Monitoring of deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in cereals and cereal products from the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Cereal food products (n=333) were purchased in retail stores from Germany in 2001 and analysed for deoxynivalenol (DON), either by enzyme immunoassay or by HPLC after immunoaffinity chromatographic cleanup. Detection limits were dependent of the sample matrix and varied from 20-100 μg/kg. The overall DON incidence was 53%, with mean and median levels for positives of 251 μg/kg and 142 μg/kg, respectively. The contamination with DON (mean/median value, μg/kg) as found for bread (90/87), wheat flour (161/124), and noodles (472/297) indicate that the levels of DON in cereal foods were significant in view of the tolerable daily intake (1 μg/kg body weight) as established by the European Union scientific committee on food.

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Food analysis within theFusarium toxin monitoring programme of Saxony-Anhalt

Woese¹

2002

Mycotox Res

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A 3 yearFusarium andFusarium toxin monitoring programme was established within the food and feed control authorities of Saxony-Anhalt in 2001. The first year's results of the analysis of deoxynivalenol in cereals and cereal products with assured origin in this federal state, showed a contamination rate of 24% for wheat and wheat products. The contamination incidence reached only 8% in rye and rye products, whereas it was 17% for barley and its products including beer. Zearalenone could be detected only in 2 of 162 analysed samples.

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Monitoring of deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in cereals and cereal products from the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Mycotoxins in Food in Germany

Mycotoxins in Food in Germany

Deoxynivalenol in lebensmitteln: Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie

Food analysis within theFusarium toxin monitoring programme of Saxony-Anhalt

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