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The study was planned to formulate edible wax coating by utilizing date pit oil. Date pit oil was extracted from three date varieties (Aseel, Hallawi, and Dhakki) through solvent extraction method. One variety was selected on the basis of physicochemical analysis of date pit oil. The different treatments (T1, T2, T3, and T4) of wax coating were formulated by replacing water in standard wax formulation with date pit oil as 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2%, respectively. The storage studies were carried out for 16 days; different fruit parameters like pH, weight loss, total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity, fruit firmness, and vitamin C content were studied. Results indicated significant improvement in the shelf life of coated guava fruits as compared to uncoated guava fruits.T4 showed highest keeping quality as compared to T3, T2, and T1. Practical applications This research work is novel in the field of edible coating by using date pit oil as natural barrier against environmental factors affecting the shelf life of guava fruit. There is immense potential in this new commodity to explore more applications of promising importance. Moreover, this study can be replicated for other fruits and vegetables to curtail postharvest losses and supplementing economic benefits.

In this survey aflatoxin, M was quantified in raw and processed milk from various areas of two big cities of Punjab province, i.e. Lahore and Multan. The results indicated that approximately 90% of the raw milk samples collected from Lahore city was contaminated with aflatoxin M. Similarly, around 92% of the raw milk samples collected from Multan city was contaminated with aflatoxin M. All samples of processed milk and tea whiteners were contaminated and 56% of the contaminated processed milk samples and 66% of the contaminated tea whitener samples were violating the maximum limits. The dietary exposure data of AFM among six different groups was calculated, which indicated that the male children population was the most vulnerable group to AFM, up to 6.68 ng L per day and the least affected one was the female group above 20 years of age with 1.13 ng L per day.

Authors' Contribution HAAK designed and performed the experiment, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript. WA and SL helped in writing the manuscript. SM, SRA, KUR, SWA, MBC and SM helped in data collection and maintenance of stored-insects strains.

Sapodilla has many uses from medicinal to dietary utilization. In recent years emphasis is focused on product diversification by development of value added sapodilla products to enhance its economic value. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of sugar concentration on the physiochemical properties like pH, moisture, ash, total acidity, viscosity, soluble solids, ascorbic acid and consumer acceptability of the product through sensory evaluation. Four samples S 1 , S 2 , S 3 and S 4 were formulated containing 550g, 600g, 650g and 700g sugar respectively.There was no significant difference observed in physiochemical properties of all sample due to sugar concentration.But among all samples S 2 and S 3 scored highest for color (7.7 and 7.9), flavor (7.6 and 7.7), taste (7.6 and 7.8), texture (7.2 and 7.9) and overall acceptance (7.5 and 7.7) which shows that jam with 550g and 600g sugar is best jam with good sensory attributes.