Effect of two aflatoxin level treatments on contamination of Mozzarella di Bufala cheese

Abstract

An experiment was carried out using Buffalos to study the transfer of aflatoxins B1 (AFB1) from feeds to Mozzarella cheese. Two groups of four buffalos were assigned to two AFB1 doses: 100 and 150 μg/day. Total daily milk produced by each animal was individually collected at -2, 1, 3, 5 and +2 days, during and after experimental treatment, and separately, daily processed into Mozzarella cheese. The mean M1 and B1 aflatoxin content was significantly affected by the AFB1 doses. The AFM1 increased linearly from the first day of treatment to the last one in both groups, but in that treated with low dose the concentration was 4 time lower.

Keywords

• Aflatoxin, Buffalo, Mozzarella