The Kenya Bureau of Standards has banned 17 maize flour brands. In a statement dated January 29, 2020, the quality agency warned the public against the consumption of the maize flour brands whose ...

Vivian Hoffmann receives funding from the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), Benckiser Stiftung ...

A firm, Harvestfield Industries Limited, has moved to curb aflatoxin in maize that forced regulators to confiscate grain and prevent its entrance into the market. Aflatoxins are poisonous and ...

In Senegal, groundnut and maize are commonly contaminated with highly toxic, cancer-causing chemicals called aflatoxins, which are produced by fungi in the genus Aspergillus when they infect crops.

Maize rustles in the breeze across Tanzania's heartlands with renewed promise. Farmers who once feared consuming their own harvests now look to the future with confidence. "We used to mix mouldy maize ...

Scientists say there is an urgent need for aflatoxin control strategies in Pakistan's feed supply chain to improve animal health, productivity, food safety and exports of animal-based products. Corn, ...

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