Table 4 Studies with aflatoxin occurrences in food and feed samples in middle east
S.no | Area | Country | Commodity | Aflatoxin Type | % Postive Samples | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Different regions | Yemen | Powdered milk | AFM1 | 66.66% | Murshed, 2020 |
Liquid milk | 68.42% | |||||
Yoghurt | 87.09% | |||||
Cheese samples | 81.39% | |||||
2 | Different areas | Yemen | Cheese | AFM1 | 32.6% | Murshed, 2022 |
3 | Sana city | Yemen | Green coffee beans | All | 84% | Humaid et al. 2019 |
Roasted coffee beans | 62% | |||||
4 | Tehran, Esfahan, Tabriz and Shiraz | Iran | Cow dairy products | AFM1 | 35.2% | Fallah et al. 2011 |
Goat milk products | 10.8% | |||||
Sheep milk products | 25% | |||||
5 | West-Azerbaijan | Iran | UHT (Ultra high temperature treated) milk | AFM1 | 54.2% | Tajik et al. 2016 |
6 | Kerman and Rafsanjan | Iran | Pistachio nuts | AFB1 | 11.8% | Cheraghali et al. 2007 |
7 | Kermanshah and Mazandaran provinces | Iran | Maize | AFB1 | 15.68% | Ghiasian et al. 2011 |
8 | - | Qatar | Imported commodities | All | 14% | Abdul kadar et al. 2002 |