title: Assessment of AflatoxinM1 Contamination in UHT Flavored Milk Samples in Karaj, Iran.
abstract: This study was carried out to detect the presence of aflatoxin M1(AFM1) in 30 UHT flavored milk samples in Karaj, Alborz province, Iran. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was applied to analyze AFM1in the samples. The results showed that aflatoxin M1was detected in all the UHT flavored milk samples, the AFM1concentration ranged from 0.015 to 0.14 µg/L. Also, 10 samples (33.3%) were contaminated with more than 0.05 µg/L of European Union regulations for aflatoxin M1. Wherease, according to the proposed Iranian national standard and FDA (0.5 µg/L), none of the samples has not been contaminated more than the maximum AFM1concentrations threshold. This is the first report discovering the fact that UHT flavored milk is an important contributor to the dietary intake of AFM1in Iran.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Hygiene, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
authors.forename: Zohreh
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mashak
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Hygiene, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jafari Sohi
authors.affiliation: bNutrition Health Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heshmati
authors.affiliation: cMolecular Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
authors.forename: Amir Sasan
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mozaffari Nejad
keywords: Aflatoxin M1; High performance liquid chromatography; Iran; Ultra high temperature milk