Occurrence of aflatoxins in peanuts and peanut products consumed in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil from 1995 to 1997.
SABINO, M., MILANEZ, T.V., LAMARDO, L.C.A., INOMATA, E.I., ZORZETTO, M.A.P., NAVAS, S.A. and STOFER, M.
Revista de Microbiologia. 30 : 85-88.
1999
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Sample of peanuts and peanut containing foods were collected in markets in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 1995 to 1997. The foods included raw peanuts, peanut candies, peanut butter, fried or roasted salted peanuts, “torrone”, chocolate coated peanuts and salt coated peanuts. About 45% of the 137 samples were positive for aflatoxins and 27% exceeded the limits of the Brazilian legislation (30.0mg/kg for AFB1+G1). The aflatoxins concentration in the raw peanut samples ranged from 5 to 382 mg/kg and 27.1% were above the legal limits. Contamination in peanut candies was above the limit in 32.8% of the samples and the aflatoxins levels ranged from 6 to 494 mg/kg. Contamination of salty peanuts was less frequent, around 10% of the samples, and the toxin levels were usually below 10 mg/kg.