State forms team to probe aflatoxin

Trade and Industrialization Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya when he appeared before the National Assembly Trade Committee at County Hall, Nairobi on Wednesday [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The government has formed an inter-ministerial committee to investigate claims of high aflatoxin levels in maize flour that has seen five brands banned.

Cabinet secretaries Mwangi Kiunjuri (Agriculture) and Peter Munya (Trade) told two parliamentary committees yesterday that they had put in place a committee, bringing together experts from different fields, to probe the matter and address the growing concerns among Kenyans.