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Handling Practices of Folded Vermicelli by Small-scale Processors in Tanga City, Tanzania
Universal Journal of Food Science and Technology
| Vol 2, Issue 1
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).