Taiwan Consumers' Foundation: Half of the samples detected aflatoxin peanut butter

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Xinhua Taipei, July 8 (Reporter Chen Jun Liu Gang) aflatoxin has been confirmed in many studies with liver cancer lesions, and is widely present in peanuts, rice and spices and other foods. 8th Taiwan Consumers' Foundation announced commercial sampling of peanut butter samples, half of the detection of aflatoxin.

Taiwan Consumers' Foundation in April this year in Taipei and Xinbei etc. peanut butter collected 20 samples, of which 10 samples were detected in the majority of aflatoxin from India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the highest content of a sample from India , aflatoxin content of 9.1ppb.

Source: SourceJuice

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