Research Article
Evaluation and Assessment of Aflatoxin M1 in Milk and Milk Products in Yemen Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
Table 2
AFM1 in different types of milk products determined by HPLC.
| Milk products | Number of samples | Contaminated samples | Exceeding EC regulations >0.05 (μg/L) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | Range | Average | SDa |
| Liquid milk | 38 | 26 | 68.42 | 14 | 36.84 | 0.065–0.418 | 0.183 | 0.144 | Powder milk | 60 | 40 | 66.66 | 26 | 43.33 | 0.051–2.89 | 0.635 | 0.952 | Yogurt | 62 | 54 | 87.09 | 52 | 83.87 | 0.053–.893 | 0.399 | 0.310 | Cheese | 90 | 74 | 82.22 | 38 | 42.2 | 0.255–5.955 | 1.198 | 0.114 | Total | 250 | 190 | 76 | 130 | 52 | 0.051–5.955 | 0.604 | 0.380 |
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aSD = standard deviation.
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