Kebs targets grain millers as aflatoxin compliance levels decline

Workers pile bags of maize at a milling company's store. [File, Standard]

The government has directed millers to submit hazard control plans approved by their top management after it emerged that aflatoxin compliance levels in the market has dropped.

Millers will also be required to have internal monitoring of aflatoxin and moisture content which should be recorded and verifiable upon request by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs).