Updates on food and feed mycotoxin contamination and safety in Africa with special reference to Nigeria

Mycology

Yongquan Zheng¹  Oyeyemi Dada²  Fuguo Xing³  Francis Imade³  Gang Wang³  Chenxi Zhang³  Sana Ullah³  Tanvir Ahmad³  Edgar Mugizi Ankwasa³  Yang Liu³  Hairong Geng³ 

[1] Chinense Academy of Agricultural Sciences;Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan;Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences /Key Laboratory of Agro–Products Quality and Safety Control in Storage and Transport Process, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs;

关键词: mycotoxin;    contamination;    international trade;    agricultural commodities;   

DOI  :  10.1080/21501203.2021.1941371

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Mycotoxin contamination of food and feed is a major concern in sub-Sahara African countries, particularly Nigeria. It represents a significant limit to health of human, livestock as well as the international trade. Aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxin, zearalenone, deoxynivalenol and beauvericin are the major mycotoxins recognised in the aetiology of food safety challenges that precipitated countless number of diseases. In Nigeria, aflatoxins and fumonisin found in nearly all crops are the most common mycotoxins of economic and health importance such as sorghum, maize and groundnuts. Thus, consumption of food contaminated with mycotoxins are inevitable, hence the need for adequate regulation is necessary in these frontier economies as done in many developed economies to ensure food safety for human and animals. In low and middle-income countries, especially Nigeria, there is lack of awareness and sufficient information on the risk associated with consequent of mycotoxin contamination on wellbeing of human, animals health and the economy. It is based on the foregoing that this paper summarized the status of mycotoxin present in Nigerian food and feeds relative to the global regulatory standards. This aimed at preventing consuming mycotoxin contaminated food stuff while confronting its associated challenges. Suggestions on some possible control strategies to mitigate vending mycotoxin food and feeds were made.

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