Aflatoxins and fumonisin contamination of marketed maize, maize bran and maize used as animal feed in northern Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Vegetable Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSokoine University of Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Viennaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMbeya University of Science and Technologyen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africaen_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.75.ilri07en_US
cg.issn1684-5374en_US
cg.issue3en_US
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmenten_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriAFLATOXINSen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriMARKETSen_US
cg.volume16en_US
dc.contributor.authorNyangi, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMugula, J.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBeed, Fenton D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBoni, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKoyano, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSulyok, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-23T06:41:17Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-08-23T06:41:17Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/76535en_US
dc.titleAflatoxins and fumonisin contamination of marketed maize, maize bran and maize used as animal feed in northern Tanzaniaen_US
dcterms.abstractThe objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of total aflatoxin and total fumonisin in maize and maize-based products in Babati, northern Tanzania. A total of 160 samples were collected in 2013-14. Quantification for total aflatoxin and fumonisin was done using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Reveal AccuScan® Neogen, USA) and the results were confirmed using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometer. Aflatoxin was detected in 32% of maize samples (mean 3.4 ± 0.3 µg/kg; range 2.1–16.2 µg/kg) and fumonisin in 39% of samples (mean 5.6 ± 1.40 mg/kg; range 0.4–62.0 mg/kg). Among marketed products, maize bran (used for animal feed) was the most contaminated (2.4 µg/kg aflatoxin and 1 mg/kg fumonisin), followed by whole maize in market stalls (1.9 µg/kg aflatoxin and 0.4 mg/kg fumonisin) and then maize flour (1.4 µg/kg aflatoxin and 0.3 mg/kg fumonisin). Un-marketed maize sorted out by farmers as “bad” and intended for animal feeding was the most contaminated (overall mean aflatoxin and fumonisin levels of 1.7 µg/kg and 7.4 mg/kg, respectively). The results indicate that levels of aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination in marketed maize were within tolerable limits.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2016-08-05en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNyangi, C., Mugula, J.K., Beed, F., Boni, S., Koyano, E. and Sulyok, M. 2016. Aflatoxins and fumonisin contamination of marketed maize, maize bran and maize used as animal feed in northern Tanzania. African Journal of Food Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 16(3):11054-11065.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 11054-11065en_US
dcterms.issued2016-07-30en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherAfrican Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectaflatoxinsen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen_US
dcterms.subjectmaizeen_US
dcterms.subjectmarketsen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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