Handling Practices of Folded Vermicelli by Small-scale Processors in Tanga City, Tanzania
Table 9.
Processor’sawareness on aflatoxin
|
| Variable |
Respondents/ categories |
Frequency |
Percent (%) |
|
|
| Do you know mould cause toxin in food? |
Yes |
3 |
10.0 |
|
| |
No |
27 |
90.0 |
|
| If yes, which toxin? |
Aflatoxin |
3 |
10.0 |
|
| How did you know? |
Mass media |
1 |
3.3 |
|
| |
Hospital |
1 |
3.3 |
|
| |
Colleague |
1 |
3.3 |
|
| Which condition can result to mould growth? |
Inadequate drying |
10 |
33.3 |
|
| |
Moisture up-take |
5 |
16.7 |
|
| |
Inadequate cleaned storage room |
2 |
6.7 |
|
| |
I don’t know |
13 |
43.3 |
|
| Do you know that aflatoxin can affect human health? |
Yes |
3 |
10.0 |
|
| |
No |
27 |
90.0 |
|
| Which health effect? |
Cancer |
1 |
3.3 |
|
| |
Vomiting |
1 |
3.3 |
|
| |
Nausea |
1 |
3.3 |
|
|
Source: (Author survey, 2023).
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