The alarming situation of raw milk produced at the peri-urban dairy farms across Pakistan with regards to aflatoxin M1 contamination poses a serious threat to public health. #Thread #Milk #Pakistan #Periurban #Aflatoxin #M1 #PublicHealth #OneHealth #HepatitisB #Dairy #Agri (1/5)

A recent study by Yunus et al. (2020) from Animal Sciences Institute at National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC) Islamabad published in The Frontiers in Microbiology reveals that the %age of raw milk samples exceeding CAC / USA max. limit of Aflatoxin M1 in milk (2/5)

(i.e. 0.5 ppb which is 10 times higher than EU standards of 0.05 ppb) was 97.1% in Islamabad, 96.4% in Lahore, 100% in Muzaffarabad, 100% in Karachi, 85.5% in Peshawar, 91.1% in Quetta, and 7.7% in Gilgit Baltistan. It is pertinent to mention that AFM1 has been associated (3/5)

with stunting growth in children, weakens the immune system, worsen liver disease especially in Hepatitis B patients, act as a carcinogenic, and much more. The exceptionally high levels of Aflatoxin M1 contamination suggests that milk from peri-urban dairy farms is a (4/5)

serious public health threat in Pakistan. Be aware of the milk produced at peri-urban dairy farms that Gawala supply you at your doorstep! Govt must wake up! (5/5)
#Thread #Milk #Pakistan #Periurban #Aflatoxin #M1 #PublicHealth #OneHealth #HepatitisB #Dairy #Agri @fawadchaudhry