Frequent Supply of Adulterated Milk at Southern Zone of Sindh, Pakistan

Most of the milk from production to ultimate consumption in the Sindh province of Pakistan is marketed under traditional pattern, whereby informal channels are directly involved in unethical activities of adulteration in market milk. The emergence of these activities renders the milk unwholesome and inferior in quality that may cre-ate health hazards for consumers. In this regard, 300 market milk samples from different milk marketing channels at three urban cities (Karachi, Thatta and Badin) of southern zone of Sindh province were screened for various adulterants. Among all three urban cities of southern zone the extent of water in market milk samples was comparatively (P˂0.05) high and with salicylic acid the low, while with detergent at second top followed by with rice flour, cane sugar, starch, caustic soda, sodium chloride, formalin, skimmed milk powder, urea, hydrogen peroxide, vegetable oil, glucose, ammonium sulfate, boric acid, arrowroot, dalda ghee, sorbitol and hypochlorite. The freezing point of milk sampled from retail, middleman and milk collector level at Badin and Thatta was noticed markedly (P<0.05) high towards water compared to milk sampled from Karachi, similarly, the effect of all milk selling mediators mainly retailer, middleman and milk collector in Thatta and Badin cities of southern zone of Sindh was dominant (P<0.05) on water adulteration in as compared to processor and producer at Karachi city of southern zone of Sindh, Pakistan.