USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has issued a “Loss Adjustment Procedures for Aflatoxin” fact sheet, which explains the importance of testing grain for insurance purposes. The document states if ...

Scientists work at an agricultural research laboratory in Machakos County. A proposal has been drafted to decentralise aflatoxin tests from Government agencies. [Photo:File, Standard] On a 10,000-acre ...

NCPB facilities in Meru, Eldoret, Machakos, Kitale and Nakuru will now carry out the tests bringing to six the boards’ testing laboratories. The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has ...

Aflatoxins are carcinogenic mycotoxins that have adverse health effects on both humans and animals consuming contaminated food and feed, respectively. A method has been developed for the highly ...

CHICAGO, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the new market research report "Mycotoxin Testing Market by Type (Aflatoxins, Ochratoxin, Fumonisins, Zearalenone, deoxynivalenol, Trichothecenes, ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Iowa has dropped a requirement that all milk received in the state be tested for aflatoxin, the toxic byproduct of a mold that attacks corn during a drought, the state's ...

Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is one of the predominant mycotoxins that causes toxicity in broilers, with the intestine as the primary ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding a dog-food recall of certain products from multiple brands that may contain an unsafe level of a toxin called aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a byproduct of ...

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 ...