Occurrence and Co-Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Cereal-Based Feed and Food.

ABSTRACT: Dietary (co)-exposure to mycotoxins is associated with human and animal health concerns as well as economic losses. This study aims to give a data-based insight from the scientific literature on the (co-)occurrence of mycotoxins (i.e., parent and modified forms) in European core cereals, and to estimate potential patterns of co-exposure in humans and animals. Mycotoxins were mainly reported in wheat and maize showing the highest concentrations of fumonisins (FBs), deoxynivalenol (DON), aflatoxins (AFs), and zearalenone (ZEN). The maximum concentrations of FB₁+FB₂ were reported in maize both in feed and food and were above legal maximum levels (MLs). Similar results were observed in DON-food, whose max concentrations in wheat, barley, maize, and oat exceeded the MLs. C

SUBMITTER: Palumbo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7023405 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature