Control of aflatoxin M1 in skim milk by high voltage atmospheric cold plasma.

Cold plasma has potential for the degradation of aflatoxins in corn and hazelnuts; however, this has not been demonstrated for aflatoxin in milk. In this study, the efficacy of high voltage atmospheric cold plasma (HVACP) on the reduction of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in skim milk improved with increasing treatment times (1-20 min), using gas containing 65% oxygen (MA65) rather than air, increasing voltage (60-80 kV) and reducing sample volume (30 mL-10 mL). Direct treatment was more effective than indirect treatment. AFM1 in milk was degraded by 65.0 % and 78.9 % by air and MA65 respectively in 20 min with no change in milk colour. The toxicity of AFM1 after treatment was assessed using a brine shrimp model. A five-minute HVACP treatment reduced the toxicity of AFM1 by 83.9 % based on the increase in brine shrimp survival. HVACP is a promising method to reduce AFM1 in milk. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Thu Nguyen, Jon Palmer, Ngoc Phan, Hu Shi, Kevin Keener, Steve Flint. Control of aflatoxin M1 in skim milk by high voltage atmospheric cold plasma. Food chemistry. 2022 Aug 30;386:132814

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