Chemical contaminants in milk

The bachelor thesis is focused on the issue of contaminants in milk, such as pesticides, veterinary drugs, heavy metals, mycotoxins and their influence on milk quality. These substances present in milk have a negative impact on consumers health and for dairy cows health. The presence of contaminants in milk should therefore be monitored mainly to ensure the safe of the milk. An important group in terms of milk contamination are veterinary drugs. Their residues have a negative impact for milk processing and consumer health, but can also contribute to an increase in antimicrobial resistance. However, over-limit findings of veterinary drug residues in the Czech Republic have been on a low level in recent years. Special attention has been paid to milk contamination with mycotoxins because this problem is currently a very topical and discussed topic. Most of the work is focused on the contamination of milk with aflatoxin M1, which is the most explored milk-related mycotoxin