Most milk in India contaminated or diluted

Reuters
PTI
DNA
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Indraprasth aka New Delhi - Indians may think twice before gulping
down a glass of milk after the country's food safety regulator found
most samples collected in a survey were either diluted or adulterated
with products including fertilizer, bleach and detergent.

The study, conducted this month by the food safety and standards
authority of India, found milk was adulterated with skimmed milk
powder and glucose, or more shockingly hydrogen peroxide, urea and
detergent. Hydrogen peroxide is used in bleach, while urea is
commonly used in fertilizer.

"Consumption of milk with detergent may cause health hazards and
indicates lack of hygiene and sanitation in the milk handling," the
regulator said in a report.

"Addition of water not only reduces the nutritional value of milk but
contaminated water may also pose health risks." A health ministry
official declined to comment on the report. India has long struggled
with adulteration of food and milk by unscrupulous traders. Almost
70% of the 1,791 samples taken nationwide were contaminated or
watered down, according to the report. Out of 33 Indian states, non-
fat adulterants were found in all the milk samples from West Bengal,
Orissa and Jharkhand.

This adds to concern about West Bengal's faltering health and safety
standards. In December, an adulterated batch of bootleg liquor killed
at least 125 drinkers in the eastern state.

The deaths came a few days after a hospital fire killed 93 people in
the state's capital Kolkata. New Delhi fared worse than most states,
with as many as 70% of the samples tainted.

The western state of Goa and eastern state of Puducherry conformed to
the standards, with no indication of adulteration in their milk.

More at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report...iluted_1635992

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