Cargando…
Real and Perceived Risks for Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods and Feeds: Challenges for Food Safety Control
Mycotoxins are toxic compounds, produced by the secondary metabolism of toxigenic moulds in the Aspergillus, Alternaria, Claviceps, Fusarium, Penicillium and Stachybotrys genera occurring in food and feed commodities both pre- and post-harvest. Adverse human health effects from the consumption of my...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Molecular Diversity Preservation International
2010
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153222/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069600 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins2040572 |
_version_ | 1782209867216322560 |
---|---|
author | Milićević, Dragan R. Škrinjar, Marija Baltić, Tatjana |
author_facet | Milićević, Dragan R. Škrinjar, Marija Baltić, Tatjana |
author_sort | Milićević, Dragan R. |
collection | PubMed |
description | Mycotoxins are toxic compounds, produced by the secondary metabolism of toxigenic moulds in the Aspergillus, Alternaria, Claviceps, Fusarium, Penicillium and Stachybotrys genera occurring in food and feed commodities both pre- and post-harvest. Adverse human health effects from the consumption of mycotoxins have occurred for many centuries. When ingested, mycotoxins may cause a mycotoxicosis which can result in an acute or chronic disease episode. Chronic conditions have a much greater impact, numerically, on human health in general, and induce diverse and powerful toxic effects in test systems: some are carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, estrogenic, hemorrhagic, immunotoxic, nephrotoxic, hepatotoxic, dermotoxic and neurotoxic. Although mycotoxin contamination of agricultural products still occurs in the developed world, the application of modern agricultural practices and the presence of a legislatively regulated food processing and marketing system have greatly reduced mycotoxin exposure in these populations. However, in developing countries, where climatic and crop storage conditions are frequently conducive to fungal growth and mycotoxin production, much of the population relies on subsistence farming or on unregulated local markets. Therefore both producers and governmental control authorities are directing their efforts toward the implementation of a correct and reliable evaluation of the real status of contamination of a lot of food commodity and, consequently, of the impact of mycotoxins on human and animal health. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-3153222 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2010 |
publisher | Molecular Diversity Preservation International |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-31532222011-11-08 Real and Perceived Risks for Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods and Feeds: Challenges for Food Safety Control Milićević, Dragan R. Škrinjar, Marija Baltić, Tatjana Toxins (Basel) Review Mycotoxins are toxic compounds, produced by the secondary metabolism of toxigenic moulds in the Aspergillus, Alternaria, Claviceps, Fusarium, Penicillium and Stachybotrys genera occurring in food and feed commodities both pre- and post-harvest. Adverse human health effects from the consumption of mycotoxins have occurred for many centuries. When ingested, mycotoxins may cause a mycotoxicosis which can result in an acute or chronic disease episode. Chronic conditions have a much greater impact, numerically, on human health in general, and induce diverse and powerful toxic effects in test systems: some are carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, estrogenic, hemorrhagic, immunotoxic, nephrotoxic, hepatotoxic, dermotoxic and neurotoxic. Although mycotoxin contamination of agricultural products still occurs in the developed world, the application of modern agricultural practices and the presence of a legislatively regulated food processing and marketing system have greatly reduced mycotoxin exposure in these populations. However, in developing countries, where climatic and crop storage conditions are frequently conducive to fungal growth and mycotoxin production, much of the population relies on subsistence farming or on unregulated local markets. Therefore both producers and governmental control authorities are directing their efforts toward the implementation of a correct and reliable evaluation of the real status of contamination of a lot of food commodity and, consequently, of the impact of mycotoxins on human and animal health. Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2010-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3153222/ /pubmed/22069600 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins2040572 Text en © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Milićević, Dragan R. Škrinjar, Marija Baltić, Tatjana Real and Perceived Risks for Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods and Feeds: Challenges for Food Safety Control |
title | Real and Perceived Risks for Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods and Feeds: Challenges for Food Safety Control |
title_full | Real and Perceived Risks for Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods and Feeds: Challenges for Food Safety Control |
title_fullStr | Real and Perceived Risks for Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods and Feeds: Challenges for Food Safety Control |
title_full_unstemmed | Real and Perceived Risks for Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods and Feeds: Challenges for Food Safety Control |
title_short | Real and Perceived Risks for Mycotoxin Contamination in Foods and Feeds: Challenges for Food Safety Control |
title_sort | real and perceived risks for mycotoxin contamination in foods and feeds: challenges for food safety control |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3153222/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069600 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins2040572 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT milicevicdraganr realandperceivedrisksformycotoxincontaminationinfoodsandfeedschallengesforfoodsafetycontrol AT skrinjarmarija realandperceivedrisksformycotoxincontaminationinfoodsandfeedschallengesforfoodsafetycontrol AT baltictatjana realandperceivedrisksformycotoxincontaminationinfoodsandfeedschallengesforfoodsafetycontrol |