Open AccessQualitative analysis of milk available in local market of Janakpurdham, Nepal
Author(s) -
Nagendra Prasad Yadav,
Rakesh Kumar Yadav,
Bidhan Pokhrel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
tribhuvan university journal of microbiology/tribhuvan university journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2661-6076
pISSN - 2382-5499
DOI - 10.3126/tujm.v5i0.22321
Subject(s) - raw milk , food science , contamination , whole milk , milk products , quality standard , mathematics , biology , chemistry , chromatography , ecology
Objective: To determine the microbial quality of milk available in market of Janakpurdham, Nepal.
Methods: Total 20 samples of milk were collected aseptically from the market and processed for MBRT test as per standard protocol given in a monograph. Reduction time test for each sample of the milk was recorded in a specified format and analysed statistically.
Result: Out of 20 samples, 2 (10%) samples were found excellent quality, 3 (15%) were of good quality, 6 (30%) were of fair quality and 9 (45%) were of poor quality. Among these 20 samples, 6 samples were of processed milk, 5 samples were of unprocessed/raw milk and 9 samples were of DDC milk. Unprocessed milk was found to be highly contaminated in comparison to the processed milk.
Conclusion: Unprocessed milk was found to be highly contaminated and not fi t for the human consumption.