%0 Journal Article
%@ 1010-5824
%A Wyk, P S van
%A Merwe, P J A Van der
%A Subrahmanyam, P
%A Boughton, D
%D 1999
%F icrisat:2988
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
%J International Arachis Newsletter
%P 25-27
%T Aflatoxin contamination of groundnuts in Mozambique
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/2988/
%V 19
%X The incidence of fungal infection and levels of aflatoxin contamination (produced by Aspergillus flavus) were studied in groundnuts collected from farmers at lifting and after drying/curing, and from traders in Nampula, Mozambique, during 1997-98. Of 34 samples collected at lifting, 13 were contaminated with aflatoxins and 8 had aflatoxin levels >30 µg/kg. Of 30 samples collected after drying, 10 had aflatoxins and 4 had >30 µg/kg. Of 10 samples collected from traders, only 2 had aflatoxin contamination. Aflatoxin G1 was predominant in samples collected at lifting and aflatoxin B1 in samples collected from traders.