Milk consumption is common in most households, with a cup of milk tea being a staple in homes and offices every morning. However, the safety of that milk is a concern. Globally, an estimated 600 ...

Don’t feed mouldy cereals or feeds to animals. I am a dairy farmer and I have a question. During a recent farmers’ seminar on feed making, the presenter made a remark that poor storage of feeds can ...

Coles is recalling two of its homebrand peanut butter products over concerns they have been contaminated with aflatoxin, a toxic chemical linked to liver cancer. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Peanuts are cheap and nutritious, but can also host dangerous aflatoxin-producing fungi — now, engineers in Haiti may have found a fix. A World Health Organisation report warns that aflatoxin, which ...

Aflatoxins, a group of toxic compounds produced by certain fungi, are posing a grave threat to agricultural crops in East Africa. These toxins are commonly found on crops such as maize (corn), peanuts ...

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Researchers at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and global partners have launched a major study to assess the health risks of aflatoxin exposure in children across Africa.The study, dubbed ...

The government of Uganda has started a campaign to tackle the high levels of aflatoxin in food. The call, supported by Oxfam, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the Grain Council of ...

The chance to participate in a meeting on whole genome sequencing (WGS) for food safety and water surveillance has been opened. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will organize the event ...