Special Issue "Reduction and Control of Mycotoxins Along Entire Food and Feed Chain"

A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Mycotoxins".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alexandra Malachova
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Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation (FFoQSI GmbH), Technopark 1C, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria
Interests: development and validation of analytical methods; LC-MS; mycotoxins; food chemistry and food safety
Dr. Chibundu N. Ezekiel
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Department of Microbiology, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun state, Nigeria
Interests: development and validation of analytical methods; LC-MS; mycotoxins; food chemistry and food safety
Dr. Marta Magdalena Sopel
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Wageningen Food Safety Research, Akkermaalsbos 2, Gebouw 123, 6708 WB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Interests: development and validation of analytical methods; LC-MS; mycotoxins; food chemistry and food safety

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Mycotoxins are natural toxic secondary metabolites produced by microscopic filamentous fungi that can invade a large variety of agricultural crops both in the field and in the follow-up stages of food and feed production chains.

Mycotoxins are a group of “small-molecule” compounds that vary greatly in terms of chemical structure and modes of action. As they are relatively stable compounds, they can survive under food and feed processing conditions and pass into the final products. In order to protect human and animal health, prevention and control of mycotoxin contamination of the food and feed chain has become a major objective for farmers, producers, regulatory authorities, and researchers worldwide.

Mycotoxin contamination of food and feed crops is often inevitable due to the complex factors that influence fungal infection. Therefore, so-called good agricultural practice in the preharvest period followed by proper storage conditions can minimize mycotoxin contamination. The principles of good manufacturing practice help to reduce the level of mycotoxin contamination in the final products. Additionally, regular control of mycotoxin content by means of analytical methods in all stages of food and feed production chains is either mandatory (in the case of legislatively regulated mycotoxins) or recommended. Furthermore, ongoing research in this area provides new insights in the field of mycotoxin detoxification/decontamination (mainly concerning feed).

This Special Issue of Toxins “Reduction and Control of Mycotoxins along the Entire Food and Feed Chain” addresses approaches for the minimization of mycotoxin contamination in food and feed chains as well as novel methods for detoxification of mycotoxins in feed (e.g., enzymatic preparations, adsorbents). Novel analytical methods used for mycotoxin control are also of great interest.

Dr. Alexandra Malachova
Dr. Chibundu N. Ezekiel
Dr. Marta Magdalena Sopel
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • mycotoxins
  • contamination
  • control
  • food and feed chain
  • safety
  • technology
  • prevention
  • regulatory aspects
  • processing and storage

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Mycotoxin Biomarkers in Pigs—Current State of Knowledge and Analytics
Toxins 2021, 13(8), 586; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13080586 - 23 Aug 2021
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Farm animals are frequently exposed to mycotoxins, which have many adverse effects on their health and become a significant food safety issue. Pigs are highly exposed and particularly susceptible to mycotoxins, which can cause many adverse effects. For the above reasons, an appropriate [...] Read more.
Farm animals are frequently exposed to mycotoxins, which have many adverse effects on their health and become a significant food safety issue. Pigs are highly exposed and particularly susceptible to mycotoxins, which can cause many adverse effects. For the above reasons, an appropriate diagnostic tool is needed to monitor pig’ exposure to mycotoxins. The most popular tool is feed analysis, which has some disadvantages, e.g., it does not include individual exposure. In recent years, the determination of biomarkers as a method to assess the exposure to mycotoxins by using concentrations of the parent compounds and/or metabolites in biological matrices is becoming more and more popular. This review provides a comprehensive overview of reported in vivo mycotoxin absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) and toxicokinetic studies on pigs. Biomarkers of exposure for aflatoxins, deoxynivalenol, ochratoxin A, fumonisins, T-2 toxin and zearalenone are described to select the most promising compound for analysis of porcine plasma, urine and faeces. Biomarkers occur in biological matrices at trace levels, so a very sensitive technique—tandem mass spectrometry—is commonly used for multiple biomarkers quantification. However, the sample preparation for multi-mycotoxin methods remains a challenge. Therefore, a summary of different biological samples preparation strategies is included in that paper. Full article
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