FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170
keywords: Aflatoxin, ELISA, food contamination, groundnut
The evaluation of total aflatoxins (TAF) in purchased and processed groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) products in some areas (Makurdi and Otukpo) of Benue State, Nigeria was studied using Direct Competitive Enzymes Linked Immunosorbent Assay method (ELISA). Also the mould counts; and mould isolation and identification were carried out done as well as the moisture content. The results of the moisture content indicated that all the collected samples fall within the tolerable limit
