1986 Volume 1986 Issue 24 Pages 53-56
The amounts of aflatoxins in maize collected from various points ranging from field to silo during the rainy season of 1984 and 1985 were measured. In 1985, the aflatoxin contamination at fields and farm storages was infequent and low in levels. However, maize samples collected from either middleman's storages or silos in 1984 and 1985 were highly contaminated with aflatoxins. The highest amounts of aflatoxin B1 detected from samples were 1310 and 767 ppb in 1984 and 1985, respectively. These results clearly showed that most of the aflatoxin contamination on the maize occurred after harvest, especially during the period of storage at the middleman's place.
