Aflatoxin is toxic to cells and can cause cancers such as liver cancer. Aflatoxin is mainly metabolized by mixed functional oxidase of endoplasmic reticulum particles in liver cells after entering human body. Aflatoxin is more toxic than organic pesticides after metabolism. Aflatoxin B 1 is the most toxic. Aflatoxin B 1 is often detected in dried fruits such as corn, peanuts and cottonseed, among which peanuts and corn are the most polluted.
Peanut oil in bulk is unsafe. In addition, many people like to buy peanut oil in bulk. Sell now? However, in the bulk peanut oil market, it is difficult to meet the standards in the collection, storage, processing of raw materials and sales of finished products, which eventually leads to the serious over-standard of aflatoxin carcinogens in bulk peanut oil. These oil channels have no specific raw material storage, and most of the bulk peanut oil storage conditions are the most humid and unventilated, so it is more difficult to ensure safety when stored in general containers. Moreover, these containers are reused, which is easy to cause cross-contamination, and they will be opened from time to time when they are sold, because flying dust can't be bitten in.
Peanut raw materials are not strictly selected before leaving the factory, and some moldy peanuts are also used to extract oil. Because peanuts are used as raw materials for processing peanuts, there will be a market and even moldy peanuts, and some people will want them. After all, they are used to extract oil. What's more, some moldy peanuts will be more popular with oil mills, because no one will buy them and the price is very low. In addition, the peanut oil production equipment is old and has not been cleaned and disinfected, which leads to the transfer of heavy metals in the equipment to the oil during the processing. On the other hand, heavy metals in soil and water will also accumulate in oil crops and enter edible oil during planting.