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A Survey of the Presence of Aflatoxins in Food  

Park, Min-Jung (Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, North branch)
Yoon, Mi-Hye (Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, North branch)
Hong, Hae-Geun (Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, North branch)
Joe, Tae-Suk (Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, North branch)
Lee, In-Sook (Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, North branch)
Park, Jeong-Hwa (Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, North branch)
Ko, Hoan-Uk (Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment, North branch)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.23, no.2, 2008 , pp. 108-112 More about this Journal
Abstract
A survey of total aflatoxin levels was conducted on 158 samples (nuts, fermented foods and their processed products) collected in local markets in Gyeonggi-do and Domestic Internet Site. The total aflatoxins were quantified by the immunoaffinity column clean-up method followed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-fluorescence detector (FLD). Aflatoxins were found in 45(28.5%) samples including 34 nuts and nut products, 7 soybean pastes, 1 meju, 1 bean product and 2 corn snacks with a range of $0.02{\sim}3.96\;{\mu}g/kg$. These results show that the contamination level of aflatoxin in foods consumed in Korea is low compared with the standard in Korea Food Code($10\;{\mu}g/kg$ as aflatoxin $B_1$). Aflatoxin $B_1$ content was increased in peanuts and com snacks during storage but it was decreased in doenjang (soybean paste).
Keywords
aflatoxin; immunoaffinity column; HPLC-FLD;
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