Advances in Mycotoxin Determination: From Risk Assessment to Global Management Strategies
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Mycotoxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 1006
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food safety; risk analysis; metabolomics; mass spectrometry; ion mobility spectrometry
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Dear Colleagues,
Mycotoxins are hazardous metabolites produced by fungi that contaminate various agricultural products, posing significant health and economic risk worldwide. In fact, food contamination by aflatoxins and ochratoxin A has been reported as one of the main hazards in food in the first quarter of the 2024 report of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). This Special Issue explores cutting-edge advancements in mycotoxin determination, focusing on novel identification and quantification techniques, risk assessment models, and comprehensive management strategies.
This Special Issue invites the submission of novel studies and review articles focused on developments in analytical methods for mycotoxin determination. These methods include the use of liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), biosensors, and nanotechnology, among other analytical techniques. These methods should also demonstrate enhancements in detection sensitivity and accuracy to generate high-quality information on food contamination levels and exposure data for risk assessment. This Special Issue also aims to address global management strategies, highlighting the importance of regulatory frameworks like Codex Alimentarius and specific guidelines from the European Union (EU) and United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Advances in rapid testing, surveillance programs, and traceability systems further strengthen detection and monitoring efforts.
It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute to this next Special Issue of Toxins, entitled “Advances in Mycotoxin Determination: From Risk Assessment to Global Management Strategies”, which aims to focus on the development and application of analytical methods to mycotoxin determination applied to risk assessment and management.
Dr. Maykel Hernández-Mesa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mycotoxins
- food analysis
- exposure assessment
- risk assessment
- risk management
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