Aflatoxins in Uganda: An Encyclopedic Review of the Etiology, Epidemiology, Detection, Quantification, Exposure Assessment, Reduction, and Control

Table 4

Total AF content of some selected foods in some Ankole districts of Southwestern Uganda.

Matrix/food sample	Samples analyzed	% AF-positive samples		Average total AF (μg/kg)
		<4.0 μg/kg (%)	>4.0 μg/kg (%)
Peanut flour	n = 3	0	100	11.5 ± 0.43
Sorghum (flour and porridge)	n = 7 and n = 15	42. 9 and 13.3	57.1 and 86.7	15.2 ± 0.20
Millet (flour and porridge)	n = 12 and n = 21	25 and 0	75 and 100	14.0 ± 1.22
Cassava flour	n = 18	38.9	61.1	16.0 ± 1.66
Eshabwe (porridge) sauce	n = 14	7.1	92.9	18.6 ± 2.40

Excerpted from Kitya et al. [57].