[Christopher Kipsang,Standard]Kenya has banned maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan are member states of the East African Community EAC), founded in 1999. Kenya has every reason to take immediate action, especially because it has had bad experiences with aflatoxin infested maize before. Last year, the Kenya Bureau of Standards banned 17 brands of maize flour after tests showed they had high levels of aflatoxin. Indeed, the Government should step up testing of maize imports and other food items to ensure no Kenyan is exposed to poisonous food that could be a threat to their livesRead More

Source: Standard Digital March 07, 2021 23:05 UTC