Contamination of cereals with aflatoxins, metabolites of fungi Aspergillus flavus
2009
Jakic-Dimic, D., Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, Belgrade (Serbia) | Nesic, K., Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, Belgrade (Serbia) | Petrovic, M., Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia)
In this paper results of microbiological and mycotoxicological examinations of 968 cereal samples (corn, wheat, bran, silage, barley, soybean, sorghum) are presented. Samples were sent from different localities in Serbia during 5 years period. At the microbiological examination of cereals it was noticed that 675 samples did not fulfilled legislative requirements regarding fungi content and the biggest difference was present in naturally dried corn. Usually were found Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp., Fusarium spp., Mucor spp., while A. flavus was present in 154 samples. It was also noticed that aflatoxin was present in 149 samples up to 0.05 mg/kg, what was still in accordance with the actual regulations.
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