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Distribution of aflatoxin in almonds. 2. Distribution in almonds with heavy insect damage.

SCHATZKI, T.F. and ONG, M.S.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48: 489-492.

2000

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Distribution of aflatoxin in almonds. 2. Distribution in almonds with heavy insect damage.

The aflatoxin distribution function in individual insect damaged almonds was determined and found to be the sum of two distributions.  Substantially all almonds exhibited a positive aflatoxin level between 0.02 µg/kg (the detection level) and 0.3 µg/kg. In addition, 1/1000 of the nuts showed contamination between 60 and 600 000 µg/kg, independent of the lot.  No distribution data between 0.3 and 60 µg/kg could be obtained.  The distribution below 0.3 µg/kg was assigned to contamination during postharvest storage.  The distribution above 60 µg/kg was tentatively assigned to navel orange worm damage occurring when insects enter the kernel during split hulls late in the growing season.