ReviewToxins2022
Mycotoxin Regulatory Status in Africa: A Decade of Weak Institutional Efforts.
Review in Toxins, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Current status of aflatoxin contamination and mitigation efforts in mozambique: a systematic review.Mycotoxin research · 2026Pooled it
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- An integrated adaptive framework for mycotoxin management in African cereals: evidence from a scoping review.Mycotoxin research · 2026Article
- Aflatoxins and Fumonisins: Assessment Methods, Biomarkers of Exposure, Modified Forms, Co-Exposure, and Impact on Human Health.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Mycotoxin detection in food and feed: bridging conventional analytical methods with emerging sensor-based technologies.Mycotoxin research · 2026Review
- Adsorption and detoxification of ochratoxin A using hydrophobic bentonite clay.Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2026Article
- Aflatoxin health risk in the feed source: Integrated strategies for feed safety and sustainable One Health.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Presumptive fatal Aflatoxicosis of dogs in Southern Malawi.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Article
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- Chemotaxonomy and Ecological Role of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: A Comprehensive Review of the Case Study of Africa.Journal of chemical ecology · 2026Review
- Microbial and enzymatic biodegradation of aflatoxins and ochratoxins: mechanisms, applications, and emerging innovations.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Mycotoxin contamination in Malawi: A systematic review of progress and trends in contamination, knowledge, attitude, and practices.Toxicology reports · 2025Review
- Knowledge structure and evolution of masked mycotoxin research in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and network analysis approach.Toxicon: X · 2025Review
- Mycotoxins in food and agriculture: from occurrence to economic consequences.Archives of microbiology · 2025Review
- Mycotoxins in food and agriculture: from occurrence to economic consequences.Archives of microbiology · 2025Review
- Mycotoxin Research in Algeria: A Comprehensive Review of Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions.Toxins · 2025Review
- Aflatoxin Contamination in Agri-Food Systems: A Comprehensive Review of Toxicity, Food Security, Economic Impacts, and Sustainable Mitigation Across the Value Chain.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Effect of Aflasafe TZ01Toxins · 2025Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Food safety problems are a major hindrance to achieving food security, trade, and healthy living in Africa. Fungi and their secondary metabolites, known as mycotoxins, represent an important concern in this regard. Attempts such as agricultural, storage, and processing practices, and creation of awareness to tackle the menace of fungi and mycotoxins have yielded measurable outcomes especially in developed countries, where there are comprehensive mycotoxin legislations and enforcement schemes. Conversely, most African countries do not have mycotoxin regulatory limits and even when available, are only applied for international trade. Factors such as food insecurity, public ignorance, climate change, poor infrastructure, poor research funding, incorrect prioritization of resources, and nonchalant attitudes that exist among governmental organisations and other stakeholders further complicate the situation. In the present review, we discuss the status of mycotoxin regulation in Africa, with emphasis on the impact of weak mycotoxin legislations and enforcement on African trade, agriculture, and health. Furthermore, we discuss the factors limiting the establishment and control of mycotoxins in the region.
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