Özlem TURGAY, Didem Hilkat AKSAKAL, Selim SÜNNETÇİ, Ali Bahadır ÇELİK

A survey of aflatoxin M1 levels in Kahramanmaraş cheese

Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) levels were measured in 46 Kahramanmaraş semi-hard cheese samples (22 from bovine milk, 18 from goat milk, and 6 from ovine milk) using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). None of the ovine milk cheese samples contained AFM1. AFM1 was present in 32 samples (69.6%) of bovine and goat cheese. Bovine milk cheese and goat milk cheese samples contained 0.069-1.2 ng g-1 and 0.06-0.22 ng g-1 of AFM1, respectively. With the exception of 2 bovine milk cheese samples (one contained 1.2 ng g-1 of AFM1, the other contained 0.25 ng g-1 of AFM1), the other samples (96%) had levels of AFM1 below the acceptable limit for cheese (0.25 ppb) set forth by the Turkish Alimentarus Codex.

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Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 2010; 34: 497-500. Full text: pdf Other articles published in the same issue: Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci., vol.34, iss.6.

A survey of aflatoxin M1 levels in Kahramanmaraş cheese

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Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 2010; 34: 497-500. Full text: pdf Other articles published in the same issue: Turk. J. Vet. Anim. Sci., vol.34, iss.6.,

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