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Fusarium toxins in different flours collected on the Croatian market over seasons 2002/2004

The occurrence of deoxynivaloenol (DON), T-2 toxin and fumonisin B1 was investigated in different wheat flour types, graham flour and corn flour. A total of 36 samples of different flours were collected from 2002. to 2004. from the retail market in Croatia. The contents of DON and fumonisin B1 were determined by high performance liquid cromatography and that of T- 2 toxin by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. T-2 toxin and fumonisin B1 were not detected in any sample. DON was detected with an incidence rate of 77, 78% over all samples for all years. The contamination level varied from year to year and from sample to sample and was in range from 0 to 0, 53 mg kg- 1. For DON, the EC is discussing the setting of limits such as 0, 5 mg kg-1 for cereal products for direct consumption, and 0, 75 mg kg-1 for raw cereals. For DON Croatia has set limit of 2 mg kg- 1 for cereals and rice, and 4 mg kg-1 for combination of fumonisins B1, B2 and B3 for corn, corn flour, corn products and rice. Croatia is still lacking legislation for T-2 toxin for human consumption.

flour ; Fusarium toxins ; deoxynivalenol ; T-2 ; fumonisin B1

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