Aflatoxins: a food security threat across the crop-livestock interface

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  • Presentation speakers
    • Jagger Harvey, Research Scientist, BECA-ILRI Hub

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  • Aflatoxins – toxic fungal metabolites
  • 25% global food supply contaminated (FAO)
  • ~4.5 billion people chronically exposed (WHO)
  • Contamination of food and feed
  • toxic to humans and livestock: disease (carcinogen), stunting, block nutrient uptake, death
  • crops, dairy products, meat, eggs contaminated
  • Negative impact on agriculture, health, trade and environment
  • Often undetectable/invisible

   

   

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