Natural Occurrence of Aflatoxin M1 in Egyptian Milk and Cheese

ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Natural Occurrence of Aflatoxin M₁ in Egyptian Milk and Cheese

Abeer Hashem¹ and Elsayed F. Abd-Allah²

¹Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

²Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(3):1769-1773

Received: 04/11/2012 | Accepted: 22/12/2012 | Published: 30/09/2013

Abstract

A survey was carried out to detect the natural occurrence of aflatoxin M₁ in four hundred and seventy seven milk (168) and cheese (309) samples collected totally from smallholder dairy farming households belong to four governorates (Egypt). The total contamination percent of the milk samples was 37.48% with contamination average ranged between 8-480 ng/l, minimal average of M₁was detected in camel milk. The homemade cheese (Aresh cheese) was the most contaminated cheese in all governorates except Giza with maximum contamination average (21-87 ng/Kg). All contaminated samples were higher than the maximum admissible levels of EU and US.

Keywords

Aflatoxin M₁, Milk, Dairy products, Egypt

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