Aflatoxins in Mozambique: Impact and Potential for Intervention

Aflatoxins have been a known cause of primary liver cancer in Mozambique since pre-independence epidemiological studies. However, their impact goes beyond public health, affecting the country’s economy and raising legal concerns. As a developing country endemic for Aspergillus, the nation has been s...

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Published in:Agriculture (Basel) 2018-07, Vol.8 (7), p.100
Main Authors: Cambaza, Edgar, Koseki, Shigenobu, Kawamura, Shuso
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aflatoxins
Agricultural policy
Agriculture
Commodities
Contamination
Corn
Developing countries
economy
Epidemiology
Food contamination & poisoning
health
impact
Impact analysis
Intervention
LDCs
Liver
Liver cancer
Mozambique
Pollution control
Public health
regulation
Toxins
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Summary:Aflatoxins have been a known cause of primary liver cancer in Mozambique since pre-independence epidemiological studies. However, their impact goes beyond public health, affecting the country’s economy and raising legal concerns. As a developing country endemic for Aspergillus, the nation has been struggling to keep up with external trade quality demands, delicate policy making, still dealing with the farmers’ limitations to control the contamination. The level and prevalence of aflatoxins show variations over time, geographic location, and across the different commodities. Considering the recommendations of the Codex Alimentarius, the major crops will be highly implicated unless there is major intervention from the authorities to control the toxins.
ISSN:2077-0472
2077-0472
DOI:10.3390/agriculture8070100