A survey study on artificial fraud and thickeners in local and imported cream and yogurt that available in Baghdad city

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The current study aimed to detect artificial fraud in chemical additives (formalin, hydrogen peroxide) and to detect thickeners (starch) in imported and local dairy products and to determine their suitability for human consumption due to the high demand for their consumption by members of society, 20 samples of products were collected The local and imported milk in the Iraqi markets of the city of Baghdad consisted of 10 samples of yoghurt and 10 samples of cream.

The tests were carried out, which were the detection of chemicals and additive thickeners such as formalin, hydrogen peroxide and starch, respectively, as well as the examination of the microbial load, which included the detection of colon bacteria, yeasts and molds, and the results showed that they contained Sample (20) contained formalin, and each of the samples (6, 7, 8, 11, 17, 20) contained hydrogen peroxide, and samples (3, 4, 5, 8, 17) contained starch as for the microbial load.

The results showed that all samples were free of coliform bacteria, yeasts and molds on day zero, but after preservation for 5 days in the refrigerator at a temperature of ºC (5), it showed the presence of growth of colon bacteria and molds The yeasts except samples (6, 7, 8, 11, 17, 20) were characterized as being free, and the reason may be due to the presence of formalin and hydrogen peroxide in the samples.