Table 5.
Incidence and concentration of aflatoxin‐M1 in milk and dairy products sampled from local markets in Burundi and Eastern DRC
| Category | Burundi | Eastern DRC | Overall | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidencea | Average (μg/kg) | Median (μg/kg) | Range (μg/kg) | Incidencea | Average (μg/kg) | Median (μg/kg) | Range (μg/kg) | Incidencea | Average | Median (μg/kg) | Range (μg/kg) | |
| Milk | ||||||||||||
| Fresh milk | 10/10 | 31.4 | 43.6 | 8.4–82.8 | 3/3 | 37.3 | 37.5 | 25.6–49.8 | 13/13 | 42.6 | 40.5 | 8.4–82.8 |
| Yogurt | 6/6 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 8.2–63.2 | 2/3 | 18.0 | 16.1 | 4.8–26.0 | 8/8 | 27.7 | 25.0 | 4.8–63.2 |
| Cheese | – | – | – | – | 5/5 | 170.0 | 142.0 | 18.5–261.1 | 5/5 | 170.0 | 142.0 | 18.5–261.1 |
| Total | 16/16 | 32.5 | 39.8 | 8.2–82.8 | 10/10 | 37.3 | 83.3 | 4.8–261.1 | 26/26 | 56.6 | 32.5 | 4.8–261.1 |
a
Incidence number is represented by the number of samples with aflatoxins above the detectable level/total sample in a particular category.