Aflatoxin B1 risk management in Parmigiano Reggiano dairy cow feed


https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2016.5291
Vol 5, No 1 (2016)
Submitted: 26 May 2015
Accepted: 24 June 2015
Published: 18 January 2016
Aflatoxins, Feed, Dairy cows, Parmigiano Reggiano
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Authors

  • Giorgia Canestrari
    giorgia.canestrari@unibo.it
    Department of Veterinary Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
  • Barbara Ricci Department of Veterinary Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
  • Valentina Pizzamiglio Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Consortium, Reggio Emilia (RE), Italy.
  • Alberto Biancardi Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy.
  • Pierluigi Piazza Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy.
  • Giuseppe Merialdi Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Italy.
  • Giovanni Tosi Institute for Experimental Veterinary Medicine of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Forlì, Italy.
  • Federica Giacometti Department of Veterinary Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
  • Marco Nocetti Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Consortium, Reggio Emilia (RE), Italy.
  • Mattia Fustini Department of Veterinary Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
  • Andrea Serraino Department of Veterinary Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
  • Andrea Formigoni Department of Veterinary Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy.
This study investigated aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) contamination in dairy cow feed and the risk management of AFB1 content in concentrates undertaken by feed industries in the Parmigiano Reggiano area. Data on aflatoxin contamination risk management applied in 29 feed industries were collected and the AFB1 content of 70 feed samples was analysed. Data were collected within the framework of a quality control programme promoted by the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium in 2013 and 2014. Audit results showed that the control procedures to prevent AFB1 contamination mainly focused on maize and its by-products. AFB1 concentration resulted lower than 5 ppb [legal European Union (EU) limit] in all samples; in one out of 70 samples, AFB1 content was 3.8 ppb and in all the other samples it was lower than 3 ppb. Results showed that AFB1 risk management applied by Italian feed industries effectively monitors AFB1 levels in feed below the EU legal limit.

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Canestrari G, Ricci B, Pizzamiglio V, Biancardi A, Piazza P, Merialdi G, Tosi G, Giacometti F, Nocetti M, Fustini M, Serraino A, Formigoni A. Aflatoxin B1 risk management in Parmigiano Reggiano dairy cow feed. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 18 [cited 2024 Apr. 20];5(1). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2016.5291

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