Microbiological Quality and Risk Assessment for Aflatoxins in Groundnuts and Roasted Cashew Nuts Meant for Human Consumption

Table 1

Moisture content and colony counts of groundnuts and cashew nuts.

Groundnut				Cashew nut
Location	Moisture content	Total viable; Count; (×10^3 Cfu/g)	Fungal count; (×10^3 Cfu/g)	Location	Moisture Content; (%)	Total viable count; (×10^3cfu/g)	Fungal count; (×10^2 cfu/g)
“Ajebo”	5.1	70.0	5.0	“Mushin”	5.	37.	3.
“Fidiwo”	6.1	58.0	4.0	“Ajah”	5.	25.	4.
“Obafe”	5.6	78.0	24.0	“Ikota”	5.	9.	1.
“Ogunmakin”	6.5	61.0	4.0	“Lakowe”	6.	13.	1.
“Mowe”	7.	89.0	10.0	“Awoyaya”	6.	49.	4.
				“Badagry”	5.	52.	1.
				“Topo”	5.	9.	1.
				“Obalende”	8.	5.	1.
				“Ikeja”	6.	64.	2.
Mean	6.12	71.2	9.40	Mean	6.04	29.67	2.30

Mean values with the same superscript along the same column are not significantly different ().