This archive report was first published on 9 November 2019.
On November 9, 2019, Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) took action against five maize meal brands found to contain high levels of aflatoxin.
KEBS instructed supermarkets and other stockists to remove Jembe, Dola, Kifaru, Starehe, and 210 brands of maize flour from their shelves.
The affected mills were also required to stop further manufacture and sale of the blacklisted products until corrective measures on quality were put in place and certified by KEBS.
KEBS suspended the companies' permits which allowed them to use the standardisation mark on their goods.
Additionally, the manufacturers were required to recall all the substandard maize meal products from the market which had not been seized by KEBS officials.
KEBS stated that following consistent market surveillance and testing, it had been established that the maize meal brands failed to meet quality standards due to high levels of aflatoxin.
