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Kenyan crop contamination outbreak inspires grad student to improve rice storage - EurekAlert

While half the global population relies on rice as a staple, about 15 percent of rice produced each year is contaminated by potentially fatal aflatoxins. Seeing this threaten lives in her home country of Kenya prompted a graduate research assistant to focus on eradicating the risk through safer storage methods. Faith Ouma, a Ph.D. student in the food science department at the University of Arkansas, was the lead author of “Investigating safe storage conditions to mitigate aflatoxin contamination in rice.” The research identified optimal temperature and humidity levels to protect rice from aflatoxins. Her scientific paper was published in Food Control, an international food safety journal.

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