MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511114417 A) filed by IIMT College of Engineering, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Nov. 20, 2025, for 'system and method for detecting adulteration in milk.'
Inventor(s) include Ms. Arpita Gupta; Dr. Seema Nayak; Dr. Taslima Ahmed; and Ms. Sandhya Bhardwaj.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed is a system (100) for detecting adulteration in milk, the system (100) comprising: a spectrometer (102) configured to capture the spectral absorbance signature of milk, which is altered by presence of organic adulterants like urea and melamine; an electrical conductivity sensor (104) coupled to the spectrometer (102), and configured to measure ionic content of the milk, which changes significantly with addition of salts, detergents, or other ionic compounds; and a pH sensor (106) coupled to the electrical conductivity sensor (104), and configured to detect shifts in acidity or alkalinity caused by adulterants like neutralizers or acidic agents."
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