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    Chemistry Investigatory Project on Food Adulteration a By: Shivansh Tomar Class: XII A7 To: Mrs. ,Madhu Saxena Certificate page eM) NS beth Pubic School Ghaziabad This is to certify that Shivansh Tomar of class XILA7 Roll no. 1024 has satisfactorily completed his chemistry investigatory project as prescribed by the CBSE during the academic year 2014-2015. Teacher incharge Internal examiner External examiner Munesw Page 2 Acknowledgement: | would like to sincerely and profusely thank my chemistry teacher Mrs. Madhu Saxena, PGT (Chemistry) and our lab attendant for their able guidance and support in completing my project. | would also like to extend my gratitude to the principal Mrs. Jyoti Gupta for providing me with all the facility that was required. Signature of the candidate Munesw Page 3 CONTENTS 1. Certificate 2. Acknowledgement 3. Objective 4. Introduction 5. Theory 6. Experimental Work Se * + . * he oe 4 % % Aim Apparatus required Procedure Observations Result & Precautions Conclusion 7. Bibliography Munesw Page 4 Objective The Objective of this project is to study some of the common food adulterants present in different food stuffs = SOURCES OF FOOD CONTAMINATION Le soriarerins NN Ze 0 WANE san = s = Ss 30 : Foo x “ |> & x & GARBAGE & SEWAGE Rovents Introduction Page 5 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 cent. 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. Munesw Page 6 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. Munesw Page 7 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. AGMARK - acronym for agricultural marketing....this organization certifies food products for their quality. Its objective is to promote the Grading and Standardization of agricultural and allied commode. Munesw Page 8 EXPERIMENT 1 Aim: To detect the presence of adulterants in fat, oil and butter. APPARATUS REQUIRED : Test-tube, acetic anhydride, conc. H2S04, acetic acid, conc. HNO3. PROCEDURE : Common adulterants present in ghee and oil are paraffin wax, hydrocarbons, dyes and argemone oil. These are detected as follows : Munesw Page 9 (i) (ii) Adulteration of paraffin wax and hydrocarbon in vegetable ghee Heat small amount of vegetable ghee with acetic anhydride. Droplets of oil floating on the surface of unused acetic anhydride indicates the presence of wax or hydrocarbons. Adulteration of dyes in fat Heat 1mL of fat with a mixture of mL of conc. sulphuric acid and 4mL of acetic acid. Appearance of pink or red colour indicates presence of dye in fat. Adulteration of argemone oil in edible oils To small amount of oil in a test-tube, add few drops of conc. HNO3 and shake. Appearance of red colour in the acid layer indicates presence of argemone oil. Munesw Page 10 EXPERIMENT > AIM: To detect the presence of adulterants in sugar. APPARATUS REQUIRED: Test-tubes, dil. HCI. 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 HCI. Brisk effervescence of CO2 shows the presence of chalk powder or washing soda in the given sample of sugar. Munesw Poge 11

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