Mycotoxins in Foods: Occurrence, Detection, and Control
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Quality and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 1077
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mycotoxins; fungal metabolites; analytical chemistry; development and validation of analytical methods; development and determination of in vitro/in vivo efficacy of feed additives for mycotoxin removal; physical, chemical and biological strategies to reduce mycotoxins in food and feed; development and validation of mycotoxin biomarkers; toxicokinetic studies with farm and lab animals; bacterial pathogens; antimicrobials substances; bacterial toxins; nanoparticles
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Interests: feed formulation; mycotoxin detoxifying agents; feed technology; food contaminants; mycotoxins chemistry; high-performance liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; health risk
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Interests: feed formulation; mycotoxin detoxifying agents; feed technology; food contaminants; mycotoxins chemistry; high-performance liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; health risk
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mycotoxins are toxic substances produced by certain moulds that commonly grow on foodstuffs such as cereals, dried fruits, nuts, and spices. These moulds can develop both before and after harvest, especially in warm, damp, and humid environments, leading to contamination during storage or directly on the food. A significant concern is that mycotoxins are chemically stable and often survive food processing. Some mycotoxins cause acute health issues, with symptoms appearing soon after ingestion, while others have long-term health effects, including cancer and immune suppression. Despite the wide variety of mycotoxins, about a dozen are of primary concern due to their frequent occurrence in food and their serious impacts on human health.
Minimizing risk necessitates a comprehensive systems approach that incorporates specific agronomic practices, biological control techniques, and the improvement of host plant resistance. This should be complemented by post-harvest methods like proper drying, storage, sorting of contaminated crops, and the development of suitable decontamination or detoxification strategies, ensuring that affected crops maintain some economic value. Aspects such as sampling, monitoring systems, and effective diagnostic technologies, including traditional analytical and newer molecular and antibody-based quantification systems, are also required.
This SI focuses on all these aspects and will gather data on the latest advancements on the occurrence, detection, and mitigation of mycotoxins in food, including masked and emerging mycotoxins, as well as co-occurring mycotoxins with other chemical and biological contaminants.
Dr. Giuseppina Avantaggiato
Dr. Donato Greco
Dr. Vito D'Ascanio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food safety
- mycotoxins
- toxicity
- HACCP
- sampling
- detection
- occurrence
- pre-harvest control
- post-harvest control
- decontamination/detoxification
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