A total of 100 raw milk samples were collected from milk producers
in Addis Ababa and its surrounding areas (27 from Addis
Ababa, 23 from Debre Zeit, nine from Sebeta, 31 from Sendafa and
10 from Sululta) for AFM1 analysis. All the milk samples were
contaminated with AFM1 with a median value of 0.092 mg/L
(Table 2). The highest AFM1 content was 4.98 mg/L from Debre Zeit,
and the lowest was 0.028 mg/L from Addis Ababa. In addition, ten
raw milk samples were collected from milk collectors located in
Addis Ababa (1), Debre Zeit (3) and Sululta (6). All of the ten
samples from milk collectors were contaminated with AFM1 that
exceeded 0.05 mg/L (Table 2). The sample with the highest level of
aflatoxin contamination was 2.24 mg/L and was obtained from
Sululta