Strategies to reduce exposure of fumonisins from complementary foods in rural Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15535447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Kimanya (0000-0002-8320-2841, Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center, corresponding author), Martin E Kimanya, Bruno De Meulenaer (0000-0003-0121-5567, Ghent University), John Van Camp (0000-0002-6468-6107, Ghent University), Katleen Baert (Ghent University), Patrick Kolsteren (0000-0002-0504-2205, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 503-511 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Maternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00337.x |
| PMID | 22044455 |
| OpenAlex | W1546158998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
Feeding infants with maize can expose them to fumonisin mycotoxins. We assessed fumonisin exposure from complementary foods in rural Tanzania and determined strategies to reduce the exposure. We conducted a cross-sectional study in four villages of Tarakea division, Northern Tanzania. We used a repeat 24-hour dietary recall to collect data of maize consumption as complementary food for 254 infants aged 6-8 months. Fumonisin concentrations in the maize were also estimated. Fumonisin exposure was assessed using @risk analysis software. With the software, several maximum fumonisin contamination and maize consumption patterns were combined in order to determine effective strategies for minimizing fumonisin exposure. Of the infants, 89% consumed maize at amounts up to 158g/person/day (mean; 43g/person/day±28). The maize was contaminated with fumonisins at levels up to 3201μgkg(-1) . Risk of fumonisin intake above the provisional maximum tolerable daily limit of 2μgkg(-1) body weight was 15% (95% confidence interval; 10-19). The risk was minimized when the maximum contamination was set at 150μgkg(-1) . The risk was also minimized when the maximum consumption was set at 20g/child/day while keeping the maximum contamination at the European Union (EU) maximum tolerated limit (MTL) of 1000μgkg(-1) . Considering the economical and technological limitations of adopting good agricultural practices in rural Tanzania, it is practically difficult to reduce contamination in maize to 150μgkg(-1) . We suggest adoption of the EU MTL of 1000μgkg(-1) for fumonisins in maize and reduction, by replacement with another cereal, of the maize component in complementary foods to a maximum intake of 20g/child/day
Biology · Body weight · Confidence interval · Contamination · Environmental health · Fumonisin · Mycotoxin · Tanzania · Tolerable daily intake · Environmental Science · Medicine · Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food · Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases · Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology · Biotechnology · Ecology · Food Science · Toxicology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |