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Aflatoxin risk management in commercial groundnut products in Malawi (Sub-Saharan Africa): a call for a more socially responsible industry

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10220/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00003-017-1129-6
10.1007/s00003-017-1129-6
 
Title Aflatoxin risk management in commercial groundnut products in Malawi (Sub-Saharan Africa): a call for a more socially responsible industry
 
Creator Magamba, K
Matumba, L
Matita, G
Gama, A P
Singano, L
Monjerezi, M
Njoroge, S M C
 
Subject Groundnut
Food legumes
Legume Crops
Sub-Saharan Africa
Aflatoxins
Malawi
 
Description This study was performed as a follow-up to a study from 2013, to assess the impact of management interventions on aflatoxin incidence and levels in commercial groundnut products in Malawi. Sixty-seven samples of commercial groundnut products were analyzed for aflatoxin using a fluorometric method. Total aflatoxin levels ranged from 1.5 to 1200 μg/kg in raw groundnuts and 83–820 μg/kg in groundnut flour from vendors. In branded groundnut flour and peanut butter from supermarkets, aflatoxin levels ranged from 13 to 670 μg/kg and 1.3 to 180 μg/kg, respectively. About 93, 88, 78 and 72% of the samples analyzed contained aflatoxin levels above regulatory limit used in Malawi (3 μg/kg), EU (4 μg/kg), most developing countries (10 μg/kg), and the USA (20 μg/kg), respectively. Despite much effort, aflatoxin levels remain persistently high in commercial groundnut. Considering the difficulty of achieving an efficient government regulation system due to resource constraint, the authors recommend the promotion of a socially responsible groundnut processing industry that has consumer welfare as its central feature.
 
Publisher Springer International Publishing
 
Date 2017-09-17
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10220/1/s00003-017-1129-6.pdf
Magamba, K and Matumba, L and Matita, G and Gama, A P and Singano, L and Monjerezi, M and Njoroge, S M C (2017) Aflatoxin risk management in commercial groundnut products in Malawi (Sub-Saharan Africa): a call for a more socially responsible industry. Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1661-5751