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
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation, Kenyaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationRakuno Gakuen Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Finlanden
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en
cg.creator.identifierNadhem Mtimet: 0000-0003-3125-2828en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2018.08.001en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2211-9124en
cg.journalGlobal Food Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriAFLATOXINSen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriNUTRITIONen
cg.volume18en
dc.contributor.authorSirma, A.J.en
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en
dc.contributor.authorMakita, K.en
dc.contributor.authorSenerwa, D.en
dc.contributor.authorMtimet, Nadhemen
dc.contributor.authorKang’ethe, E.K.en
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-28T12:14:28Zen
dc.date.available2018-08-28T12:14:28Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96972
dc.titleThe impacts of aflatoxin standards on health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Kenyaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
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
dcterms.extentp. 57-61en
dcterms.issued2018-09en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectaflatoxinsen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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