This study revealed that dairy feeds and milk are highly
contaminated with aflatoxins in the Greater Addis Ababa milk shed.
All milk and feed samples had detectable levels of aflatoxins. The
majority (93%) of milk samples exceeded the limit of 0.05 mg/L set
by the EU. Furthermore, all dairy feeds exceeded 5 mg/kg of AFB1.
Our results also indicate that noug cake, which is widely used as
dairy cattle feed, is amajor source of aflatoxin contamination in the
peri-urban dairy value chain of Addis Ababa