Research Article
Evaluation and Assessment of Aflatoxin M1 in Milk and Milk Products in Yemen Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
Table 3
AFM1 in liquid and powder milk samples through HPLC.
| Type of sample | No. of samples | Contamination samples | Exceeding EC regulations >0.05 (μg/L) | No. (%) | Range | Mean ± SE | RSD | No. (%) | Range |
| Liquid milk | Local | 18 | 14 (77.77) | 0.021–0.123 | 0.047 ± 0.172 | 0.098 | 4 (22.22) | 0.087–0.123 | Imported | 20 | 12 (60) | 0.022–0.418 | 0.113 ± 0.19 | 0.13 | 10 (50) | 0.065–0.418 | Total | 38 | 26 (68.4) | 0.021–0.418 | 0.085 ± 0.182 | 0.112 | 14 (36.84) | 0.065–0.418 | Powder milk | Total samples | 60 | 40 (66.6) | 0.021–2.89 | 0.404 ± 0.08 | 0.681 | 26 (43.33) | 0.051–2.89 |
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