Aflatoxin M₁ in Nicaraguan and locally made hard white cheeses marketed in El Salvador.

ABSTRACT: Aflatoxin M₁ is a carcinogenic and genotoxic metabolite of Aflatoxins present in food contaminated by fungi for lactating cattle, it is excreted through milk and when used to make cheese, the toxin will also be transferred to the dairy. The contamination of unripened hard white cheese with AFM₁ seems to vary according to the season of the year, possibly due to the change of foodstuff, from fresh pasture in the rainy season to dried foods in the dry season and vice versa. This research determined both the prevalence and contents of AFM₁ in cheeses of local and Nicaraguan origin marketed in El Salvador, as well as the changes occurred according to the season and the association between levels of AFM₁ with meteorological parameters. The significantl

SUBMITTER: Pena-Rodas O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7494594 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature