Lok Sabha Question No. 1964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Technology to Detect Adulteration in Milk
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1964

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021)

## TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT ADULTERATION IN MILK

## 1964.  SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will   the  Minister of  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY विज्ञान    एिं    प्रौद्योविकी    मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether any new technology has been developed by Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute to analyse and detect the adulteration in milk and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether any survey/study has been conducted to find out the quantum of adulterated milk in market and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the extent to which the new technology is likely to deal with the health hazard  being  posed  due  to  adulteration  of  milk  in  the  country  at national  level  and  the  details  of  one  time  and  recurring  cost  of  new technology; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  chalked  out  any  plan  to  patent  new technology and popularize its use by different stakeholders and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) CSIR  -  Central  Electronics  Engineering  Research  Institute  (CEERI), Pilani developed technology based on electrochemical method coupled
- with chemometrics for detection of adulteration in milk.
- (b) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has established a monitoring system for assessing the quality of milk being consumed by the citizens across the country with focus on unsafe/ adulterated milk. FSSAI carried out a survey on safety and quality of liquid milk from May 2018 to October 2018 covering all States and UTs. This report entitled

## 'National Milk Safety and Quality Survey, 2018' is available at

## https://fssai.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/Report\_Milk\_Survey\_NMQS\_ 18\_10\_2019.pdf

- (c) The developed system for detection of adulteration in milk can detect adulterants like salt, detergent, caustic soda, melamine, urea, sodium bicarbonate,  hydrogen  peroxide,  ammonium  sulphate  and  many  more adulterants in less than 10 secs in pass/fail mode. The system is based on patented electrochemical signature coupled with pattern recognition technique. The onetime technology cost ranges from 80K to  100K  as  decided  by  the  manufacturing  companies  with  additional utilities  required  in  the  dairy.  There  is  no  recurring  cost  to  test  the sample  (zero  recurring  cost).  The  water  is  used  for  cleaning  the system.
- (d) CSIR-CEERI, Pilani has been granted two patents on the technology. A number  of technology demonstrations have been carried out at different conferences/ workshops with the industries and the Transfer of  Technology (ToT) have already been done with three industries for manufacturing  and  commercialization.  CSIR  popularize  its  patented technologies through exhibitions, press release, booklets, leaflets and through  digital  media/social  media.  The  technologies  developed  by CSIR  are  displayed  through  online  portal  'CSIR  India  Technology Showcase' which can be accessed at

https://techindiacsir.anusandhan.net/online/Control.do.

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