-, Magnussen A, Parsi MA. In 2021, recalled pet food was tested at more than 500 ppb. The word was coined around 1960 after its discovery as the source of "Turkey X disease". These are commonly mixed together to make a porridge for infants and children, putting them at particular risk of aflatoxin poisoning. [38] [27], Organic crops, which are not treated with fungicides, may be more susceptible to contamination with aflatoxins.[28]. [16] Aflatoxins form one of the major groupings of mycotoxins, and apart from Aspergillus flavus various members of the group of compounds occur in species such as: Aspergillus parasiticus, Aspergillus pseudocaelatus, Aspergillus pseudonomius, and Aspergillus nomius.[17]. This approach provides a more integrated measure of exposure over several weeks or months. For Kenya, aflatoxin contamination is a long-standing problem. _W.themePlugins = []; _W.recaptchaUrl = "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js";