Browsing 1. EAC Secretariat by Subject "Aflatoxin"
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Aflatoxin: A threat to competitiveness of EAC Agricultural produce and products in domestic and international markets.
(EAC, 2018-04)The EAC Partner States are losing trade and general market accessibility due to sale of aflatoxin contaminated foods. Aflatoxins are barriers to trade, notwithstanding the health implications to the consumer upon sustained ... -
Aflatoxins: A Threat to Competitiveness of EAC Agricultural Produce and Products in the Domestic and International Markets
(EAC, 2016-09)In order to address the impacts of aflatoxin contaminated produce to trade, this policy brief recommends that EAC Partner States provide: adequate human and financial resources to enforce aflatoxin standards in conjunction ... -
Agriculture and food security programmes
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Controlling the burden of liver disease through integration Hepatitis A and B vaccination into National Immunization programs of the EAC Partner States.
(EAC, 2018-04)Liver cancer is the leading cause of deaths in world. Chronic hepatitis B causes 80% of liver cancer causes in the EAC region. The combination of Aflatoxin exposure with hepatitis infection especially among people, who are ... -
Disposal and alternative use of Aflatoxin contaminated food.
(EAC, 2018-04)Agricultural commodities, including maize, groundnuts, and cassava, milk, and cotton seed contaminated with aflatoxin pose serious threat to human and animal health, and to the economies of the EAC Partner States. It is, ... -
EAC Policy Brief on Aflatoxin Prevention and Control: Disposal and Alternative use of Aflatoxin Contaminated Food
(EAC, 2016-09)This policy brief calls for the establishment of regional policy framework to guide and provide options for alternative uses of contaminated commodities and disposal of contaminated commodities. -
Guidelines for evaluating and reporting the efficacy of pest control products for plants
(EAC, 2019)These procedures are developed pursuant to article 108(e) of the Treaty for the establishment of the EAC (Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community, 1999). The procedure outlined below shall be employed ... -
Guidelines for the conduct of supervised pesticide residue field trials on crops
(EAC, 2019)These guidelines have been developed for trial managers, researchers and pesticide manufacturers to provide residue data to support Pesticide registration and setting both Codex and regional Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) ... -
Guidelines on Data Requirements for the Registration of Conventional Chemical Pesticides Used in Agriculture and Forestry in EAC Partner States
(EAC, 2019)The present guidelines are an update of the Agriculture (Farm Input) Forms published by the East African Community in January 2005. These forms have been used by EAC Partner States as a basis for national data requirements ... -
Harmful effects of Aflatoxin and its impact on Human Health
(EAC, 2018-04)The EAC region experiences high temperature and humidity which favors growth of Aflatoxin producing fungi normally found in the soil. Contamination of food crops and food products occurs in all stages of food value chain ... -
Harmonization and strengthening of Aflatoxin Standards regulation for human food and food products to promote public health
(EAC, 2018-04)Aflatoxin contamination in food is a public health concern. East African Community estimates of Aflatoxin contamination in food are as high as 60% in some regions. -
High Level Stock-Taking Meetings on Implementation of the EAC Regional Strategy and Action Plan on Aflatoxin Prevention and Control: Summary of Findings
(EAC, 2020-02)Convening of the stock-taking meetings provided an opportunity to interact with stakeholders and gather feedback in a comprehensive, candid and transparent manner. This has not been possible through other means in the ... -
Impact of Aflatoxin exposure to children during the first 1000 days of life.
(EAC, 2018-04)The most vulnerable group of population is exposed to Aflatoxin within the 1000 days of life from conception to child's second birthday. This population group is highly affected because their body systems have not fully ... -
Limited knowledge and lack of access to appropriate technologies inhibiting aflatoxin prevention and control in East Africa
(EAC, 2023-10-24)Limited knowledge and information on aflatoxin by stakeholders along the value chain has been identified as one of the major factors inhibiting aflatoxin prevention and control within the East African Community. -
Mitigating harmful effects of Aflatoxin on animal health and productivity.
(EAC, 2018-04)Livestock plays a key role in the economies and livelihoods of the people in the East African Community (EAC). The sector contributes an average of 10% of GDP of EAC partner states. Average contribution of livestock to ... -
Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for Grain and Seed of Beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L. within East African Countries (Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda): A Qualitative, Pathway-Initiated Risk Analysis)
(EAC, 2019)This risk analysis was conducted by PRA specialists from five member countries of East African region namely, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. South Sudan did not participate because at that time, it was not ... -
Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for grain and seed of Rice, (Oryza sativa L.) within East African Countries: A Qualitative, Pathway-Initiated Risk Analysis
(EAC, 2019)This risk assessment was prepared in 2014 by PRA specialists from five EAC partner states namely, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya (South Sudan did not participate because at that time, it was not yet a member ... -
Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for Maize (Zea Mays L.) within East African Countries (Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda): A Qualitative, Pathway-Initiated Risk Analysis
(EAC, 2019)This risk analysis was prepared by PRA specialists from five member countries of the EAC namely: Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya. However, South Sudan did not participate in the development of the PRA document ...
