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Table 1 Mold contamination levels in cereal flours and Obushera and conformance to food safety standards

From: Potential application of lactic acid starters in the reduction of aflatoxin contamination in fermented sorghum-millet beverages

Food matrix

Molds

Conformance to food safety standards

(log cfu/g)

Max. (log cfu/g)

% Conforming samples

Standard

Sorghum flour

5.1 ± 1.4

4

0.0

EAC (2016)

Millet flour

3.6 ± 1.4

4

0.0

EAC (2011)

Obushera

1.4 ± 0.7

1.3

88.0

UNBS (2009)

  1. Values are means ± standard deviations. Obushera (n = 59), Sorghum flour (n = 20), Millet flour (n = 20)