Co-occurrence of mycotoxins in commercial formula milk and cereal-based baby food on the Qatar market
Author | Ul Hassan, Zahoor |
Author | Al Thani, Roda |
Author | A. Atia, Fathy |
Author | Al Meer, Saeed |
Author | Migheli, Quirico |
Author | Jaoua, Samir |
Available date | 2020-03-18T08:10:11Z |
Publication Date | 2018 |
Publication Name | Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance |
Resource | Scopus |
ISSN | 19393210 |
Abstract | The present study was conducted to explore the occurrence of mycotoxins in commercial baby foods in Doha-Qatar. LCMS/MS- and HPLC-based analysis of baby food (n?=?67) for 12 mycotoxins confirmed the presence of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1, 33%), ochratoxin A (OTA, 31%), deoxynivalenol (DON, 27%), aflatoxin B1 (AFB1, 22%), fumonisin B2 (FB2, 10%), zearalenone (ZEN, 4%) and T-2 toxin (2%). Noodles exhibited the maximum contamination percentage, with 33% of the samples being contaminated above the EU maximum limits, for at least one mycotoxin. Among the multi-grain flake samples, up to 28% and for the milk and milk-based-cereal samples, 14% contained at least one mycotoxin above the EU maximum limits. From all cereal-based food samples, 22%, 5%, 2% and 2% were concurrently contaminated with 2, 3, 4 and 5 mycotoxins, respectively. The occurrence of toxicological important mycotoxins in Qatari market warrants the implementation of strict regulatory limits to protect human health. ? 2018, ? 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
Sponsor | This publication was made possible by NPRP grant # [NPRP8-392-4-003] from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of the Qatar Foundation). |
Language | en |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Ltd. |
Subject | baby food co-contamination food contaminants Food safety infant diet mycotoxins |
Type | Article |
Pagination | 191 - 197 |
Issue Number | 3 |
Volume Number | 11 |
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