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More environmental friendly strategies to control the presence of mycotoxins in food and feed

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites toxic for humans and animals produced by some fungal species during their growth and, generally, released in to the growing media. Mycotoxigenic fungi can colonize a wide spectra of food and feed stuff and commodities like cereal seeds, fruits, meat and meat products. The toxic effects depend on a type of mycotoxin and vary from proven carcinogenic effects to cytotoxicity. Due to their high toxicity, only a dozen of mycotoxins are highly considered by legislators and scientist all over the world and their presence is food and feed is limited by legislations of almost all the countries. In traditional agriculture chemicals, such as antifungals and antioxidants, are widely used to control mycotoxin contamination of food and feed. This strategy could present severe environmental problems as well as a selection of resistant strains. Since many years the research of strategies and methods in mycotoxin control with lower environmental impact is ongoing. In this work some more environmental friendly methods to control the presence of mycotoxins in food and feed, like use of antagonistic strains or use of plant and mushroom extracts, are reviewed.

mycotoxins, food safety, environment

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