Evaluation of dairy products quality collected from Ismailia and Sharkia Governorates, Egypt

Abdeldaiem, Ahmed Mohamed; Abouelwafa, Mohamed Youssef

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85603-8_15

Evaluation of dairy products quality collected from Ismailia and Sharkia Governorates, Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Dairy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85603-8_15

Abstract

People in Egypt believes the varied dairy products of supermarkets considered a good quality and certified compared to the same products which obtained from shops or street vendors. Therefore, the present work aims to collect of raw buffalo’s milk, yoghurt, karish, mish, domiati and ras cheeses, cream, butter, ice cream and rice pudding from supermarkets and shops of Ismailia and Al-Sharkiah governorates and compared with the same products made according to the official methods. Generally, the chemical composition, biochemical, sensory and microbiological characteristics of all dairy products which obtained from supermarkets and shops were appeared significant (p<0.05) differences compared to control samples. According to the obtained results, most dairy products which collected from supermarkets and shops of each Ismailia and Al-Sharkiah governorates weren’t met the Egyptian Standards (ES). In addition, the increase of monitoring procedures by governmental regulatory agencies on supermarkets and shops besides a heavier punishment for those violate legislative laws became important in the present time.

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