Investigation of aflatoxins levels in commercial dried figs from western Turkey
2020
Bakırcı, G. T.
The aim of the present work was to investigate aflatoxins in dried figs from Izmir, Turkey. A total of 1,973 samples of dried figs were obtained from retail shops and public outlets from 2014 to 2018. Aflatoxin contamination was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) following clean-up by immunoaffinity (IAC). The obtained results were evaluated against the maximum limit set by the Turkish Regulation and European Commission for total aflatoxins (AFS ) and aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁). The number of samples exceeding the legal limit was 40 according to the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1058/2012 for the limit of aflatoxin B₁ (6 μg/kg), and 42 samples exceeded the legal limit for the total aflatoxin content (10 μg/kg). Thirty-four and forty-two samples of dried figs exceeded the legal limit for AFB₁ and AFS (8 and 10 μg/kg, respectively) based on the Turkish Food Codex.
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