Kenya clears air on toxic maize ‘ban’ after EAC partners condemn action
Trucks with imported maize from Tanzania waiting to offload outside Mombasa Maize Millers in Mombasa in this picture take in August 2019. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Kenya has denied banning maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania over aflatoxin as the East African Community termed the decision not procedural.
The Agriculture and Food Authority in a letter dated March 5 said maize from the two countries have revealed high levels of mycotoxins “that are consistently beyond safety limits of 10 parts be billion” sparking off a fresh trade war between the three founding EAC partner states.
