Food control systems.
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Biomedical subjects
E Boutrif
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FAO programmes for prevention, regulation, and control of mycotoxins in food.
The article provides information on recent past and current activities carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at national, regional, and international levels to assist member countries in overcoming the problems raised by mycotoxins in foods and feeds. It gives special emphasis to the preventive aspects at the stages of production and storage of those commodities which are particularly sensitive to mycotoxin contamination. Specific projects implemented by the FAO in various countries to prevent and control mycotoxin contamination are cited with particular reference to the on-going FAO/United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Training Network for Mycotoxin Control in Asia. The article also provides an update of the Codex Alimentarius effort to establish international guideline levels for different mycotoxins in various foodstuffs and agricultural commodities and to develop sampling plans for aflatoxin control in peanuts and maize and their products. It proposes a set of recommended actions at various levels to monitor and control mycotoxin levels in foods and to promote international cooperation in this field.
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Perspective on food quality control in Near Eastern countries.
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Afghanistan↗
Aflatoxin in Tunisian foods and foodstuffs.
1076 samples of different commodities were screened for aflatoxin contamination. Samples were taken from storage houses and dealers throughout the country. 14 of these samples contained aflatoxin (as much as 62 microgram/kg). Corn was found to be the most contaminated agricultural product followed by sorghum and peanuts. Wheat and barley showed no contamination. 1 out of 19 pistachio samples contained 22 microgram/kg of aflatoxin B1. Fluid milk showed no contamination while only 2 out of 248 cheese samples were found contaminated with aflatoxin M1 (10.6 microgram/kg).
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Aflatoxin in Tunisian aleppo pine nuts.
Twenty-six of 50 Aleppo pine nuts samples collected throughout Tunisia showed relatively high levels of contamination by aflatoxin. Some samples contained as much as 2000 ppb aflatoxin B1, and very few contained less than 100 ppb. Total aflatoxins as high as 7550 ppb were found. A traditional pudding, widely consumed in Tunisia, which was prepared from contaminated nuts still contained more than 80% of the aflatoxin originally present in the nuts.
Aflatoxins↗