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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Food Science and Technology × Author: Agarwal, Nisha × Start date: 2002 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Microbiological quality of common sweets from Hisar city
    (CCSHAU, 2007) Agarwal, Nisha; Yadav, B. S.
    Sweets are common delicacies prepared and consumed since ages. These contains sugar and in many cases are supplemented with milk solids. Being rich sources of nutrients and high water activity, these products are extremely vulnerable to contamination with spoilage and pathogenic organisms if subjected to advertent and inadvertent abuse during different stages of their processing, storage and serving. Rasmalai, Gulabjamun, Pedha, Burfi and Boondi were investigated for Total Plate Count (TPC) using Plate Count Agar, Yeast and Mold Plate Count (YMPC) using Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA), staphylococcal count using Baird Parker Agar (BP Agar) and coliform count using Mac Conkey Broth by Most Probable Number (MPN) technique. Pour Plate Technique was followed in all the plate counts. Three samples of each product were collected with one sample out of three from a standard shop and one from a local shop. All the samples procured from standard shop were found to be of better quality as compared to the local shop except for Rasmalai where no considerable difference was found. All the counts were found to be highest for Rasmalai and least for Gulabjamun. Staphylococcal count was found considerably high in all the samples. The TPC, YMPC, staphylococcal count and coliform count increases at a faster rate when stored for 2 days at room temperature compared to 5 days storage at refrigeration temperature.