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Aflatoxins contamination in chilli samples from Pakistan
Affiliation:1. Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan;2. School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, UK;1. College of Food Science & Engineering, Northwest A&F University, No. 28 Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, PR China;2. Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA;1. National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad 38950, Pakistan;2. Food Toxicology Lab., Plant Protection Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad 38950, Pakistan;3. Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;4. Food Safety Research Centre (FOSREC), Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;1. Department of Food Science & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan;2. Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, USA;3. Institute for Global Food Security, Queens University Belfast, UK;1. Department of Applied Chemistry & Biochemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;2. Food Safety Research Centre (FOSREC), Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;3. Food Toxicology Lab., Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), P.O. Box 128, Faisalabad 38950, Pakistan;4. Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract:The aim of this study was to prioritise disease and pest constraints in chilli by highlighting aflatoxin concentrations to assist local farmers in control. All samples contained aflatoxin B1 and high levels were obtained from all ground samples. A direct relationship was observed between aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin B2 concentrations. There was no relation between aflatoxin and Aspergillus flavus detection. Chilli production in Pakistan may be heavily constrained by aflatoxin contamination. Simply removing A. flavus may be insufficient for control. Aflatoxins from chilli may be a threat to the health of populations and a constraint on development in Pakistan.
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