Technical Note:Evaluation of extent of water adulteration of milk produced and marketed in Morogoro Municipality, Taniania
| dc.contributor.author | Ryoba, R . | |
| dc.contributor.author | Richard, L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kurwijila, R.L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-20T12:47:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-12-20T12:47:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description | Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2005, Vol.6(2) : 104- 107 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A study was conducted to evaluate the extent of water adulteration of milk produced and marketed in Morogoro municipality in Tanzania. A total of 90 milk samples were collected from institutional, private and smallholder farms and milk vendors, The samples were analysed for lactometer reading (LR), butterfat (BF), solids-not-fat (SNF) and total solids (TS). Overall adulteration (AD) was calculated as the difference between SNF of standard/genuine milk obtained at the farm gate and respective milk samples, It was observed that lactometer reading for the farm milk ranged from 25: 32 to 26.75 and was significantly higher (P<0, 05) than vendors' milk, which ranged from 23.01 to 23.58 L. The butter fat content for farm milk which ranged from 3.56 to 4.12 % was significantly higher (P<0.05) than that of the vendors' milk that ranged from 2.86 to 3.03%. The SNF content for farm milk ranged from 7.18 to 7.67 % and was significantly higher (P<0.05) than that of vendors' milk, which ranged from 6.47 to 6.63 %. Furthermore, TS of farm milk which ranged from 10.81 to 11.87% was significantly higher (P<0.05) than vendors' milk, which ranged from 9.38 to 9.74% The overall adulteration for farm milk ranged from 6.57 to 9.48% and was significantly lower than that of vendors 'milk, which ranged from 19.28 to 21.13 %. It was concluded that water adulteration of milk in Morogoro municipality was rampant and starts from the farm level. Therefore, there is a need for the Government to educate dairy farmers, milk vendors and the consumers on the importance of producing, selling and consuming respectively un-adulterated milk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1951 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Milk | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water adulteration | en_US |
| dc.subject | Morogoro municipality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Milk yield | en_US |
| dc.title | Technical Note:Evaluation of extent of water adulteration of milk produced and marketed in Morogoro Municipality, Taniania | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |