The impacts of aflatoxin standards on health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Kenya

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation, Kenyaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRakuno Gakuen Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Finlanden_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.creator.identifierNadhem Mtimet: 0000-0003-3125-2828en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.08.001en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2211-9124en_US
cg.journalGlobal Food Securityen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriAFLATOXINSen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriNUTRITIONen_US
cg.volume18en_US
dc.contributor.authorSirma, A.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMakita, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSenerwa, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMtimet, Nadhemen_US
dc.contributor.authorKang’ethe, E.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-28T12:14:28Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-08-28T12:14:28Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96972en_US
dc.titleThe impacts of aflatoxin standards on health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Kenyaen_US
dcterms.abstractHuman 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 hazards permitted in food and feed so as to protect consumers. Optimally, the levels specified in the standards should make the food safe enough for everyone to consume, and often this is done by carrying out a risk assessment, based on scientific evidence of the levels that can be considered safe and the amount of contaminated products consumed. However, for some substances, especially carcinogens, it is difficult to calculate how much is safe to consume and some groups of people, such as small children or pregnant women, may be more sensitive than the population at large. While imposition of standards is motivated by health benefits, standards also have costs. These include the costs of compliance and verification, which translate- into increased costs of purchase and reduction of the products available. In this paper we summarize current standards in sub-Saharan Africa related to aflatoxins, a priority hazard, and discuss their coherence and evidence-base. Next, using our recent research findings, we estimate the health risks of consuming foods contaminated with aflatoxins in Kenya. We also estimate the negative health and economic effects that would arise from strict application of different standards for aflatoxins. We discuss the results in light of health and nutrition goals.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSirma, A.J., Lindahl, J.F., Makita, K., Senerwa, D., Mtimet, N., Kang'ethe, E.K. and Grace, D. 2018. The impacts of aflatoxin standards on health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Kenya. Global Food Security 18: 57–61.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 57-61en_US
dcterms.issued2018-09en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectaflatoxinsen_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.subjectnutritionen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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