Mycotoxins in Organic and Conventional Cereals and Cereal Products Grown and Marketed in Croatia

Overview

Journal Mycotoxin Res

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2017 May 11

PMID 28488100

Citations 14

Authors

Jelka Pleadin

Mladenka Malenica Staver

Ksenija Markov

Jadranka Frece

Manuela Zadravec

Vesna Jaki

Igor Krupic

Nada Vahcic

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Abstract

In this study, the levels of aflatoxin B (AFB), ochratoxin A (OTA), zearalenone (ZEN), deoxynivalenol (DON) and fumonisins (FUM) in unprocessed cereals (n = 189) and cereal-based products (n = 61) were determined using validated ELISA methods. All samples originated from either conventional or organic production corresponded to the 2015 harvest in Croatia. Based on the mean mycotoxin concentrations, the risk for the consumer to exceed the tolerable daily intake (TDI) for these toxins by the consumption of both types of cereals and cereal-based products was assessed. Mycotoxin contamination of organic cereals and organic cereal-based products was not significantly different (p > 0.05). Given that the exposure assessment resulted in a small fraction of the TDI (maximum: DON, 12% of TDI), the levels of the investigated mycotoxins in both types of cereals and cereal-based products from the 2015 harvest did not pose a human health hazard.

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