Claim · model-written summary
Fifty eight percent of AFB1 contaminated samples exceeded the regulatory limit.
- Taxon
- durum wheat
Triticum turgidum subsp. durumt0 - Outcome
- exceeded the regulatory limite0
- Value
- 58%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Among the AFB1-contaminated samples, 58% exceeded the regulatory limit”
t0“durum wheat”
Title
Amine Bousta; Fatima Gaboun; Salma Astati; et al. Food Additives & Contaminants Part A 2026. doi:10.1080/19440049.2026.2690612
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation AFB1 was detected in 27% of wheat samples at 0.025 to 20.95 µg/kg.
- Observation Traces of AFB2 were detected in some samples.
- Observation Traces of AFG2 were detected in some samples.
- Association Humid coastal areas had higher aflatoxin contamination than semi-arid regions.
- Observation A. flavus occurred in 19.4% of analyzed wheat samples.
- Observation A. aflatoxiformans occurred in 11.6% of analyzed wheat samples.
- Observation A. versicolor occurred in 5.2% of analyzed wheat samples.
- Observation A. nidulans occurred in 4.9% of analyzed wheat samples.
- Observation A. nomius occurred in 3.1% of analyzed wheat samples.
- Observation aflR and omtA were found in all identified aflatoxigenic strains.
- Observation AFB1 remained detectable in bread made from contaminated wheat grain.
- Intervention effect Baking lowered AFB1 concentration by 40% to 70%.
- Recommendation The authors recommend enhanced monitoring and control across wheat production and storage.