Assessing aflatoxin exposure risk from peanuts and peanut products imported to Taiwan
Journal
Toxins
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
2
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Abstract
Aflatoxins are highly toxic and cause disease in livestock and humans. In order to assess Taiwan population exposure to aflatoxin from peanuts and peanut products, a total of 1089 samples of peanut candy, peanut butter, and peanuts etc. were collected in the period from 2011 to 2017 and analyzed using a liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometer. The overall mean contamination levels of aflatoxin in peanuts and peanut products were 2.40 ?g/kg of aflatoxin B1, 0.41 ?g/kg of aflatoxin B2, 0.19 ?g/kg of aflatoxin G1, and 0.03 ?g/kg of aflatoxin G2. We use margin of exposure (MOE) as a tool to improve food safety management. According to MOE levels of aflatoxins in peanuts and peanut products from China, Indonesia, Thailand, the United States, and the Philippines were above the safe lower limit of 10,000, indicating an absence of public health or safety risk for the majority of the population. However, products from Vietnam were under the MOE safe lower limit, suggesting that regulatory actions must be continued to avoid excessive consumer exposure. ? 2019 by the authors.
Subjects
aflatoxin
imported food
peanut
risk assessment
SDGs
Other Subjects
aflatoxin; aflatoxin B1; aflatoxin B2; aflatoxin G1; aflatoxin G2; aflatoxin; Article; clinical assessment; diet; exposure; food contamination; food control; food industry; food intake; food quality; food safety; government; health survey; incidence; limit of quantitation; liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry; maize; marketing; nonhuman; peanut; practice guideline; public health; risk assessment; risk factor; risk management; sanitation; Taiwan; toxic concentration; adolescent; adult; aged; Arachis; child; dietary exposure; human; infant; middle aged; preschool child; young adult; Adolescent; Adult; Aflatoxins; Aged; Arachis; Child; Child, Preschool; Dietary Exposure; Food Contamination; Humans; Infant; Middle Aged; Risk Assessment; Taiwan; Young Adult
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journal article
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