Meena, Kamalesh Kumar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-0887
Taneja, Neetu Kumra
Jain, Devendra
Ojha, Ankur
Article History
Received: 24 November 2023
Accepted: 15 May 2024
First Online: 21 May 2024
Declarations
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: This is to certify that the research study titled ‘Development of maize-based <i>Rabaadi</i> powder using probiotic lactic acid bacteria,” involving sensory evaluation by 30 trained and untrained panellists (students and faculty), has been conducted at the Department of Dairy and Food Microbiology, College of Dairy and Food Technology, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, India. Please note that our institution does not have a specific institutional committee dedicated to the approval of sensory studies. However, all procedures outlined in the manuscript have been performed in compliance with our institutional guidelines and policies regarding research ethics. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Furthermore, it is acknowledged that the authors have confirmed that our institution has been permitted to conduct sensory panel research. While it may not be customary for our institution to have a formal permission process for such research, this information has been duly addressed in place of the permission statement, as recommended. This certificate signifies the adherence of the research study conducted by Dr Kamalesh Kumar Meena and his team to ethical principles and institutional guidelines.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.