INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND - Volume 5, Issue 2 , June 2016

Pages: 25-34

Date of Publication: 01-Jun-2016

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MOBILE APPLICATION FOR DETECTING THE ADULTERANTS OF MILK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AWARENESS

Author: Mrs. Rajeshwari. R* Agila.S, Nivethitha.P, Subashini.I, Uma Maheshwari.J**

Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

Abstract:

Milk is a habitual, health drink consumed by people of all countries. A large population in our country depends on milk from regional suppliers. Due to the high nutrient value and water content, milk serves as a fine medium for microbial growth. This demands high standards of hygiene in the production and distribution of dairy products such as milk. Due to this increasing demand, adulteration of milk by various substances has been very common in our country. The major adulterants added are urea, detergents and starch which are detrimental to human health. Therefore it is essential that household consumers test milk for the presence of these adulterants before consumption. In this work an attempt is made to test the adulterants by optical method involving IR light that does not affect the sample. Spectrophotometric analysis was done for adulterated and unadulterated samples and the absorbance was studied. Easy and friendly monitoring technology with a mobile application was created. This enables instant detection of milk safety for consumption thus bringing public health awareness.

Keywords: Milk adulteration, IR sensing, App.