Peanuts are cheap and nutritious, but can also host dangerous aflatoxin-producing fungi — now, engineers in Haiti may have found a fix. A World Health Organisation report warns that aflatoxin, which ...

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Aflatoxins, a group of toxic compounds produced by certain fungi, are posing a grave threat to agricultural crops in East Africa. These toxins are commonly found on crops such as maize (corn), peanuts ...

The government of Uganda has started a campaign to tackle the high levels of aflatoxin in food. The call, supported by Oxfam, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the Grain Council of ...

The Ministry of Health has raised an alarm over high levels of aflatoxin in several locally sold peanut butter brands. Tests ...

Nuts are seen as a healthy snack, but even a small helping size is packed with calories and cholesterol. In fact, certain nuts have demonstrated links to elevated colon cancer risks.

Climate change is expanding the reach of aflatoxin, a chemical produced by a gray-green mold that infects corn crops and could threaten widespread damage to the country’s lucrative Corn Belt.

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The chance to participate in a meeting on whole genome sequencing (WGS) for food safety and water surveillance has been opened. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will organize the event ...