CSIR's Hand-Held Device To Detect Milk Adulteration Within A Minute

Bharat Mahan

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday released a sophisticated and affordable hand-held testing device which allows domestic users to easily identify adulterants in milk.

Developed by the public sector research body, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the device - called Ksheer Tester - can measure contaminants such as urea, salt, detergent, soap, soda, boric acid and hydrogen peroxide in milk through a single button operation.

The user friendly device, costing less than Rs 5000, can take less than 60 seconds of measurement time to show the result.

Read more of this in a report by Vishwa Mohan published in Times of India...

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