Determination of Mould and Aflatoxin Contamination in Tarhana, a Turkish Fermented Food

Table 3

Mould counts and Aflatoxin amounts of contaminated tarhana samples.

Season	Sample no.	Mould Count (cfu/g)	Total aflatoxins±SE (μg/kg)	AFB1±SE (μg/kg)
Autmn	No: 4	3.8×10^5	4.1±0.1	2.9±0.3
	No: 7	1.3×10^6	10.5±0.2	9.7±0.6
	No: 11	4.1×10^5	1.2±0.1	0.7±0.4
Winter	No: 18	2.1×10^4	3.6±0.7	ND
	No: 25	3.5×10^6	15.1±0.8	8.8±0.9
	No: 32	5.7×10^6	16.2±0.9	10.4±0.4
	No: 45	5.8×10^7	16.8±0.5	13.2±0.3
	No: 48	1.9×10^5	8.2±0.6	4.4±0.2
	No: 53	1.2×10^5	6.2±0.9	3.4±0.2
	No: 57	6.9×10^5	11.9±0.3	10.2±0.7
	No: 59	4.3×10^4	3.4±0.1	ND
	No: 63	1.2×10^7	14.1±0.2	10.4±0.7
	No: 68	4.1×10^5	2.6±1.1	2.1±0.3
	No: 71	4.8×10^6	12.1±0.3	7.5±0.4
Spring	No: 74	5.2×10^4	7.6±0.5	4.8±0.8
	No: 76	3.5×10^4	3.1±0.7	2.6±0.4
	No: 80	2.2×10^6	11.6±0.9	6.8±0.7
	No: 82	2.8×10^5	1.7±0.2	0.8±0.3
	No: 87	6.1×10^3	0.9±0.1	0.5±0.1
	No: 95	1.1×10^7	10.8±1.2	8.7±0.4
	No: 99	4.5×10^3	2.7±0.3	1.8±0.2
	No: 101	1.7×10^6	14.3±1.1	7.8±0.9
	No: 107	5.8×10^5	11.1±0.9	8.3±0.6
	No: 108	2.4×10^7	12.5±0.5	9.1±0.3
	No: 111	1.8×10^4	0.7±0.2	0.2±0.1
	No: 113	6.2×10^6	12.3±0.8	10.6±0.4
	No: 115	6.4×10^5	5.2±0.5	3.1±0.2
	No: 119	3.2×10^7	15.1±0.8	8.6±0.5
	No: 120	1.8×10^3	2.9±0.3	1.1±0.2
	No: 125	7.2×10^5	4.5±0.6	1.4±0.5
	No: 127	3.2×10^4	6.2±0.2	3.8±0.7
	No: 134	3.1×10^3	0.8±0.3	ND

ND: not detected, SE: standart error.