Aflatoxin In AsiaTwo-thirds of the world's groundnut production come from China and India. Their 2004 production was 14,075,000 and 7,500,000 metric tons, respectively. Indonesia is one of the top five largest importing country of the commodity (247,545 Mt. in 2002). |
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China June 12, 2006 - Peanut candies probed - ...the amount of aflatoxin in some of the candy reached 240.4ppb (parts per billion)...more June 17, 2005 - Immunity related diseases in pigs - new challenges in Asia...more May 4, 2004 - Liver cancer is a major cause of cancer deaths worldwide and claims approximately 400,000 lives in China each year...more August 3, 2001 - China has issued a nationwide alert after seizing 308 tonnes of mouldy rice that had been made to look normal...more About 250,000 hepatocellular carcinoma-related deaths occur annually in parts of China... due to aflatoxin ingestion... About half of all cancer deaths in Guangxi, China were due to primary hepatocellular carcinoma from aflatoxin...more HCC is the leading cause of cancer death in Qidong City, Jiangsu Province, P.R.C., resulting in approximately 10% of all adult deaths...more ——— India Junes 15, 2005 - India Gets Record Rejections...more December 13, 2004 - Flores addresses mold problem at Southern High...more December 3, 2004 - Aflatoxin, a fungal disease, is endemic to Indian groundnut, which makes it virtually impossible to meet EU standards...more October 31, 2004 - The child killer virus of Saharanpur. "It may be Nipa virus, Japanese encephalitis or Reya Syndrome (food poisoning caused by aflatoxin..." ...more October 1, 2004 - A major quality problem for groundnut is the aflatoxin...more May 1, 2002 - Aflatoxin: A Deadly Hazard...more Mar 17, 2002 - Call to end aflatoxin contamination in groundnut...more 1975 - 272 people were admitted to hospital...and there was 27% mortality...more An outbreak of aflatoxicosis in India was linked to moldy corn containing aflatoxin, killing more than 100 persons and affecting more than 400 dogs...more Recently, a poultry farm in Chitradurgh, Karnataka state, lost more than 2000 baby chickens as a result of feeding them with aflatoxin contaminated maize meal...more The most severe case of acute poisoning of aflatoxin was reported in north-west India in 1974 where 25% of the exposed population died after ingestion of the molded maize with aflatoxin levels ranging from 6250 to 15600 mg/kg...more
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Korea February 25, 2005 - Cancer-Causing Material Found in Imported Peanuts...more Watchdog Sounds Alarm Over Deadly Peanut Imports...more —— Malaysia September 22, 2004 - The benefits of eating nuts...Aspergillus flavus that grows on moist shelled-peanuts produce aflatoxin, which is carcinogenic and has been linked to mental retardation and lowering of intelligence...more ——— Philippines October 5, 2004 - In a recent study conducted by the PCA, the level of aflatoxin contamination in copra produced in the country went as high as 103 parts per billion in Central Mindanao...more August 23, 2004 - EU gives RP coconut oil zero preferential tariff...more The human impact of aflatoxin in developing countries such as Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam is enormous, and is estimated to cause more than 20,000 deaths per annum...more A case-control dietary study of primary liver cancer risk from aflatoxin exposure...more ——— Taiwan 1993 - Biological monitoring of aflatoxin exposures in a hyperendemic area of hepatitis B virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma...more ——— Vietnam 02/26/05 - Carcinogen scare over nuts from Vietnam...more |
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