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

Table 9

Aflatoxin levels in foods and stunting in some aflatoxin hotspots of Kenya.

County	Stunting (%)	Highest reported AF levels in foods (μg/kg)	Authors
Urban Nairobi	22.7	4,593.93 (maize and maize products), total AFs	Okoth and Kola [78]
Nairobi (Korogocho and Dagoretti)	41.0	88.83 (maize), 194.41 (sorghum), total AFs	Kiarie et al. [66]
Kisumu	33.1	82.0 (cereal-based weaning foods), total AFs	Okoth and Ohingo [118]
Homa Bay	37.0	1,000 (peanuts), total AFs	Mutegi et al. [65]
Makueni	33.5	5,400 (maize), total AFs	Lewis et al. [71]
Kitui	47.4	25,000 (maize), total AFs	Lewis et al. [71]
Machakos	31.3	3,800 (maize), total AFs	Lewis et al. [71]
Embu	23.7	21.0, total AFs	Collins et al. [106]
Kakamega (Malava)	34.2	17.0 (rotten maize), AFB1; FB1 >5,000 μg/kg	Alakonya et al. [139]
Tongaren (Bungoma)	52.1	17.0 (rotten maize), AFB1; FB1 was >5,000 μg/kg	Alakonya et al. [139]
Kisii South	35.3	3,442; total AFs	Collins et al. [106]

Adapted from Obade et al. [80].