SIMPLE METHOD FOR DETECTION OF COMMON ADULTERANTS IN FOOD ARTICLES<http://www.keralites.net/> (PFA GIIDELINE) Sl. No. Article of Food Test for Method of Test Determinant 1 Milk Starch Heating + Cooling +3-4 drops of Iodine If present, dark blue colour will appear 2 Milk Products, Paneer, Khoya, Milk made Sweets, Ice Cream Starch Dissolving in water + Heating + Cooling +3-4 drops of Tincture Iodine If present, dark blue colour will appear 3 Curd Starch Add tincture Iodine If present, dark blue colour will appear 4 Besan Kesari Dal Add 10 % Hydrochloric acid solution + Heating If present, light purple colour will appear 5 Milk Products, Paneer, Khoya, Milk made Sweets, Ice Cream Colour Dissolving in water + Hydrochloric acid If metanil yellow colour is present, pink colour will appear 6 Ghee Til Oil Liquid ghee + Equal quantity of Hydrochloric acid + Furfural + Shaking If present, crimson colour will appear 7 Mustard Oil Unpermitted Colour Mixing Petroleum Either +Shaking + Hydrochloric acid if present, pink colour will appear 8 Mustard Oil Argemone Oil Adding Nitiric Acid Concentrate + Shaking If present reddish brown colour will appear in acid layer 9 Chilli Powder Unpermitted Colour Adding Either + Shifting upper layer to another tube + Adding Hydrochloric acid to the transferred portion if present, pink colour will appear 10 Haldi Powder Unpermitted Colour Adding water + Hydrochloric acid if present, pink colour will appear 11 Garm Masala/ Dhania Powder, Flour etc Clay (Inorganic matter) Add Carbon Tetrachloride if present, it will settle down 12 Pulses Unpermitted Colour Adding water + Hydrochloric acid if present, pink colour will appear Other Colour Adding water if present, yellow colour will appear 13 Rai Unpermitted Colour Adding Acetone if present, dark brown colour will appear 14 Powdered Hing Clay (Inorganic matter) Adding Carbon Tetrachloride if present, it will settle down 15 Tea Leaves Colour Spray on wet blotting paper coloured tea leaves colour on the wet paper 16 Sela Rice Metanil yellow Colour Adding water + Hydrochloric acid if present, pink colour will appear 17 Shakkar / Jaggery Caustic Soda Dissolve in water + Hydrochloric acid if present, bubbles will appear 18 Honey Sugar / water Burning if chirping sound comes, it shows presence 19 Pieces / Powder of Supari Unpermitted Colour Adding Hydrochloric acid if present, pink colour will appear 20 Saunf Unpermited Colour Adding Acitone + Fast shaking if present, green colour will appear <http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=56475514> . __,_._,___ DISCLAIMER: Notice : This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential to the addressee and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you may not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it in any way whatsoever. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please e-mail the sender by replying to this message, and deleting the original and any printout thereof. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BETTER PERSONALITY GROUP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/better_personality?hl=en.
