SIMPLE METHOD FOR DETECTION OF COMMON ADULTERANTS IN FOOD 
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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


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