Assignment on
DART
( Detect Adulteration with Rapid Test)
Course: Food Safety Standards and Regulations.
School of food technology, JNTUK,
Kakinada.
Submitted to Submitted by
S. Sasikanth K. Ravindra kumar.
Head, Food testin Laboratory. 19FT1D7805
JNTUK, Kakinada.
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this maiual is to list out commoi methodolonies available for food
adulteraits neierally fouid ii Iidia.
The scope of this maiual is meait for household, which cai iiduce awareiess
amoin the coisumer about food safety.
This maiual covers 8 catenories of products.
Milk aid Milk Products
Oils aid Fats
Sunars aid Coifectoiery
Food nraiis aid its products
Salt, Spices aid Coidimeits
Fruits aid Venetables
Beveranes
Seisory Evaluatoi quick tests
Milk and Milk Products:
This catenory iiclude 4 testins.
Detectoi of Water ii Milk.
Detectoi of deterneit ii Milk.
Detectoi of starch ii Milk aid Milk products ( Khoya, Cheiia, Paieer..
Detectoi of mashed potatoes sweet potatoes aid other starches ii nhee or buter.
Oils and Fats:
It iiclude 3 testins.
Detectoi of other oils ii cocoiut oil.
Detectoi of TOCP (tri-ortho-cresyl-phosphate. ii oils aid fats.
Proper wiiterizatoi of refied wiiterized salad oils.
Sugars and Confectonery:
This iicludes 3 testins.
Detectoi of sunar solutoi ii hoiey.
Detectoi of chalk powder ii sunarppithi sunarpaannery.
Detectoi of alumiiium leaves ii silver leaves.
Food grains and its products:
Iicludes 9 tests
Detectoi of extraieous mater (dust, pebble, stoie, straw, weed seeds, damaned
nraii, weeviled nraii, iisects, rodeit hair aid excreta...
Detectoi of dhatura ii food nraiis.
Detectoi of excess brai ii wheat four.
Detectoi of khesari dal ii dal whole aid split.
Detection of added colour in food grains.
Detection of turmeric in sella rice.
Detection of rhodamine B in ragi.
Detection of chakunda beans in pulses.
Detection of sand soil, insects, webs, lumps, rodent hair and excreta
in atta, maida, suji (rawa).
Salt, Spices and Condiments:
This catenory iicludes 18 tests.
Detectoi of foreini resii ii asafoetda (hiin..
Detectoi of papaya seeds ii black pepper.
Detectoi of linht black berries ii black pepper.
Detectoi of soap, stoie or other earthy mater ii asafoetda (hiin..
Detectoi of linht black berries ii black pepper.
Detectoi of artfcialpwater soluble syithetc colours ii chilli powder.
Detection of saw dust in chilli powder.
Detection of starch in asafoetida.
Detection of chalk in common salt.
Detection of exhausted cloves in cloves.
Detection of cassia bark in cinnamon.
Detection of grass seeds coloured with charcoal dust in cumin
seeds.
Detection of argemone seeds in mustard seeds.
Detection of lead chromate in turmeric whole.
Detection of artifcial colour in turmeric powder.
Detection of saw dust and powdered bran in powdered spices.
Differentiation of common salt and iodised salt.
Detection of coloured dried tendrils of maize cob in saffron.
Fruits and Vegetables:
This iicludes 3 tests.
Detection of malachite green in green vegetables like bitter gourd,
green chilli and others.
Detection of artifcial colour on green peas.
Detection of rhodamine B in sweet potato.
Beverages:
This catenory iicludes 4 tests.
Detection of clay in coffee powder.
Detection of chicory powder in coffee powder.
Detection of exhausted tea in tea leaves.
Detection of iron flings in tea leaves.
Sensory Evaluaton Quick Tests:
These are the tests carried out to detect adulteraits quickly throunh seisory evaluatoi.
These tests are doie for the followiin products.
Milk
Black pepperpcloves
Chilli powder
Cloves
Sunar
Wheat, rice, maize, aowar, baara, chaiia, barley etc.
Ata
Sano
Powdered spices
Sweet meats
Hence DART is introduced mainly for the detecton of adulterants quickly for
household purpose through simple tests.
