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 productsNumber of samplesContaminated samplesExceeding EC regulations >0.05 (μg/L)
No.(%)No.(%)RangeAverageSDa

Liquid milk382668.421436.840.065–0.4180.1830.144
Powder milk604066.662643.330.051–2.890.6350.952
Yogurt625487.095283.870.053–.8930.3990.310
Cheese907482.223842.20.255–5.9551.1980.114
Total25019076130520.051–5.9550.6040.380

aSD = standard deviation.