英文摘要 |
Aflatoxins are potent hepatotoxins and carcinogens; aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is the most toxic of the group. To comply with food sanitation and safety requirements by this government, the investigation emphasized detecting aflatoxin B, found in foods brought into Taiwan personally or through other channels from Mainland China and sold in open markets. AFB1 in 114 food samples was tested by ELISA, then its presence was confirmed by thin layer chromatography-high performance liquid chromatography (TLC-HPLC). The results showed that six tea samples had AFB1 false-positive reaction (the detection limit of the kit is 0.05 ~ 0.1 ppb). but in further analysis by using TLC1 in none of 114 samples was AFB1 detected. however, the usual packing style for food from Mainland China was packed without hermetic seal (48.2%); the secondary packing style was a plastic package with hermetic seal (30.7%); only 23.7% of the total samples were labelled with names and addresses of manufacturers or intermedian agencies. This indicated the ROC government should continuingly inspect the Mainland China food products to ensure the safety and health of domestic consumers. |