Effect of Different Seasons on the Milk Quality Parameters of Mohali District

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore the effect of variation of different seasons on the composition of raw milk. The samples of raw milk were taken during winter, spring and summer season from a different region of Chandigarh. Biophysical and biochemical properties i.e. fat, protein, reducing sugars and lactose were analyzed. The result showed that summer milk had notable higher temperature, high pH, high reducing sugars, and high conductivity as compared to milk collected during spring and winter season. Whereas, protein, fat and lactose content were higher in winter as compared to spring and summer (P<0.05). Contaminated milk is a global cover and social issue that exists in the rural and municipal countries. Growing and developing areas are at higher risk due to a lack of monitoring and policies. Consumption of contaminated milk leads to various serious threats to health causes fatal diseases and could impact on the food industry. In various industries to check the milk adulteration requires expensive techniques which small vendors cannot afford. A comphersenive study has been carried out on the detection of milk adulteration kits.