Aflatoxin compounds are thermostable and pasteurization
cannot destroy them, therefore, they appear in sterilized milk as
well as in fermented dairy products (Iha, Barbosa, Okada, &
Trucksess, 2013). Considering that AFM 1 as relatively stable com-
pound in raw and processed milk, its presence is not under influ-
ence of pasteurization or processing into cheese (Manetta et al.,
2009).