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Vol 5, No 1 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2016.5291

Aflatoxin B1 risk management in Parmigiano Reggiano dairy cow feed

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Received: 26 May 2015
Published: 18 January 2016
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Aflatoxins, Feed, Dairy cows, Parmigiano Reggiano
feed safety

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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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Aflatoxin B1 risk management in Parmigiano Reggiano dairy cow feed. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 18 [cited 2026 May 15];5(1). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2016.5291

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