What Is Fumonisin?: the Toxin Found in a Batch of Pan Flour that Led the Minsal to Issue a Food Alert - La Tercera

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The Ministry of Health (Minsal) issued a food alert this Friday after finding fumonisin in a batch of flour brand Pan. From the health agency explained that the sample was registered in the context of the National Monitoring of Mycotoxin in Food program. According to the records detected in the sample, taken in the Tarapacá Region, lot 26610790, with expiration date 20-03-2026, would present fumonisin in doses over the regulatory limits in our c…

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The Ministry of Health published, through its social networks, a food alert for the presence of fumonisin in...

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Chilean health authority warned about the risk of consuming a batch of PAN flour analyzed in the north of the country

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The Ministry of Health, Minsal, issued a national food alert yesterday, Friday, after detecting the presence of fumonisin, a dangerous mycotoxin. This, in a specific batch of pre-cooked white corn flour brand PAN, one of the most consumed products in Chilean households. The health authority reported that the committed lot corresponds to number 22610790, with expiration date to March 20, 2026. In this product, the analyses revealed the presence o…

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This Friday, the Ministry of Health (Minsal), issued a food alert for a batch of PAN-branded pre-cooked corn flour. The risk described by the Minsal has to do with a greater presence of a toxic substance associated with cancer to the esophagus. The alert of the Minsal for corn flour El with the aim of protecting the health of the population, reports a Food Alert for the presence of fumonisin in flour of pre-cooked white maize, brand “PAN”. Speci…