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Indian Journal of Agriculture Business

Volume  3, Issue 2, Jul-Dec 2017, Pages 98-102
 

Review Article

Relevance of Hurdle Technology in India: Opportunities in Dairy Processing Industry

Sanjay Kumar Bharti1, Gourab Basak2, Anita3, Vikas Pathak4, M. Goswami5, A. Shukla5

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Livestock Products Technology 2 M.V.Sc. Scholar, Department of Veterinary Public Health, 4 Professor and Head, Department of Livestock Products Technology 5 Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, DUVASU, Mathura-281001 (U.P.) India. 3Assistant Professor, Department of Livestock Products Technology, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263153, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijab.2454.7964.3217.7

Abstract

Hurdle technology was explored several years ago as a conception to ensure food safety and stability against food pathogens. This technology deliberately combines hurdles which secures the microbial safety and stability as well as retains the organoleptic, nutritional quality and economic viability of food products. It is amiable, accessible and multi-target method of effective preservation with effective applications. This technology is of paramount importance in developing countries like India due to lack of storage facilities and nowadays more or less used in many foods at industrial level. In excess of 50 different hurdles are identified for food industries. Besides the common ones, potentially valuable options can also be applied in any kind of food industries. This technology can boon the food industry which is running successfully with the hope of more scopes to arrive in future.

 


Keywords : Hurdle; Dairy; Preservation; Food; Spoilage. 
Corresponding Author : Sanjay Kumar Bharti, Assistant Professor, Department of Livestock Products Technology College of Veterinary science and Animal husbandry Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura-2