CLASS -12TH ROLL.NO. - M S PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
CERTIFICATE This is to certify that DOLLY SARASWAT, a student of class 12TH has successfully completed the research on the project TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF ADULTERANTS IN SUGAR,TURMERIC POWDER,CHILLI POWDER AND PEPPER under the guidance of Mr.GAURAV PRATAP SINGH during the year 2024-2025 in partial fulfillment of Chemistry practical examination conducted by CBSE, NEW DELHI
Signature of Signature of external examiner chemistry teacher ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the accomplishment of this project successfully, many people have best owned upon me their blessings and the heart pledged support, this time I am utilizing to thank all the people who have been concerned with project. Primarily I would thank god for being able to complete this project with success. Then I would like to thank my principal and chemistry teacher MR.GAURAV PRATAP SINGH, whose valuableguidance has been the ones that helped me patch this project and make it full proof success. His suggestions and his instructions have served as the major contributor towards the completion of the project. Then I would like to thank my parents and friends who have helped me with their valuable suggestions and guidance has been helpful in various phases of the completion of the project. Last but not the least I would like to thank my classmates who have helped me a lot and also Sir Lab attendant MR.GAURAV PRATAP SINGH. DECLARATION I hereby declare that project work entitled “STUDY OF ADULTERANTS IN FOOD STUFF” , submitted to the department of Chemistry, M S PUBLIC SCHOOL for the subject Chemistry under the guidance of MR. GAURAV PRATAP SINGH is a record of original work done by me. I further declare that this project or any part of it has not been submitted elsewhere for any other class.
CLASS: XII PLACE: M S PUBLIC SCHOOL DATE: -:CONTENTS:- 1. Certificate 2. Acknowledgement 3. Introduction 4. Theory 5. Activity ❖ Aim ❖ Apparatus required ❖ Procedure ❖ Result ❖ Precautions ❖ Conclusion 6. Bibliography OBJECTIVE The Objective of this project is to study some of the common food adulterants present in different food stuffs. INTRODUCTION Food is one of the basic necessities for sustenance of life. Pure, fresh and healthy diet is most essential for the health of the people. It is no wonder to say that community health is national wealth. Adulteration of food-stuffs was so rampant, widespread and persistent that nothing short of a somewhat drastic remedy in the form of a comprehensive legislation became the need of the hour. To check this kind of anti- social evil a concerted and determined onslaught was launched by the Government by introduction of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Bill in the Parliament to herald an era of much needed hope and relief for the consumers at large.
About the middle of the 19th century chemical and microscopal
knowledge had reached the stage that food substances could be analyzed, and the subject of food adulteration began to be studied from the standpoint of the rights and welfare of the consumer. In 1860 the first food law framed in the interest of the purchaser was passed. That law, lacking sufficient means of enforcement, remained largely ineffective until 1872, when administrative officials were appointed and penalties for violation provided.
In the United States the federal Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the result of a long and stormy campaign led by Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley. This law defined food adulteration and the misbranding of products; it provided regulations covering the interstate movement of food and penalties for violations. The 1906 act was superseded in 1938 by the more rigorous Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act administered since 1940 by the Food and Drug Administration (now within the Dept. of Health and Human Services). The FDA is charged with enforcing truthful and informative labeling of essential commodities, maintaining staff laboratories, and formulating definitions and standards promoting fair dealing in the interests of the consumer. The 1938 act broadened the definitions of adulteration, misbranding, and lack of informative labeling; it provided for factory inspections; and it increased the penalties for violations. It was amended in 1958 and 1962 to define and regulate food additives and food coloring. The federal law controls traffic from one state to another and is supplemented by local regulations that require food handlers to be licensed, thereby discouraging the spread of disease; it provides for the inspection by health officers of meat and other foods, of restaurants, and of dairies and cold storage methods. Importedgoods that violate the provisions of the act may be denied admittance to the United States and if not removed within a given time may be destroyed.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONs: Laws
existed in a number of States in India for the prevention of adulteration of food- stuffs, but they lacked uniformity having been passed at different times without mutual consultation between States. The need for Central legislation for the whole country in this matterhas been felt since 1937 when a Committee appointed by the Central Advisory Board of Health recommended this step.
‘Adulteration of food-stuffs and other goods’ is now included in the
Concurrent List (III) in the Constitution of India. It has, therefore, become possible for the Central Government to enact all India legislation on this subject. The Bill replaces all local food adulteration laws where they exist and also applies to those States where there are no local laws on the subject. Among others, it provides for —
i. A Central Food Laboratory to which food samples can be
referred to for final opinion in disputed cases (clause 4), ii. A Central Committee for Food Standards consisting of representatives of Central and State Governments to advise on matters arising from the administration of the Act (clause 3), and iii. The vesting in the Central Government of the rule-making power regarding standards of quality for the articles of food and certain other matters (clause 22).
ACT 37 OF 1954: The Prevention of Food Adulteration Bill was
passed by both the house of Parliament and received the assent of the President on 29th September, 1954. It came into force on Ist June, 1955 as THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954 (37 of 1954).
LIST OF ADAPTATION ORDER AND AMENDING ACTs:
1. The Adaptation of Laws (No.3) Order, 1956. 2. The Prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Act, 1964 (49 of 1964). 3. The Prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Act, 1971 (41 of 1971). 4. The Prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Act, 1976 (34 of 1976). 5. The Prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Act, 1986 (70 of 1986).
GOVERNMENT MEASURES: To check the suppliers of food
from doing so, the government has passed a stringent act which is known as preservation of food Adulteration Act. They have been implemented with the objective of providing safety to human beings in the supply of food. It covers safety from risks involved due to contamination of poisonous elements. The specification laid down of various foods under the provisions of PFA Act covers minimum basic characteristics Of the Products Below which it is deemed to be adulterated and also covers the maximum limit of contaminant not considered being safe for human beings beyond a certain level.
PRECAUTIONS By taking a few precautions, we can escape from consuming adulterated products.
1. Take only packed items of well-known companies.
2. Buy items from reliable retail shops and recognized
outlets. 3. Check the ISI mark or Agmark.
4. Buy products of only air tight popular brands.
5. Avoid craziness for artificially colored sweets and buy only
from reputed shops. 6. Do not buy sweets or snacks kept in open.
7. Avoid buying things from street side vendors.
THEORY The increasing number of food producers and the outstanding amount of import foodstuffs enables the producers to mislead and cheat consumers. To differentiate those who take advantage of legal rules from the ones who commit food adulteration is very difficult. The consciousness of consumers would be crucial. Ignorance and unfair market behavior may endanger consumer health and misleading can lead to poisoning. So we need simple screening tests for their detection. In the past few decades, adulteration of food has become one of the serious problems. Consumption of adulterated food causes serious diseases like cancer, diarrhoea, asthma, ulcers, etc. Majority of fats, oils and butter are paraffin wax, castor oil and hydrocarbons. Red chilli powder is mixed with brick powder and pepper is mixed with dried papaya seeds. These adulterants can be easily identified by simple chemical tests. Several agencies have been set up by the Government of India to remove adulterants from food stuffs. EXPERIMENT I Aim: To detect the presence of adulterants in fat, oil and butter. Apparatus Required: Test-tube, conc. H2SO4, acetic acid, conc. HNO3.
Procedure: Common adulterants present in ghee and oil are dyes
and argemone oil. These are detected as follows:
(i) Adulteration of dyes in fat: Heat 1mL of fat with a mixture of
1mL of conc. Sulphuric Acid and 4mL of Acetic Acid. Appearance of pink or red color indicates presence of dye in fat. (ii) Adulteration of argemone oil in edible oils: To small amount of oil in a test-tube, add few drops of conc. HNO3 and shake it well. Appearance of red color in the acid layer indicates presence of argemone oil. EXPERIMENT I
Aim: To detect the presence of adulterants in sugar.
Apparatus Required: Test-tubes, dil. HCl.
Procedure: Sugar is usually contaminated with washing soda and
other insoluble substances which are detected as follows:
(i) Adulteration of various insoluble substances in sugar: Take
small amount of sugar in a test-tube and shake it with little water. Pure sugar dissolves in water but insoluble impurities do not dissolve. (ii) Adulteration of chalk powder, washing soda in sugar: To small amount of sugar in a test-tube, add few drops of HCl. Brisk effervescence of CO2 shows the presence of chalk powder or washing soda in the given sample of sugar. EXPERIMENT II Aim: To detect the presence of adulterants in samples of chili powder, turmeric powder and pepper.
Apparatus Required: Test-tubes, conc. HCl, dil. HNO3, KI solution.
Procedure: Common adulterants present in chili powder, turmeric powder and pepper are red colored lead salts, yellow lead salts and dried papaya seeds respectively. They are detected as follows:
(i) Adulteration of red lead salts in chili powder: To a sample of
chili powder, add dil. HNO3. Filter the dil. solution and add 2 drops of Potassium Iodide solution to the filtrate. Yellow ppt. indicates the presence of lead salts in chilli powder.
(ii) Adulteration of yellow lead salts to turmeric powder: To a
sample of turmeric powder add conc. HCl. Appearance of magenta color shows the presence of yellow oxides of lead in turmeric powder.
(iii) Adulteration of brick powder in red chili powder: Add small
amount of given red chili powder in beaker containing water. Brick powder settles at the bottom while pure chili powder floats over water.
(iv) Adulteration of dried papaya seeds in pepper: Add small
amount of sample of pepper to beaker containing water and stir with a glass rod. Dried papaya seeds being lighter float over water while pure pepper settles at the bottom. OBSERVATIONS Experiment no. Experiment Procedure Observation 1. Adulteration of Adulteration of Pure sugar various various dissolves in insoluble insoluble water but substances in substances in insoluble sugar sugar impurities do not dissolve. 2. Adulteration of To sample of Appearance of yellow lead salts turmeric magenta colour to turmeric powder, add powder conc. HCl. 3. Adulteration of To a sample of No yellow red lead salts in chilli powder, precipitate. chilli powder. add dil. HNO3. Filter the solution and add 2 drops of KI solution to the filtrate. 4. Adulteration of Add small Brick powder brick powder in amount of given settles at the chilli powder red chilli bottom while powder in a pure chilli Beaker powder floats Containing over water. Water 5. Adulteration of Add small Dried papaya dried papaya amount of seeds being seeds in pepper sample of lighter float over pepper to water while Beaker pure pepper Containing settles at the water and stir bottom. with a glass rod.
RESULT: The required analysis for adulterants in food stuffs has been made. CONCLUSION Selection of wholesome and non-adulterated food is essential for daily life to make sure that such foods do not cause any health hazard. It is not possible to ensure wholesome food only on visual examination when the toxic contaminants are present in ppm level. However, visual examination of the food before purchase makes sure to ensure absence of insects, visual fungus, foreign matters, etc. Therefore, due care taken by the consumer at the time of purchase of food after thoroughly examining can be of great help. Secondly, label declaration on packed food is very important for knowing the ingredients andnutritional value. It also helps in checking the freshness of the food andthe period of best before use. The consumer should avoid taking food from an unhygienic place and food being prepared under unhygienic conditions. Such types of food may cause various diseases. Consumption of cut fruits being sold in unhygienic conditions should be avoided. It is always better to buy certified food from reputed shops. Biblography 1. Website www.wikipedia.org www.google.com
