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Minister for Health, Professor Eyitayo Lambo, has revealed that international apprehension has began on Aflatoxin contamination, which has been discovered to pose major health hazards to human and animal.
Lambo made this known yesterday at the regional workshop on Mycotoxin Contamination of Agricultural Commodities and Processed food, organised by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in collaboration with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
He...
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Aflatoxin or molds in plants particularly corn develop at the early stages of the plant. However, this kind of molds is still non toxic when ingested by animals.
Aflatoxin developed during harvesting, stockpiling, drying and even while in transport to the intended markets for corn becomes hazardous to livestock based on the experience of swine and poultry farmers.
On swine and poultry, aflatoxin-laden corn in feeds leads to stunted growth and fewer eggs to still births and other...
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Dear Users, This is an interesting forum from our Spanish community, generated by Marco Castro Calderón from Costa Rica: Dear friends, Which would be the allowed moisture content in yellow corn? Which is its effect on increasing Aflatoxins? What are the critical values which are high in aflatoxin content? And what are acceptable levels of aflatoxin for food animal production in general?? Marco ...
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