Aflatoxins represent a global public health and economic concern as they are responsible
for significant adverse health and economic issues affecting consumers and farmers …

This review aims to update the main aspects of aflatoxin production, occurrence and
incidence in selected countries, and associated aflatoxicosis outbreaks. Means to reduce …

Today, we have been witnessing a steady tendency in the increase of global demand for
maize, wheat, soybeans, and their products due to the steady growth and strengthening of …

Africa is one of the regions with high mycotoxin contamination of foods and continues to
record high incidences of liver cancers globally. The agricultural sector of most African …

Cereals and cereal-based products are primary sources of nutrition across the world.
However, contamination of these foods with aflatoxins (AFs), secondary metabolites …

Aflatoxins are highly toxic metabolites of several Aspergillus species widely distributed
throughout the environment. These toxins have adverse effects on humans and livestock at …

Human food and animal feed can contain many different hazards, which may be biological,
chemical, or physical. In most countries, there are regulations that limit the levels of these …

In most sub-Saharan African countries, staple cereal grains harbor many fungi and some
produce mycotoxins that negatively impact health and trade. Maize and three small grain …

Milk is an important source of energy and nutrients, especially for children, and in Kenya,
milk consumption is higher than other countries in the region. One major concern with milk is …

The dangers of population-level mycotoxin exposure have been well documented. Climate-
sensitive aflatoxins (AFs) are important food hazards. The continual effects of climate …