Table 3.

Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) and Hazard Indices (HI) for Ghanaians via consumption of rice, cereal based foods and pasta.

Food Sample	Mean total aflatoxins (μg/Kg)	Age	Average body wgt. (Kg)	Estimated Daily Intake(EDI) (μg/Kg.bw/day)	Hazard Index (HI)
i) Rice	6.52	18-60 yrs (adults)	60.7	0.013	1.3 × 10-3
		6-52 mths (infants)	7.0	0.111	0.0111
ii)Cereal based foods	13.69	18-60 yrs (adults)	60.7	0.271	0.0271
		6-52 mths (infants)	7.0	0.899	0.0899
iii) Pasta	1.36	18-60 yrs (adults)	60.7	3.9 × 10-3	3.9 × 10-4
		6-52 mths (infants)	7.0	0.017	1.7 × 10-3

TD50 = 0.2 ng/Kg.bw [68]

1 ng = 0.001 μg

Average body weight of an adult in Ghana = 60.7 Kg [69]

Average body weight of infants in Ghana = 7.0 (2.5-11.65) Kg ([67]; [32])