Background Food safety poses a threat to public health and raises serious concerns
worldwide. Contaminants include various substances such as pathogens, toxins, pesticides …

Mycotoxins are highly toxic metabolites produced by fungi that pose a huge threat to human
and animal health. Contamination of food and feed with mycotoxins is a worldwide issue …

Ochratoxin A (OTA), one of the most important mycotoxins, is mainly produced by fungi in the
genera Aspergillus and Penicillium, and commonly found in food and agricultural products …

Citrinin (CIT) is a mycotoxin produced by different species of Aspergillus, Penicillium, and
Monascus. CIT can contaminate a wide range of foods and feeds at any time during the pre …

Mycotoxins represent an assorted range of secondary fungal metabolites that extensively
occur in numerous food and feed ingredients at any stage during pre-and post-harvest …

This review updates the current status of activities related to hazard characterisation for
mycotoxins, with special reference to regulatory work accomplished within the European …

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a toxic metabolite produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium fungi
commonly found in raw plant sources and other feeds. This review comprises an extensive …

The mycotoxin patulin is primarily produced as a secondary metabolite by numerous fungal
species and predominantly by Aspergillus, Byssochlamys, and Penicillium species. It is …

Mycotoxins are fungi-produced secondary metabolites that can contaminate many foods
eaten by humans and animals. Deoxynivalenol (DON), which is formed by Fusarium, is one …

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced during the growth, storage, and
transportation of crops contaminated by fungi and are physiologically toxic to humans and …