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External vigilance must be exercised in contaminated maize programme

The Government’s move to mop up contaminated maize from farmers in Eastern and Coast provinces to stop the circulation of maize with the deadly aflatoxin fungi in the market is noble.

The mopping up exercise is commendable because consumption of contaminated grains is fatal. In 2004, the country was shocked when 150 people lost their lives after consuming aflatoxin-infected maize.

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