Aberedew Kidist, Ayelign Abebe
Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill. 2023 Mar;16(1):1-7. doi: 10.1080/19393210.2022.2102678. Epub 2022 Jul 19.
This study was conducted to determine the occurrence and levels of aflatoxins in powder red pepper. Thirty powder red pepper samples commercially available in Addis Ababa market were collected and the level of aflatoxins (AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, and AFG2) was determined. Aflatoxins were detected in almost all of the samples at concentrations ranging from 0.4 to 52.3 µg/kg. AFB1 was detected in all of the red pepper samples, with levels ranging from 1.8 to 33.3 µg/kg. Out of all the AFB1 positive samples, 25 (83%) contained AFB1 above the EU limit of 5 µg/kg, while 29 (97%) of the samples exceeded the maximum limit of 10 µg/kg for total aflatoxins. Further, all the red pepper samples were contaminated by AFG1 with levels ranging from 0.7 to 52.3 µg/kg. Overall, the majority of the red pepper collected in Addis Ababa market was contaminated by aflatoxins above the EU limit.
本研究旨在测定辣椒粉中黄曲霉毒素的存在情况和含量水平。采集了亚的斯亚贝巴市场上30份市售辣椒粉样品，并测定了黄曲霉毒素（AFB1、AFB2、AFG1和AFG2）的含量。几乎所有样品中均检测到黄曲霉毒素，浓度范围为0.4至52.3微克/千克。所有红辣椒样品中均检测到AFB1，含量范围为1.8至33.3微克/千克。在所有AFB1阳性样品中，25份（83%）的AFB1含量超过欧盟规定的5微克/千克限值，而29份（97%）的样品总黄曲霉毒素含量超过10微克/千克的最大限值。此外，所有红辣椒样品均被AFG1污染，含量范围为0.7至52.3微克/千克。总体而言，在亚的斯亚贝巴市场采集的大部分红辣椒被黄曲霉毒素污染，且超过了欧盟限值。
