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Five hundred and sixty seven milk samples collected from 17 localities and 543 milk products collected randomly from 13 districts of the Chhattisgarh State during the period of January 2000 to November 2002 were analyzed for aflatoxin M1 (AFM1). The study revealed that 72% of the samples were contaminated with AFM1 with an average level of 0.9986 mg/L (ranging from 0.0103-3.3094 mg/L). Out of the 17 localities, in ten localities less than 75% of samples were contaminated with AFM1 and in seven localities more than 75% samples were contaminated with AFM1. All the samples of milk products were contaminated with Aflatoxin M1 with values more than the limit given by FDA (0.50 mg/kg).
Keywords: Aflatoxin M1, Milk, HPLC, Localities, Milk Products, MRL
* Department of Dairy Chemistry, College of Dairy Technology, I.G.A.U., Raipur (C.G.)- 492 006
2007-061 Date received:April 2007; Accepted:June 2007.
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