Aflatoxin Contamination conditions (Uganda)

Aflatoxin Contamination conditions

Aflatoxins are produced by both Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, which are common forms of 'weedy' molds widespread in nature. The presence of those molds does not always indicate that harmful levels of aflatoxin are present, but does indicate a significant risk. The molds can colonize and contaminate food before harvest or during storage, especially following prolonged exposure to a high-humidity environment, or to stressful conditions such as drought. Aflatoxin contamination is increasing in crops such as maize as a result of climate change creating better conditions for these molds.

Prevention

A primary means of limiting risk from aflatoxins in the food supply is food hygiene in the commercial commodity supply chain, such as rejecting moldy grain for use in food processing plants and testing of batches of ingredients for aflatoxin levels before adding them to the mix.

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The Rapid Tests can detect the animal disease, residues of antibiotics, mycotoxins, veterinary drugs, pesticides, microorganism, heavy metal, illegal additives and toxic chemicals in all kind of foods and feeds. It is an accurate, cost-effective method as a screening solution, useful for both labs and field testing, can also be applied for the quality control “From farm to fork”.

The test kit is designed to detect the presence of aflatoxin in a sample by allowing free aflatoxin in the samples and controls to compete with enzyme-labeled aflatoxin (conjugate) for the antibody binding sites. The kit is intended for the quantitative analysis of aflatoxin in corn and corn gluten meal.