OCCURRENCE OF AFLATOXIN M1 (AFM1) IN MILK AND ITS TOXICITY FOR HUMAN HEALTH

The aim of this study was to aware the people about the toxicity of Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), which are upcoming to human body through milk. AFM1 is the secondary metabolite of Aflatoxin B1. AFM1 is carcinogenic as well as hepatotoxic for mammals. Due to hepatic cellular carcinoma globally thousands of people died each year. To protect human being from this horror European Union (EU), United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set up maximum residues limits (MRL) for it. The international Agency for Research on Cancer classified it as group 1 carcinogenic agent.