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It was consumed daily by 37 (88%) households, but its mean contribution to daily energy intake was only 13% (SD = 10). The range of residual cyanogens in cassava foods was 0 to 62 mg HCN equivalent\/kg dry weight (dw). Ten samples (19%) had levels above the 10 mg HCN equivalent\/kg dw FAO\/WHO safety limit. Mean urinary thiocyanate and linamarin were 51 (SD = 35) and 20 (SD = 11) \u03bcmol\/L, indicating low cyanogen intake and dietary cyanide exposure.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980001000027_sec06\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>High cassava production levels did not result in high consumption and high dietary cyanide exposure levels, therefore cassava production levels cannot be used to predict consumption or cyanide exposure levels in the study area. 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