Our results are consistent with those of previous studies on
aflatoxin contamination in Haitian maize and peanut products.
Filbert and Brown measured a maximum of 799.8 mg/kg in the
samples they obtained in 2009 and 2010 and found that 89% were
in excess of the FDA Action Level of 20 mg/kg. The incidence we
found of peanut butters three years later with greater than 20 mg/kg
total aflatoxins was comparable to that of Filbert and Brown,
though 4 of the peanuts butters we tested (13%) had greater than
1000 mg/kg total aflatoxins. The present study found maize aflatoxin
contamination greater than 20 mg/kg in 5% of 2012e2013
samples, while that of Castor et al. (1987) found 22% of 1983e1984
samples with that level of contamination.