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Consumer preferences and fungal and mycotoxin contamination of dried cassava products from Ghana.

WAREING, P.W., WESTBY, A., GIBBS, J.A., ALLOTEY, L.T. and HALM, M.

International Journal of Food Science and Technology 36: 1-10.

2001

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Consumer preferences and fungal and mycotoxin contamination of dried cassava products from Ghana.

Members  of  125  households from  19 villages  producing  dried  cassava products  were  interviewed in Ghana.  Kokonte  was  the  most  important  cassava product in 19%  of the  households  processing it. Most  kokonte  was  produced  between  January  and March.  Mould  growth  during  processing or  storage  was  a  problem  during June  and July,  which is  part  of  the  rainy  season.  Most  producers  and  market  traders  preferred  non-mouldy  kokonte, although  many  (59%)  would  consume  a  mouldy  product.  Of  49  samples  examined,  sterigmatocystin  was  detected  in   10  samples  at 0.17-1.67  mg/kg:  patulin  in  4  samples  at  0.55-0.85  mg/kg:  coclopiazonic acid  in 4  samples  at  0.08-0.72  mg/kg:  penicillic  acid  in  5  samples  at 0.06-0.23  mg/kg  and  tenuazonic  acid  in  3 samples  at 0.02-0.34  mg/kg.