Quantification of Aflatoxin Ml in Dairy Farms Located in Buenos Aires Province (Preliminary Study)

摘要

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungal origin, associated to animal and human pathologies, due to its toxic, mutagenic and teratogenic nature. The Aflatoxin Bl (AFB1) can be associated to dairy cattle food, which by entering the animal transforms into Aflatoxin Ml (AFM1), besides other metabolites. The AFM1 is segregated with milk and, due to its toxicity; it must be monitored in order to guarantee food security in milk and milky derivatives. The Maximum Limits (ML) of AFM1 are 0.5 ppb, for FDA and MERCOSUR, while the ML of UE is 10 times lower of 0.05 ppb for raw milk. Regarding to cheese, only Holland and Austria had settled ML of 0.02 and 0.025 ppb, respectively. For the milk industry the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), the Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP), along with the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) are the almost worldwide mandatory applications, and are pre-requirements for the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) implementation.