Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority at division level across the province The milk samples were collected and in this regard a Reports published according to which 93% of the samples have been declared unhealthy and substandard.
According to the report released by the authority, a total of 583 milk samples were tested from Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Malakand, Mardan, Hazara, and Dera Ismail Khan.
Among these 583 samples, according to the report, 541 samples were found to be harmful and adulterated, in which various types of harmful chemicals were also used.
According to the report, these samples were taken from 324,000 liters of milk, in which only seven percent of the samples (42) were declared satisfactory.
Speaking at the division level, according to the report, 94% of samples were found to be unhealthy in Peshawar, 87% from Mardan division, 88% from Kohat, 97% from Malakand and 84% from Hazara division.
Similarly, according to the report, all the samples taken from Bannu and DI Khan were found to be adulterated and unhealthy.
What was added to the milk samples?
According to the report of the Food Safety Authority, water was found in 417 samples, glucose in 106, a chemical called pharmaaldehyde in 17 samples, fats in 224 samples and protein and other salts deficiency in 224 samples.
Similarly, in 18% of the total samples, powdered milk was found in about 16%, sucrose in 4%, salt in 4%, pharmaaldehyde in about 3% of the samples and sorbitol in 1.3% of the samples.
The report also covers where the milk came from. According to the report, 356 samples were of milk taken from local areas while 141 samples were of milk supplied from other provinces while 86 samples were taken from unverified sources.
How were the samples tested?
According to the report of the Food Safety Authority, the milk samples were tested in sterilized bottles and ice boxes keeping in view all the rules and regulations.
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In this regard, Director of Food Safety and Halal Food Authority, Wasif Saeed, said that for the first time, milk samples were inspected by mass scanning and a crackdown has been started against adulteration mafia.
Wasif Saeed said, “In the report, the shops of black and red category milk sellers guilty of milk adulteration have been sealed and their licenses have been canceled, which is 110.”
How harmful is adulterated milk?
Dr. Saeed Muhammad Ghafran is a professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology at Karachi University and has been part of a study on milk adulteration in Karachi.
He told Independent Urdu that the adulteration and use of chemicals in milk is not only a problem in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the whole country and most of the adulteration is done to preserve the milk for a longer period which is very dangerous.
Dr. Ghafran said that a chemical pharma aldehyde is used to preserve milk for longer but this chemical has an important role in gastrointestinal disorders.
He said, ‘Later, when these chemicals mix in human blood, they become very harmful to health. Gastrointestinal disease can be caused by pharma aldehyde while this chemical can also cause cancer.’
In a report on the use of formaldehyde by the US Center for Disease Control, it is written that factories or where people are exposed to this chemical, it can cause cancer, infertility and problems of pregnancy in women. can.
This chemical is used in plastic, wood, and paper factories, and in morgues to preserve corpses from spoilage, while it is also used in some foods to preserve spoilage. .
Dr. Ghafran said that chemicals like boric acid, salt, ammonium can also be used in milk while surf is also used to create foam in milk.
He said that ‘One of the main reasons for adulteration is the supply chain because milk is not supplied in cold storage, that’s why these types of chemicals are used in milk.’
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2024-07-31 20:55:04