School of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, 248007, India

Milk is a highly nutritious food that is easily digested and absorbed. It is made up of nutrients that are required for appropriate body growth and maintenance. Milk and milk products are an important part of our diet, and milk and other dairy products account for a major portion of our food budget. In adulteration the nutritious substance removes from the products which is harmful for human health. Due to consumption of adulterated milk lots of respiratory diseases occurs such as gastro intestinal problems diarrhea etc. sometimes adulterate milk to increase their profit margin by several chemicals like urea, starch, flour, cane sugar, vegetable oils, detergents etc. Various preservatives like formalin and some antibiotics are also added in milk to increase its shelf life which result decreases in the nutritive value of milk. These adulterants, preservatives and drugs in milk cause very serious health related problems.