Table 2.

Aflatoxin M₁ levels in different milk products purchased from two different parts, Dagoretti and Westlands, of Nairobi, Kenya

	Number of samples	Mean aflatoxin M1 levels	Standard deviation	Min	Max	Above 50 ng/kg (%)	Above 500 ng/kg
Dagoretti	135	106.1	140	< LOD	1100	89 (65.9)	2
Lala	8	111	121	10	340	5 (62.5)	0
Milk	110	107	149	< LOD	1100	71 (64.5)	0
Boiled	13	46	23	14	88	5 (38.5)	0
Pasteurised	18	126	189	< LOD	740	13 (72.2)	1
Raw	62	131	165	< LOD	1100	46 (74.2)	1
UHT	17	46	24	7.3	84	7 (41.2)	0
Yoghurt	17	96	75	26	270	13 (76.5)	0
Westlands	156	66	107	< LOD	1100	62 (39.7)	1
Lala	27	48	35	12	160	8 (29.6)	0
Milk	108	57	72	< LOD	470	42 (38.9)	0
Pasteurised	53	55	34	7.6	210	26 (49.1)	0
UHT	55	58	95	< LOD	470	16 (29.1)	0
Yoghurt	21	134	232	17	1100	12 (57.1)	1
Total	291	84	125	< LOD	1100	151 (51.9)	3

All lala and yoghurt products were pasteurised

LOD Limit of detection (2 ng/kg)