Naslov
Mycotoxins in Croatian cereals: 101 reasons to worry?

Autori
Šarkanj, Bojan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of the 5th Croatian Congress of Toxicology with International Participation (CROTOX 2016) u Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Vol. 67, Supplement 1 / Kopjar, Nevenka - Zagreb : Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, 2016, 18-18

Skup
5th Croatian Congress of Toxicology with International Participation CROTOX 2016

Mjesto i datum
Poreč, Hrvatska, 09.10.2016. - 12.10.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
contaminants of crops ; Croatia ; LC-MS/MS ; microbial metabolites occurrence

Sažetak
Mycotoxins are one of the unavoidable contaminants of crops, having the highest impact on cereals. The data on the occurrence of regulated mycotoxins in Croatian cereals is scarce, and the data on the unregulated ones is virtually in-existent. The EFSA has requested additional occurrence data for many of the unregulated mycotoxins, but there has been no published data from Croatia. The CroMycoScreen project was based on this premise and it launched a first systematic screening of both regulated and unregulated mycotoxins, together with some plant, bacterial, and yeast toxins in cereal crops from all Croatian regions. The result of the project was the first public map and database on the occurrence of mycotoxins in Croatia, both regulated and unregulated. The applied method analysed a total of 650 different microbial and plant metabolites (mainly mycotoxins), and detected over 100 different mycotoxins in Croatian cereals harvested in season 2015, including all those regulated in the EU. The information on the occurrence was reported to EFSA, and is a base for establishing an annual mycotoxin monitoring programme in Croatia to ensure food and feed quality. The database will also be applied as a starting point to monitor the effect of climate change on the occurrence of mycotoxins. By developing this kind of databases it should be possible to develop the prediction models which will enable the undertaking of timely and adequate measures to prevent mycotoxin contamination of cereals in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Prehrambena tehnologija

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