Aflatoxin occurrence in foodstuff supplied to dairy cattle and aflatoxin M1 in raw milk in the North of Paraná state

A Decade of Aflatoxin M1 Surveillance in Milk and Dairy Products in Developing Countries (2001-2011): A Review

“…Data in Table 1 show that only few African countries apart from South Africa [57], Egypt [75] and Morocco [76] and Nigeria [77] were involved in the survey for AFM1. However the following Middle East, Asian and Latin American countries are implementing controls of the toxin in both dairy and human milk Iran [78] and Kuwait [79] and Pakistan [80][81][82][83] India, Argentina [84] and Brazil [18,[85][86][87] Data obtained clearly show that ELISA immunoassay technique has been the most used analytical method in the past decade to measure AFM1. This has also been confirmed in a survey done in Italy on AFM1 in dairy products by [88] The use of ELISA immunoassay can be justified by the fact that it is affordable, simple and easy, to use and does not need expensive equipment such as liquid chromatography.…”

Aflatoxins in foods of animal origin

“…Τα λιγότερο ευαί σθητα είδη είναι οι ενήλικες αγελάδες, τα πρόβατα και οι αίγες που συνήθως εμφανίζουν χρόνιες αφλα-τοξινώσεις. Η μικρότερη ευαισθησία των μηρυκαστι κών σε σχέση με τα μονογαστρικά ζώα αποδίδεται στη μερική διάσπαση που υφίστανται οι αφλατοξίνες από τη χλωρίδα της μεγάλης κοιλίας (Sassahara et al 2005).…”

Aflatoxins: Contamination, Analysis and Control

“…Under review done by Montagna et al (2008), there is an increase in aflatoxin M1 concentration as cheese ripening stage progresses, due to water loss and the consequent concentration of substances present. Sassahara et al (2005) collected 98 feed and 42 raw milk samples and the results showed that there was contamination by AFM1 in 26% commercial feed samples, besides 53% of feed samples prepared at the farm and in 100% of corn samples used in animal nutrition. As a result of this aflatoxin incidence in animal diet, milk showed 24% contamination in the collected samples.…”