March 8, 2013
Balkan states seek to calm fears on aflatoxin in milk
Fears over aflatoxin levels in milk and animal fodder were said to be under control by the Balkan states Serbia, Croatia, FYR Macedonia and Bosnia and that they would step up monitoring hygiene measures.
Laboratory tests have indicated higher-than-permitted levels of aflatoxin, a potentially carcinogenic toxin, in milk in several of these ex-Yugoslav republics following a long drought last year that experts said had affected the quality of fodder.
