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Chemical residues and contaminants in milk: A review

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Title Chemical residues and contaminants in milk: A review
 
Creator Unnikrishnan, V
Bhavadassan, M K
Nath, B Surendra
Ram, Chand
 
Subject Antibiotics; Contaminants; Heavy metals, Milk; Mycotoxins; Pesticides; Residues
 
Description The presence of chemical residues and contaminants in milk such as pesticides, antibiotics, mycotoxins and heavy metals, is of public health concern and a cause for economic loss to the dairy industry. The sources of contamination are now well traced. Wide spread use of persistent pesticides in agriculture and mosquito eradication had resulted in pollution of the environment and transfer of their residues to milk through feed, fodder and soil. Restrictions imposed on their use have started yielding results in India. The levels of pesticide residues have reduced drastically and are mostly within the MRL fixed by the FAO/WHO. The reports on the incidence of antibiotic residues are not alarming, but call for constant monitoring. Aflatoxin B1 in feeds produced due to poor storage and favourable climatic conditions suitable for fungal growth results in the presence of aflatoxin M1 in milk Contamination of the geosphere from industrial wastes and automobile emissions leads to the ingestion of toxic metals by the animals a small portion of this is transferred to milk. As these toxic substances are generally stable to the normal heat processes of milk, avoiding contamination appears to be the only practical way to ensure safety of milk for human consumption.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
Date 2005-05-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Review Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/9540
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 75, No 5 (2005)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/9540/4263
 
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