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ABSTRACT
Consumption of milks contaminated with aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) may result in serious health problems in humans. In the present study, English and Persian electronic databases were comprehensively searched for publications from 2005 to 2018. Results indicated that pooled prevalence of AFM1 contamination in milks of buffalo, cow, sheep, goat, and camel were 86, 86, 42, 34, and 30%, respectively. Furthermore, average concentration of AFM1 were 78.73, 40.86, 26.71, 24.30, and 20.63 ng/L for milks in the same order. Therefore, continued monitoring of AFM1 contamination in milks and dairy foodstuffs deserves a serious governmental consideration.
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Author contributions
AGB and AJ conceived and designed the study. MRA and JG extracted and organized the data. SHT conducted statistical analysis and wrote the primary draft of the manuscript. SM and SR composed the final draft and conducted literary and scientific editions.
Acknowledgments
We thank K. Shashok (AuthorAID in the Eastern Mediterranean) for his contribution in English improvement of the manuscript.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.