Strategies for Mitigating Mycotoxin Contamination in Food and Feed
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Mycotoxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2025 | Viewed by 171
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Interests: food safety; food contaminants and residues; mycotoxins; food analytics; liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry; method validation; measurement uncertainty
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Dear Colleagues,
Mycotoxins, secondary fungal metabolites of low-dose toxicity, are unambiguous food and feed contaminants considered to be one of the most important chronic dietary risk factors, causing toxicity syndromes as a result of their intake, which is known as mycotoxicosis. The estimation of the worldwide contamination of food crops with mycotoxins is around 60%–80%, highlighting the need for constant and continuous mycotoxins control, as well as proper strategies for mitigating mycotoxin contamination in food and feed, especially when considering climate change scenarios.
Currently available methods for mycotoxin reduction and detoxification include conventional physical, chemical and biological procedures, but also innovative strategies based on the use of nanotechnology and phytochemicals, antibody-mediated technology, biotechnology and genetic engineering, or emerging non-thermal processing technology. However, complete efficiency for various matrices is still not achieved, leaving room for additional progress, emphasizing green technologies, multidimensional approaches and integrated management strategies, combining both conventional and innovative methods for better adaptability and variability.
Accordingly, the focus of this Special Issue of Toxins is to gather scientific papers, including both original research papers and review articles, on toxicology, detoxification and the degradation and prevention of mycotoxins. We hope to propose innovative methodological solutions for the characterization and determination of mycotoxins, their degradation products and the control of mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins, revealing new insights in this research area.
Dr. Marija Kovač Tomas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mycotoxins
- mycotoxigenic fungi
- toxicology
- detection and occurrence
- reduction and detoxification
- innovative mitigation strategies
- prevention
- climate change
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