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Alarm over aflatoxin-contaminated milk in Albania/ Analyses reveal levels several times higher than EU norms

2026-11-08 21:39:16Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Alarm over aflatoxin-contaminated milk in Albania/ Analyses reveal levels

The presence of aflatoxin in milk is not a problem of the past.

In many farms and dairies, livestock production continues to be supplied with contaminated milk. Top Channel has managed to obtain 4 analysis sheets dated October 27-29, which show high levels of aflatoxin M1.

If we refer to the EU maximum limit for this mycotoxin, it should not exceed 0.050 ppb per liter. In the first analysis, this norm was exceeded by 208%, as the analysis result is 0.154 ppb. The alarming figure is also seen in this analysis sheet that you see on the screen, where the milk of Albanian farms has exceeded the aflatoxin M1 norm by 128%. The same reality is also presented in other cases, where the aflatoxin limit is exceeded by 106-104% of the maximum level allowed by the EU.

"This means that a level increased several times is an increased risk for the consumer. Aflatoxin M1 is classified as carcinogenic, mainly targeting the liver," says Kapllan Sulja, a food safety expert.

As long as the AKU does not ban the production of milk with aflatoxin on the farm, then the contaminated product and mycotoxins go to the consumer through street vendors who sell milk, we find it in small dairies, and even to factories, which process all dairy products with this milk.

"There definitely should be and this is also related to the audit of the Albanian Supreme Audit Institution, because 64% of importers, processors and traders of cereals and flour have not been controlled in these 5 years. And this is also related to animal feed, where animal feed is contaminated with aflatoxin. It necessarily flows into dairy products, which are butter, milk, yogurt, cheese," says Ana Vuksani, a food safety expert.

The alarm that our country produces unsafe dairy products also comes from the EU, which refuses to feed European consumers with Made in Albania dairy by-products.

"We cannot export products of animal origin precisely because we lack the chain of traceability from farm to table," says Vuskani.

Kapllan Sulaj, a food safety expert, says that this scandal can only be stopped when the NFA examines every imported load of animal feed in the laboratory, and then extends the inspection to farms and markets.

"The way animals are fed, the rules and the implementation of aflatoxin prevention measures on the farm are the first step. And the second step is that the authorities should control the markets and dairy factories, in order to see what the level is on the ground," says Sulja.

The destination of milk with aflatoxin should under no circumstances be the consumer's table.

"This milk should definitely not be released to the market, it should be blocked and destroyed," he asserts./TCH


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