Lon W. Whitlow Department of Animal Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695 Phone: 919-515-7602 Fax: 919-515-2152 Email: [email protected] Summary Considerable research has been directed at finding methods to prevent toxicity of mycotoxins. Some of the approaches have included mycotoxin separation from contaminated feeds, detoxification and inactivation. Detoxification and ...

This research assesses the effects of mycotoxins regulations on international trade flows. Mycotoxins regulations reflected in the mandatory maximum residue limits impose costs on the producers that could take the form of both variable and fixed costs. Little empirical research exists on the effects of food safety regulations on international trade flows. The same holds true for the assessment ...

In most countries general legislation on food (and feed) prohibits the sale of products containing poisonous or harmful substances, which would include relevant mycotoxins as well. So far only aflatoxin has been dealt with specifically in legislation. The aflatoxin control may include all foods (and feeds) but is limited in most countries to certain commodities likely to be heavily contaminated...

Contamination of cereal commodities by moulds and mycotoxins results in dry matter, quality, and nutritional losses and represents a significant hazard to the food chain. Most grain is harvested, dried and then stored on farm or in silos for medium/long term storage. Cereal quality is influenced by a range of interacting abiotic and biotic factors. In the so-called stored grain ecosystem, facto...

Spring barley is grown on about half of the Norwegian cereal area. The rest of the area is equally divided between wheat and oats. Most years the domestic production provides 70%-80% of the domestic market for bread wheat. Barley and oats are mainly grown for animal feed. During the years 2008-2012, severe epidemics of Fusarium head blight have led to increased mycotoxin contamination of cereal...

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi that are harmful to both animals and humans. Mycotoxicoses are diseases caused by the ingestion of foods or feeds made toxic by these fungal metabolites. Mycotoxins undoubtedly have presented a hazard to human and animal health for decades, and this threat only can become more important as the demand on the available food supply increases with the i...

Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxic substances in foods, posing considerable health risk to humans. Microbiological decontamination of mycotoxins using microorganisms is one of the well-known strategies for the management of mycotoxins. Numerous organisms, including bacteria, fungi and yeasts have been tested for their ability in reducing mycotoxigenic fungi and resultant mycotoxin contami...

Aflatoxins are compounds with a hepatotoxic, carcinogenic, and teratogenic potential that can affect either humans or animals (MOSS, 2002; SALEEMULLAH et al., 2006; D’MELLO; MACDONALD, 2002). According to an IARC estimates (INTERNATIONAL..., 2002), aflatoxins can be considered carcinogenic to humans (group I). The conditions that promote mycotoxin production are usually more restricted than tho...

This review highlights developments in mycotoxin analysis and sampling over a period between mid-2007 and mid-2008. It covers the major mycotoxins: aflatoxins, Alternaria toxins, cyclopiazonic acid, fumonisins, ochratoxin, patulin, trichothecenes, and zearalenone. Some aspects of natural occurrence, particularly if linked to novel aspects of analytical methods, are also included. The review dem...