Chilli powder from 8 canteens serving various faculties of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok, Thailand was surveyed for aflatoxin contamination. Seventy-two samples of chilli powder from 24 food stalls in 8 canteens were collected. These samples including 9 control chilli samples belonging to the same commercial brand were analysed for aflatoxin using DOA-Aflatoxin Test Kits. The results showed that all chilli powder samples collected from all food stalls were contaminated with aflatoxin B1. Chilli powder samples collected from food stalls at 5 canteens (Prathep building, Engineering Faculty, Industrial Education Faculty, KMITL building and Agricultural Technology Faculty) contained the highest average amount of aflatoxin B1 (8.94±1.10, 8.43±1.32, 8.37±1.13, 8.21±0.65 and 8.12±0.96 ppb, respectively). Chilli powder samples collected from all food stalls contained significantly higher average amounts of aflatoxin when compared to commercial chilli powder samples (5.44±0.15 ppb) used as control (p<0.05). However, the aflatoxin levels of all chilli powder samples did not exceed the legal limit (20 ppb) prescribed by Thai Ministry of Public Health.
Keywords: Chilli powder, aflatoxin B1, canteen
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Thanaboripat1*, D. ., Petcharawan, O. ., & Sukonthamut, S. . (2018). Aflatoxin Contamination of Chilli Powder in Canteens of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand. CURRENT APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 11-17.
https://cast.kmitl.ac.th/articles/130041
