Success Story on CIRC-COWCAM ASSAY: A Kit for Detecting Cow Milk Admixed with Camel Milk or Vice Versa
Rajib Deb*
ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Grass Farm Road, Meerutcantt, Uttar Pradesh (250 001), India
Amod Kumar
ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Grass Farm Road, Meerutcantt, Uttar Pradesh (250 001), India
Gyanendra Singh Sengar
ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Grass Farm Road, Meerutcantt, Uttar Pradesh (250 001), India
T.V. Raja
ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Grass Farm Road, Meerutcantt, Uttar Pradesh (250 001), India
Umesh Singh
ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Grass Farm Road, Meerutcantt, Uttar Pradesh (250 001), India
Sushil Kumar
ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Grass Farm Road, Meerutcantt, Uttar Pradesh (250 001), India
N.V. Patil
ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Grass Farm Road, Meerutcantt, Uttar Pradesh (250 001), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Adulteration, Camel milk, CIRC-COWCAM assay kit, Cow milk
Abstract
The milk is considered as a functional food used as a natural remedy in many part of world for the management of a number of human diseases for which it's purity is important. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA) stipulates the supply of pure milk to the consumers. Presently, due to high market demand and less supply of camel milk, it is being adulterated with cow milk. As it is well known, food adulteration is a global concern and developing countries like India are at higher risk. So, developing robust, reliable and low cost molecular technique would be beneficial for monitoring the cow and cattle milk adulteration in labs provided with basic instrumentation facility. The CIRC-COWCAM assay kit is useful for detecting cow milk adulteration in camel milk and vice versa at a minimum level of 1%.
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