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Correspondence to Author: Wasid Saeed¹, Abdul Sattar², Akhtar Nawaz³, MuradAli^4*, Raham U¹ Aziz⁵ and Amir Shehzad ⁶. 

Master Student-Chemical Engineering Department- Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: 10.52338/jonsfr.2025.4220

Abstract:

This study was carried out by the (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority) to examine the quality of raw milk available in the markets from across 26 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. Total 583 milk samples were collected from medium and large shops in the province, while 87 samples were obtained from the milk tankers supplying milk from other stations other than the KP. Out of 583 samples, 418 were found to be adulterated with more than 8% water, and 224 had fat content below the standard of 3.5%, with various other adulterants including glucose in 106 samples, formaldehyde in 17 samples, sucrose in 92 samples, salts in 24 samples, maltodextrin in 34 samples, and melamine in one sample. 488 samples had lower than standard solidnot-fat (SNF) levels. Besides, 17 samples were identified as chemically constituted milk, and only 42 samples met minimum standards. Out of the 87 samples tested from the milk tankers, 79 samples failed to meet the quality standards, 67 samples were found to have added water, 7 samples had a fat content of less than 3.5%, 17 samples were found with added glucose, 15 samples were found with added sucrose, 5 samples tested positive for formaldehyde addition, 76 samples had low SNF (Solid-Not-Fat) levels. It can be summarized from the results that quality of raw milk in the province is not up to the standards and posing public health issue in the region due to adulteration and needs drastic reforms in improving supply chain management, enforcement mechanism and awareness.

Citation:

Murad Ali, Food Safety Perspective: Assessing Milk Quality, Safety, Adulteration, and Supply Chain Dynamics in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Journal of Nutrition and Food Science Research 2024.