title: Aflatoxins in dairy cow feed, raw milk and milk products from Turkey.
abstract: This study aims to detect aflatoxins (AFs) in dairy cow feed, milk and milk products using a high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) method. All the validation parameters met the method performance criteria of the European Union. The samples comprised 76 dairy cow feeds and 205 milk and milk products (including yoghurt and yoghurt-based beverage, ayran). AFs were present in 26.3% of the feed samples. Two feed samples exceeded the maximum limit (ML) of 5 µg kg(-1) for AFB1 as established by the EU. Nineteen milk samples (21.1%) contained aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) of which three exceeded the EU ML of 0.05 µg l(-1). In addition, only two yoghurt samples and one ayran sample contained AFM1, but the levels were lower than the EU ML.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Department of Food Engineering , Hitit University , Corum , Turkey.
authors.forename: Hilal Zeynep
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Department of Food Engineering , Hitit University , Corum , Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehtap
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Department of Food Engineering , Hitit University , Corum , Turkey.
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotay
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Engineering, Department of Food Engineering , Hitit University , Corum , Turkey.
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kabak
mesh_terms: D016604:Aflatoxin B1 / Q000032:analysis*; D016607:Aflatoxin M1 / Q000032:analysis*; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003612:Dairying; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D014421:Turkey; D015014:Yogurt / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D016607:Aflatoxin M1; D016604:Aflatoxin B1
keywords: Aflatoxin B1; HPLC-FLD; aflatoxin M1; feed; milk; milk products