Saturday, June 21, 2008

Legal limits of alflatoxins

I have research about the limits of alflatoxins, this is another website that i had found, so we can do some comparison.

Legal limits for Aflatoxins require that food for human consumption must contain less than 10mg/kg (parts per billion) of which only 5 ppb may be aflotoxin B1.

The Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act restricts Aflatoxins to a maximum of 50 ppb in animal feed. Exceptions are 20 ppb for lactating cows, calves, pigs, lambs and poultry. Piglets, chickens under laying age and lambs younger than 4 months have a limit of 10 ppb. Feed for cats, dogs, horses and ostriches must have less than 20 ppb. The aflotoxin problem has been extensively researched and these limits have been based largely on research results.

Reference:
Janice Limson. (2001). Maize our Staple Food: Should Toxins Concern us? Retrieved June 21, 2008 from scienceinafrica.co.za Website: http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2001/november/maize.htm

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