Aflatoxins in sunflower seeds and unrefined sunflower oils from Singida, Tanzania

Food Additives & Contaminants. Part B, Surveillance
Salum MohammedStephen S Nyandoro

Abstract

A total of 61 samples comprising sunflower seeds (40) and unrefined sunflower oils (21) samples collected randomly from Singida, Tanzania were analysed by Reverse Phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). 15% (6/40) of the seed samples were contaminated with aflatoxin B1 ranging from limit of detection (LOD) to 218 ng g-1 with three of them exceeding the European Commission/European Union (EC/EU) and Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)/Tanzania Food and Drug Authority (TFDA) maximum limits of 2 ng g-1 for AFB1 in oilseeds. The levels of total aflatoxins (AFT) in seeds ranged from LOD to 243 ng g-1. Other aflatoxins, except AFG2, were also detected. For the unrefined sunflower oils, the levels of AFB1 ranged from LOD to 2.56 ng mL-1. About 80.9% (17/21) of the analysed oil samples contained AFB1 of which 17.65% (3/17) exceeded the EC/EU and TBS/TFDA maximum limits of 2 ng mL-1. Other aflatoxins were also detected in the oils. The measured levels indicate there is a need for food quality education among food processors.

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May 19, 2010·Food and Chemical Toxicology : an International Journal Published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association·Yousif M A IdrisAdam Ali Mohamed
May 1, 2010·Mycotoxin Research·Amin O ElzupirAbdelrahim M Elhussein
Dec 1, 2011·Food Additives & Contaminants. Part B, Surveillance·Li-xin YangJing-bo Sun
Mar 1, 2013·Food Additives & Contaminants. Part B, Surveillance·Hamed Reza Beheshti, Mohammad Asadi
Jan 13, 2016·Food Additives & Contaminants. Part B, Surveillance·Salum MohammedStephen S Nyandoro
Apr 19, 2016·Food Additives & Contaminants. Part B, Surveillance·Eleni KolliaPanagiota Markaki

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Aug 8, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Muhammad WaqasMuhammad Rafique Asi

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