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Aflatoxins

Overview

What does Aflatoxin cause in humans?

Aflatoxins can cause the disease aflatoxicosis in humans which is poisoning that results from the ingestion of aflatoxins in contaminated food.

What symptoms does aflatoxicosis cause?

Aflatoxins produce symptoms such as acute necrosis, cirrhosis and carcinoma of the liver.

What is the frequency of the disease?

The frequency of the disease is not known and is rare, there have been no outbreaks reported in the United States.

What foods have Aflatoxins been associated with?

Aflatoxins have been identified in the United States as being associated with corn and corn products, peanuts and peanut products, cottonseed, milk and tree nuts such as Brazil nuts, pecans, pistachio nuts and walnuts.

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Links for more information

http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/ucm071020.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?action=search&direction=desc&queryText=Aflatoxins&sort=date&subset=mmwr

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&dispmax=50&term=Aflatoxin[WORD]%20AND%20Food%20Microbiology[MeSH]

http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&CNT=25&Search_Arg=aflatoxins+food&Search_Code=GKEY&STARTDB=AGRIDB

Links for recent updates

http://www.starexponent.com/cse/lifestyles/columnists/article/aflatoxins_found_in_wheat_and_barley/39473/

http://deltafarmpress.com/news/almond-stockpile-management-0715/