Table 4. Beer samples with confirmed aflatoxin contaminations (μg/L).
Combined Style | Sample Number | Craft | Country | %ABV | Screening 6-plex immunoassay (n = 3) | Confirmatory analysis LC-MS/MS (n = 1) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
average | range | SD | AFB1 | AFB2 | AFM1 | |||||
African Traditional | 421 | yes | South Africa | ? | nd | nd | nd | 0.1 | <LOD | <LOD |
African Traditional | 423 | yes | South Africa | ? | nd | nd | nd | 1.21 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
African Traditional | 429 | yes | South Africa | ? | nd | nd | nd | 1.0 | 0.1 | <LOD |
African Traditional | 452 | yes | South Africa | ? | nd | nd | nd | 0.2 | 0.1 | <LOD |
Pale Lager | 280 | no | Zimbabwe | 5 | nd | nd | nd | 0.2 | <LOD | <LOD |
n = number of replicates, %ABV = percentage alcohol by volume, SD = standard deviation, nd = not detected,
1 Value is above the upper quantification limit,
? = %ABV unknown, LOD = limit of detection, AFB1 (aflatoxin B1), AFB2 (aflatoxin B2), AFM1 (aflatoxin M1)