Table 5. Occurrence of AFM1 in milk and Egyptian traditional cheese.

Sample type	Samples number	Positive samples number	Mean ± SD (μg/Kg)	AFM1 concentration range (μg/Kg)	No. of samples above 0.05 μg/kg	No. of samples above EC limit (0.05 μg/kg; Raw milk) (0.25 μg/Kg; Cheese)
Raw milk	100	80(80%)	0.048 ± 0.01	BDL-0.105	7 (7%)	7 (7%)
Karish cheese	33	33(100%)	0.115 ± 0.025	BDL-0.183	24 (73%)	0
Domiatta cheese	33	7(21%)	0.023 ± 0.001	BDL-0.099	6 (18%)	0
Ras cheese	34	28(82%)	0.073 ± 0.007	BDL-0.25	17 (50%)	1 (2.9%)

BDL: Below detection limit.