Aflatoxin B1 risk management in Parmigiano Reggiano dairy cow feed
2016
Giorgia Canestrari | Barbara Ricci | Valentina Pizzamiglio | Alberto Biancardi | Pierluigi Piazza | Giuseppe Merialdi | Giovanni Tosi | Federica Giacometti | Marco Nocetti | Mattia Fustini | Andrea Serraino | Andrea Formigoni
This study investigated aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) contamination in dairy cow feed and the risk management of AFB1 content in concentrates undertaken by feed industries in the <em>Parmigiano Reggiano</em> area. Data on aflatoxin contamination risk management applied in 29 feed industries were collected and the AFB1 content of 70 feed samples was analysed. Data were collected within the framework of a quality control programme promoted by the <em>Parmigiano Reggiano</em> Consortium in 2013 and 2014. Audit results showed that the control procedures to prevent AFB1 contamination mainly focused on maize and its by-products. AFB1 concentration resulted lower than 5 ppb [legal European Union (EU) limit] in all samples; in one out of 70 samples, AFB1 content was 3.8 ppb and in all the other samples it was lower than 3 ppb. Results showed that AFB1 risk management applied by Italian feed industries effectively monitors AFB1 levels in feed below the EU legal limit.
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