Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke (Jan 2017)

Determination of the presence of aflatoxin B1 in food and feed in Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the period between 2014 and 2016

  • Dojčinović Slobodan S.,
  • Golić Bojan М.,
  • Vujadinović Dragan P.,
  • Sladojević Željko Ž.,
  • Golić Milijana N.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZMSPN1733023D
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2017, no. 133
pp. 23 – 27

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Aflatoxins are a mixture of related chemical compounds of bisfokuma­rine type. They are synthesized in a variety of agricultural and food products such as oilseeds, spices, cereals and other products. In the period of 2014-2016, 418 samples were analyzed for the presence of aflatoxin B1, using the ELISA method. The analysis included samples of silage (75 samples), concentrated feed (272 samples), dry fruits (16 samples), nuts (15 sam­ples), flours (5 samples) and other types of samples (35 samples). The presence of aflatoxin B1 was determined in all of the analyzed samples. The highest detected concentration of aflatoxin B1 was 4 μg/kg in the silage samples, 30 μg/kg in the concentrated feed samples, 0.40 μg/kg in samples of dried fruit, 0.81 μg/kg in nuts, 0.5 μg/kg in flour samples and 0.5 μg/kg in the other analyzed samples. Higher concentration of aflatoxin B1 from maximum residual level specified in Regulation was detected in samples of concentrated feed (2.57%).

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