Aflatoxins are poisonous substances made by a mold called Aspergillus flavus. This mold can grow on pet food ingredients like peanuts, corn, and other grains. If aflatoxin levels build up enough in ...

Aflatoxin is a well-known global health threat. This poison, produced by the Aspergillus fungus, is common in corn, wheat, rice and many other crops. Hot climates and inadequate storage practices ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. “We need a holistic, comprehensive approach” to tackling aflatoxins ...

The permitted level of aflatoxin in groundnut for human consumption, according to international standards, is 4 parts per billion (ppb) in the European Union and 20 ppb in the US. India, being ...

While peanuts offer nutritional benefits, a significant risk to liver health emerges from aflatoxin contamination due to ...

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. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Climate change is expanding the reach of aflatoxin, a chemical produced by a gray-green mold that infects corn crops and could threaten widespread damage to the country’s lucrative Corn Belt.

Indian agricultural scientist Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur may hold the key to solving a major public health crisis, by using biotechnology to develop groundnut crops resistant to infection by a ...

Food supply issues aren’t uncommon in Africa. Famines caused by drought, flood, or conflict are frequent. But there is another constant threat to the continent’s food security that receives little ...

Dedza District crops officer John Mdoko has expressed concern over knowledge gap in aflatoxin control among farmers. He said ...