Mycotoxins in Sub-Saharan Africa: Present situation, socio-economic impact, awareness, and outlook

Food Control

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 110-122

  Udomkun, Patchimaporn ^a   Wiredu, Alexander Nimo ^b,c   Nagle, Marcus ^d   Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit ^e   Müller, Joachim ^d   Vanlauwe, Bernard ^f  

^a UCB   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b Avenida FPLM via Corrane C Postaal 709   (Mozambique)

^c Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Food regulation; Food safety; Food security; Fungal contamination; Nutritional quality; Toxicological measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994330133     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.07.039     Document Type: Review

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