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  • Title: Limited survey for the occurrence of aflatoxins in cereals and poultry feeds from Rabat, Morocco.
    Author: Zinedine A, Juan C, Soriano JM, Moltó JC, Idrissi L, Mañes J.
    Journal: Int J Food Microbiol; 2007 Apr 01; 115(1):124-7. PubMed ID: 17218031.
    Abstract:
    Fifty eight (58) samples of cereals for human consumption (20 corn flour, 17 wheat flour) and poultry feeds (n=21) purchased from popular markets of Rabat in Morocco were analyzed for aflatoxins (AF) by HPLC with immunoaffinity column (IAC) clean-up and fluorimetric detection. The incidence of AF in corn, wheat flour and poultry feeds was about 80, 17.6 and 66.6% respectively. High contamination levels were found in corn and poultry feeds samples. Levels of contamination of analyzed samples with AFB1 ranged from 0.23 to 11.2, 0.03 to 0.15 and 0.05 to 5.38 ng/g for corn, wheat and poultry feeds respectively. Results showed also that the contamination of 10% of samples of corn was higher than the limit set by EU regulations for AFB1 and total AF. This is the first report on the determination of AF in corn, wheat and poultry feeds from Morocco by HPLC and IAC.
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