Salama, Hanaa F.  <br/><br/>
Evaluation of milk fraud from different sources in Beheira governorate  [electronic resource] 
 تقييم غش اللبن من مصادر مختلفة بمحافظة البحيرة 

 - 133 - 140 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic reference. 
<br/><br/> Background and objective: Milk adulteration is an illegal treatment for milk in Egypt. Therefore, the goal of the current investigation was to identify and evaluate the potential milk adulterations that suppliers from different sources in El-Beheira governorate added to cow's and buffalo's milks. Materials and methods: A total of 180 samples of cow's and buffalo's milks (90 each) from different sources in El-Beheira governorate (farmer's houses, supermarkets and collecting milk centers, each 30 for each species) were collected randomly. The physicochemical analysis was performed, in addition to, detection of common commercial additives as well as antibiotics' residues. Results: The physicochemical parameters of specific gravity and freezing point reflected the addition of water in the examined cow's and buffalo's milk samples; in addition to, the detection of adulterants, in which, the milk samples from supermarkets had higher antibiotics' residues in a percentage of 20%, and also sodium bicarbonate, melamine and formalin in incidences higher than those from farmers' houses and collecting milk centers. Conclusion: The examined cow's and buffalo's milk samples from different sources were adulterated especially from the supermarkets which had higher incidences of sodium bicarbonate, melamine and formalin in addition to antibiotics' residues. Hence, these adulterants were dangerous to consumers' health, and did not satisfy recommended standards.<br/>Keywords: Milk adulteration, physicochemical analysis, formalin, antibiotics'residues.<br/> 
<br/><br/><br/>Summary in Arabic 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Food adulteration and inspection--Eygpt (Beheira)<br/>Milk--Quality --Eygpt (Beheira)