The results of the study on the current status of the management and controlling system for aflatoxins along the food and feed chain in Mongolia

Humans are exposed to aflatoxins by consuming foods contaminated with afla- toxins. The chronic aflatoxicosis is associated with ingestion of low dose aflatoxins in food and with liver cancer. Aflatoxins can effects a wide range of commodities, including crops, cereals, peanuts, maize, beans, milk and fruits. Employing food safety practices like hazard analysis critical control point system can be useful in preventing and reducing aflatoxin contamination in food and feed. Thus, we studied the existing policies, stakeholders, and opportunities for prevention, and controlling system of aflatoxinwhich arefollowed in Mongolia. To study the current status of the management and inspection system onaflatoxins contamination for food and feed in Mongolia. We studied the legal documents of food security in Mongolia, and Laboratory analysis for aflatoxin of the National Reference Laboratory, under Specialized Inspection Agency and laboratory analysis of aimags and border post of Zamiin- Uud, Sukhbaatar. When research to legal documents of aflatoxins inspection and prevention which are followed in Mongolia related to food, specifically regulated relations of aflatoxins inspection and prevention are currently unavailable. But the maximum of aflatoxins residues is established a norm in 35 standards of technical requirements for food raw materials, products and feed. The National 7 standards of analytical methods are followed, which determine aflatoxins contents of food and feed. Even if system to implementing specialized inspection to country, aimag, city and border point as all level, an analyses of determining aflatoxins of food and feed are made only in National Reference Laboratory as subsidiary of the General Agency of Specialized Inspection,laboratories of specialized inspection agency of city and 12 aimags such as Bayankhongor, Bayan-Olgii, Bulgan, Gobi-AUai, Dornod, Dornogobi, Zavkhan, Sukhbaatar, Selenge, Uvs, Khovd, Orkhon-Uul and laboratories in border of Zamiin-Uud and Sukhbaatar. Analysis of determining aflatoxins for food and feed is determined by immunofermentation method (ELISA), thin layer chromatographic method, especially analysis of only revealing aflatoxins is made in rural laboratory and that analysis is not made in Arkhangai, Gobisumber, Darkhan-Uul, Dundgobi, Uvurkhangai, Umnugobi, Tov, Khovsgol and Khentiiaimag. A legal setting and inspection system of aflatoxins contamination for food and feed, which is followed in all stage of Mongolian food chain, is not completed.