Quality and Safety of Folded Vermicelli Produced by the Small-scale Processors in Tanga City, Tanzania

Table 4.

The findings of aflatoxinB1 of the vermicelli samples in μg.kg-1 (Mean±SD)

Company No. AFB1 concentration

1 0.60±0.00a
2 *
3 *
4 *
5 *
6 0.70±0.14a
7 *
8 *
9 *
10 *
11 *
12 *
13 0.60±0.00a
14 0.60±0.00a

Values are given as means ± standard deviation (SD) of the duplicate determinations. Values in the same column having the same superscripted letters are not statistically significant differences (p>0.05) according to Tukey’s Honest Significant Different (HSD).

* - indicating that the samples were below the detection limit (<0.12μg.ml-1).