Contaminants in milk and impact of heating: An assessment study

• Main Authors: Vandana Awasthi (Author), Sanjivan Bahman (Author), Lalit K Thakur (Author), Santosh Kumar Singh (Author), Ajit Dua (Author), Sanjeev Ganguly (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The major contaminants usually encountered in milk and milk products include pesticide residues, heavy metals, and aflatoxin M1 (AFM1). Primarily, milk get contaminated before milching, from the cattle feed, from sources/materials used during the processing of milk as well as improper ha...