Switzerland returns flour to Serbia, turns out to be toxic and cancerous

The European Fast Warning System in Food Trade (RASFF) announced that Switzerland has drawn from the market corn flour produced in Serbia.

Bern has again withdrawn corn flour imported from Serbia, due to an apparent higher amount of afloxin than is allowed by law. Five times more aflactin than allowed. This is not the first time Switzerland has rejected flour from Serbia, the Swiss newspaper in Albanian reports Le Canton27. ch referring to sources from Bernie.

“in the flour truck taken in Serbia, the presence of micotoxin has been recorded in larger quantities than allowed: in white flour it was 1388 1585 mg/kg, and in yellow flour 38 mg/kg, representing 58 percent, so it is 58 percent more than the allowed”, RASFF said.

In a flour truck taken on July 10th this year, the presence of B1 amcotoxin afloxin was confirmed in a greater amount than is permitted: In the yellow corn flour was 11.4 unjustlyg/g, which is even 5.7 times higher than allowed, it was known by RASFF.

The risk of using this product has been assessed as potentially serious « » and the product has been attracted to the market.

What is aflatoxin?

(B1, G1, B2, G2) afloxins are the most toxic group of micotoxins. Because of their specific action, mycotoxins are also called silent killer « », and their negative impact on human health and agriculture is great.

“Aflatoxins are known as mutagen compounds, teratogenic (cause of fetus anomalies) and carcinogenic (particularly for liver and kidneys). Aflatoxin metabolics can be found in animal products - milk (in the form of M1 aphthoxin), in meat and in eggs”, the Institute points out.