Evaluation of Reduction of Aflatoxins by Near Infrared Spectrometric Sorting In the Highly Aflatoxin-Contaminated Peanut Lots

Takahashi H

Published on: 2022-10-11

Abstract

This study evaluated that performance of the NIR spectrometric soring (Q-sorter) in naturally and highly AF-contaminated peanut lots in a commercial scale. The sorting clearly showed that AFs could be decreased effectively to the levels of less than 10 µg/kg even though the lot was extremely highly contaminated with more than 700 µg/kg of AFs by rejecting the deteriorated kennels including the internally molded kernels. The NIR sorting can contribute enhancement of the efficient utilization and recondioning of AF-contaminated lots in peanuts industry, and also mitigation of health risk and economic impacts.