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For aflatoxin B1, maximum levels are set for baby food and processed cereal-based food for infants and young children and in dietary foods for special medical purposes intended for infants.
Coles is recalling two of its homebrand peanut butter products over concerns they have been contaminated with aflatoxin, a toxic chemical linked to liver cancer.
ProGnosis Biotech has launched two lateral flow tests for aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin. Symmetric B1 ES and Symmetric Total ES can have two different extractions. One will be 70% methanol and the ...
For comparison, the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) has estimated that the median intake of all aflatoxins—including B1—by U.S. residents in the Southeast, where aflatoxin contamination ...
It covers aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), AFB2, AFG1, AFG2 and AFM1. More than 200,000 analytical results on occurrence of aflatoxins were part of the evaluation.
The most dangerous toxin, which is aflatoxin B1 said to be most dangerous is produced by a fungus called aspergillus flavours, Kaaye explained during an online discussion, organized by CONSENT ...
The covalent binding of the hepatocarcinogen aflatoxin B1 by rat liver microsomes to calf thymus DNA resulted in a binding level equal to one aflatoxin residue per 60 DNA nucleotides. An aflatoxin ...
Aflatoxin M1 is produced in the liver of dairy animals following ingestion of high levels of aflatoxin B1 in feed and it may be excreted in their milk.