Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective
Aflatoxins are ubiquitous and occur in food. Exposure to aflatoxins seriously impact the health of human and animal. It is concerning especially when aflatoxins are odourless, colourless, and tasteless that hardly be detected through naked eyes. Ingestion of aflatoxin-contaminated food contributes t...
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| description | Aflatoxins are ubiquitous and occur in food. Exposure to aflatoxins seriously impact the health of human and animal. It is concerning especially when aflatoxins are odourless, colourless, and tasteless that hardly be detected through naked eyes. Ingestion of aflatoxin-contaminated food contributes the major route of exposure. The present review is an update on the aflatoxin occurrence in food, aflatoxin regulations in food, and recent risk assessment of aflatoxin exposure in Malaysia. Peanuts and chili were more prone to aflatoxin contamination in Malaysia. The extreme weather experienced in Malaysia and global climatic change may worsen the aflatoxin contamination in food. The regulatory standards for aflatoxins imposed by Malaysia are less stringent than developed countries. The dietary exposure of aflatoxins among Malaysian was relatively high as compared with other Asia countries, ranging from 0.002 to 34.00 ng/kg body weight/day. Nonetheless, Malaysian population had low risk of aflatoxin-related liver cancer, with an estimated liver cancer risk of <1 cancer case/100,000 population/year. |
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| spelling | upm-1064532024-10-10T07:12:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106453/ Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective Chang, Wei Lin Abu Saad, Hazizi Jamaluddin, Rosita Sabran, Mohd Redzwan Aflatoxins are ubiquitous and occur in food. Exposure to aflatoxins seriously impact the health of human and animal. It is concerning especially when aflatoxins are odourless, colourless, and tasteless that hardly be detected through naked eyes. Ingestion of aflatoxin-contaminated food contributes the major route of exposure. The present review is an update on the aflatoxin occurrence in food, aflatoxin regulations in food, and recent risk assessment of aflatoxin exposure in Malaysia. Peanuts and chili were more prone to aflatoxin contamination in Malaysia. The extreme weather experienced in Malaysia and global climatic change may worsen the aflatoxin contamination in food. The regulatory standards for aflatoxins imposed by Malaysia are less stringent than developed countries. The dietary exposure of aflatoxins among Malaysian was relatively high as compared with other Asia countries, ranging from 0.002 to 34.00 ng/kg body weight/day. Nonetheless, Malaysian population had low risk of aflatoxin-related liver cancer, with an estimated liver cancer risk of <1 cancer case/100,000 population/year. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106453/1/2023011614435637_MJMHS_0392.pdf Chang, Wei Lin and Abu Saad, Hazizi and Jamaluddin, Rosita and Sabran, Mohd Redzwan (2023) Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 19 (1). pp. 296-306. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2023011614435637_MJMHS_0392.pdf 10.47836/mjmhs.19.1.38 |
| spellingShingle | Chang, Wei Lin Abu Saad, Hazizi Jamaluddin, Rosita Sabran, Mohd Redzwan Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective |
| title | Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective |
| title_full | Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective |
| title_fullStr | Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective |
| title_short | Aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective |
| title_sort | aflatoxin occurrence, food regulations, dietary exposure, and risk assessment: a mini review from the malaysian perspective |
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