like detergent, urea, starch, paint and the most common one being water, adulterated milk has hazardous side effects. While the immediate effect of drinking milk adulterated with urea, caustic soda and formalin is gastroenteritis, the long-term effects are far more serious. 

3.According to a report by the Animal Welfare Board, about 68% of the milk production in the country, along with the milk byproduct were found to be laced with polluting ingredients. 

4.Samples which failed the test, nearly 46 per cent, belonged to the category of low Solid Not Fat (SNF), and this was due to dilution of milk with water. Skimmed milk powder, generally used to increase the volume of milk in the lean season, was present in nearly 548 samples; of these 477 samples contained glucose.

5.Why are adulterants added to milk . It is very hard to find a difference between pure, untouched milk and one that has been spiked. Add to that, there is little to no awareness among consumers. Adulterants like salt, detergents and glucose add to the thickness and viscosity of the milk, while starch prevents curdling of milk. These infiltrators impair the functioning of various organs of the body, causing heart problems, cancer, and in extreme cases, death.

6.According to a recent advisory issued by the World Health Organisation, if adulteration isn't put to a stop, India's population would be suffering from serious and fatal diseases like cancer by the end of 2025.