PRESENCE OF OCHRATOXIN A IN NURSERY FOOD


https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.0.1015
AIVI - September 2008 - Issue 1
Submitted: 7 February 2013
Accepted: 7 February 2013
Published: 21 September 2008
Ochratoxin A, cereals, nursery school
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Ochratoxin A is a typical cereal contaminant mainly produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium. With the aim to estimate the quantity of Ochratoxin A that can be taken in by a child, samples of Pasta and cereals food used in nursery school have been monitored in Milan. Cereal and cereal-based food have been monthly collected during one year. The analysis of ochratoxin A was performed by fluorimeter detector. Ochratoxin A has been found in all samples (100%): the average concentrations of OTA A were 0,64 μg/kg for children specific Pasta and 1,11 for organic Pasta; the average concentrations for cereals and cereals-based food 3,16 μg/kg.

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Vallone L, Dragoni I, Zannotti M. PRESENCE OF OCHRATOXIN A IN NURSERY FOOD. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2008 Sep. 21 [cited 2024 Apr. 18];1(1):17-20. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2008.1.17

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