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Due to the high levels of aflatoxins which can be found internationally in commercially available nut based foodstuffs, Fapas includes this almond based test material. The test material is provided in a slurry format, which is a blend of both water and milled almonds.
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi on agricultural commodities in the field or during storage. It is estimated at 25% of the world's food crops are affected, resulting in large commercial losses. Mycotoxins can cause serious health problems (including some being suspected carcinogens) and so are tightly regulated across the world. Mycotoxin contamination is the largest cause of rapid alerts raised against imported food products. Fapas has introduced multi-mycotoxin proficiency tests as well as those for emerging mycotoxins.
Nuts, and by extension Almonds, are enjoying an increasing global consumption. As such this can put large amounts of strain on global supply chains resulting in low quality produce, and potentially unsafe in some cases, due to poor storage practices and other management factors.
Fapas proficiency tests utilise real food samples to provide directly comparable test results to your routine analysis activities allowing you to make valuable insights into your current testing set up. This helps you maintain high quality testing practices from which to safeguard your testing credibility over a long timescale.
