INCREASING contamination of food crops with aflatoxin is, besides jeopardising public health, threatening the country’s food security, experts have warned, proposing proper handling of food from farming to storage phases.
“Aflatoxin contamination is a serious problem that demands concerted mitigation efforts,”Tanzania Initiatives for Preventing Aflatoxin Contamination (TANIPAC) Project Officer Ali Hamad said yesterday.
Speaking at the ongoing third Nanenane exhibitions at Chamanangwe grounds here, the officer blamed aflatoxin on improper farming, harvesting, processing and storage of food crops.
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