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Survey of aflatoxins in California tree nuts
Author(s) -
Fuller Glenn,
Spooncer W. W.,
King A. D.,
Schade J.,
Mackey B.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02894415
Subject(s) - aflatoxin , sorting , tree (set theory) , nut , mathematics , environmental science , toxicology , statistics , geography , biology , food science , engineering , structural engineering , algorithm , mathematical analysis
and Summary Surveys of the California walnut and almond crops to determine incidence of aflatoxins are reported. Average proportions of contaminated nuts from the field were one in 28,250 for walnuts and one in 26,500 for almonds. It was shown that there is a high correlation of contamination with damaged nuts which are removed by standard sorting procedures. Statistical treatment of data from the surveys indicates some of the problems in sampling tree nuts for analysis.