Open AccessResearches on Nitrates and Nitrites Content in Raw Milk
Author(s) -
Mirela Jimborean,
Dorin Țibulcă,
Adriana Păucean
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bulletin of university of agricultural sciences and veterinary medicine cluj-napoca. agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1843-5386
pISSN - 1843-5246
DOI - 10.15835/buasvmcn-agr:6625
Subject(s) - ammonium nitrate , nitrate , contamination , nitrite , fertilizer , chemistry , raw milk , nitric acid , raw material , environmental chemistry , food science , environmental science , pulp and paper industry , waste management , biology , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , ecology
Nitrates and nitrites from milk may have different origins. The water polluted with nitrates and nitrites can get into milk especially during the cleaning operations of equipment and vessels. The main source of water contamination is the ammonium nitrate used as basic fertilizer in agriculture. A second important contamination source of milk with nitrates and nitrites may be the nitric acid used to remove „the milk stone” from the plate pasteurizers when using this substance is made recklessly. The most dangerous contamination is achieved when the ammonium nitrate is added directly to milk for purpose of falsification.