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AFLATOXIN, WHEAT SUPPLY - TURKEY (MARMARA)
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A ProMED-mail post
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:13:08 GMT-3
From: ProMED-mail
Source: Turkish Daily News, Mon 10 Aug 1998
Agriculture Minister Mustafa Tasar disclosed that part of the wheat
grown in the Marmara region is not fit for consumption because it
contains a carcinogenic substance called Aflatoxin due to a plant
disease caused by too much rainfall.
He made that announcement 15 days after the Soil Products Office (TMO)
and private dealers started buying this year's wheat crop from the
producers. During the 15-day delay, the contaminated wheat was sold,
mostly to mill owners who would grind it and sell it to bakeries and
to animal feed dealers.
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ProMED-mail
[Aflatoxin is produced by a fungus that grows on spoiled crops,
famously including peanuts (groundnuts). This is a sad story that
points out the importance of reporting infectious diseases & toxins as
soon as possible to avoid widespread infection or intoxication;
something that we hope ProMED-mail contributes to - Mod.JW]
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Michele Gale-Sinex, communications manager
Center for Integrated Ag Systems
UW-Madison College of Ag and Life Sciences
Voice: (608) 262-8018 FAX: (608) 265-3020
http://www.wisc.edu/cias/
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