Ole tele o tui ole aflatoxins e o'o atu ai ile o'ona tuga (aflatoxicosis) e ono lamatia ai le ola, e masani lava ile fa'aleagaina ole ate.
Aflatoxin B1 o se aflatoxin gaosia e Aspergillus flavus ma A. parasiticus.Ose tino mamana malosi.O lenei malosi fa'ama'i e 'ese'ese i ituaiga ma nisi, e pei o isumu ma manuki, e foliga mai e sili atu ona faigofie nai lo isi.Aflatoxin B1 o se faʻamaʻi masani i meaʻai eseese e aofia ai pinati, fatu fatu, sana, ma isi fatu;fa'apea fo'i mea'ai a manu.Aflatoxin B1 ua manatu o le aflatoxin sili ona oona ma e sili ona aafia i le hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) i tagata.Ole tele o fa'ata'ita'iga ma metotia au'ili'ili e aofia ai le thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry, ma enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), faatasi ai ma isi, ua faʻaaogaina e suʻe ai le aflatoxin B1 faʻaleagaina i meaʻai. .E tusa ai ma le Faalapotopotoga o Mea Taumafa ma Faatoaga (FAO), o le maualuga maualuga o le aflatoxin B1 i le lalolagi atoa na lipotia mai i le va o le 1-20 μg / kg i meaʻai, ma le 5-50 μg / kg i meaʻai povi i le 2003.