Symmetric B1 ES and Symmetric Total ES can have two different extractions. One will be 70% methanol and the second is ‘green’ as it involves water and a specific buffer. The coefficient variant (CV) ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 25% of global food crops are contaminated with different types of fungal toxins, such as aflatoxins, highly toxic and carcinogenic substances ...

EFSA has launched a public comment period on risks to public health from aflatoxins in food. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) concluded ...

Veratox HS (High Sensitivity) for Total Aflatoxin can deliver results ranging from 1 to 10 parts per billion (ppb) of aflatoxin. The firm launched Veratox for Total Aflatoxin that delivered results ...

Rice—white, fluffy, pure, nutritious—can nevertheless carry fungal poisons called aflatoxins. Two years ago, Je Won Park and his colleagues reported that “rice is the major contributor to the dietary ...

The United States has limited controls to manage aflatoxin contamination in peanuts for export to Europe, according to findings from an audit carried out because of regular detection of ...

Aflatoxins are a group of toxins produced by several fungi that can grow on crops such as maize, rice, tree nuts and peanuts. Brands of peanut butter were recalled over the past week because the ...

Close-up of Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus producer of aflatoxins in corn. KOOKLE/Shutterstock An exposé in Kenya has revealed that there are high amounts of a poisonous substance, known as ...

Several samples of a free, ready-to-eat, cereal- and legume-based food meant to "eradicate malnutrition" in Sri Lanka have been recalled. The Health Sciences Institute in Kalutara detected the ...

Aflatoxins were isolated and characterized in 1960s after the turkey x disease. This disease killed more than 100,000 turkeys in Europe. The toxicity wad discovered to be due to peanut meal produced ...