The Scourge of Aflatoxins in Kenya: A 60-Year Review (1960 to 2020)

Table 2

AFs contamination of foods in Eastern Africa.

Food	Country	Per capita intake (g/person/day)	Average AF level (μg/kg)
Maize	Kenya	405	131.7
	Tanzania	69	49.7
	Uganda	400	9.7
Groundnuts (peanuts)	Uganda		25.1
	Tanzania		15.0
	Burundi	65	12.5
Cassava chips	Uganda		0.5
	Tanzania	214	0.9
Sorghum	Tanzania	40	3.0
Milk	Kenya	750 ml	0.8
	Tanzania	750 ml	0.9
	Rwanda	750 ml	Not detected

Values in bold indicate exceedance of East African thresholds.