Aflatoxins:
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2018-04
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East African Community
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In the EAC Region, food crops and their products that are produced, consumed or traded in large quantities with high degree of susceptibility to aflatoxin include maize, groundnuts, cashew, and sesame.
The potential economic and trade-related impacts of aflatoxin contaminated products in domestic and international markets can be significant.
The contribution of market losses to the total economic impact depends on the extent to which the domestic market differentiates aflatoxin-contaminated products. If the domestic market does not differentiate aflatoxin-contaminated products, the market losses from the contamination will be minimal. Among EAC Partner States, in Kenya, the awareness about aflatoxins is high, signaling that domestic market impact will be higher than in other countries.
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EAC Policy Brief on Aflatoxin Prevention and Control
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East African Community. (2018). Aflatoxins: a threat to competitiveness of EAC agricultural produce and products in the domestic and international markets. Policy Brief No. 9, 2018, East African Community