Peanuts are widely recognised as a nutritious and affordable source of plant-based protein, dietary fibre, and healthy unsaturated fats. They play a key role in many global diets and are often ...

Peanuts are cheap and nutritious, but can also host dangerous aflatoxin-producing fungi — now, engineers in Haiti may have found a fix. A World Health Organisation report warns that aflatoxin, which ...

Coles is recalling two of its homebrand peanut butter products over concerns they have been contaminated with aflatoxin, a toxic chemical linked to liver cancer. The supermarket chain has issued the ...

Aflatoxins, a group of toxic compounds produced by certain fungi, are posing a grave threat to agricultural crops in East Africa. These toxins are commonly found on crops such as maize (corn), peanuts ...

The American peanut industry has made major efforts to improve controls on exports to Europe, but aflatoxin contamination remains a problem, according to the European Commission. An audit by DG Sante ...

New Delhi: Amid tension with America, there is another big setback for Indian exports. Indonesia has banned peanuts coming from India. This ban has been imposed due to the high amount of aflatoxin in ...

Agriculture experts in partnership with Egerton University have developed a new variety of peanut seed that is tipped to offer farmers improved crop production and increased incomes. The new medium ...