MILFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced VICAM ®, a Waters ® Business, now offers a single extraction method for the detection of aflatoxins and fumonisins in ...

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 ...

Aflatoxins are carcinogenic mycotoxins that have adverse health effects on both humans and animals consuming contaminated food and feed, respectively. A method has been developed for the highly ...

Aflatoxins are naturally occurring cancer-causing toxins produced by a mould fungus that attacks crop such as maize, peanuts, cottonseed and tree nuts, according to online publication cancer.gov The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Ro is a journalist covering science and development. “We need a holistic, comprehensive approach” to tackling aflatoxins ...

The permitted level of aflatoxin in groundnut for human consumption, according to international standards, is 4 parts per billion (ppb) in the European Union and 20 ppb in the US. India, being ...

The fungus can be recognised by a gray-green or yellow-green mould growing on corn kernels in the field or in storage PHOTO/COURTESY/IITA.ORG Although Kenya has lifted the ban on Ugandan maize, 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 ...