Dietary exposure to mycotoxins of 1- and 2-year-old children from a Dutch Total Diet Study

In 2017, a Total Diet Study was conducted in the Netherlands in which mycotoxins were analysed in foods and beverages consumed by 1- and 2-year-old children. These mycotoxins were aflatoxins, Alternaria toxins, citrinin, ergot alkaloids, fumonisins, ochratoxin A, patulin, sterigmatocystin, trichothecenes, and zearalenone. Long-term exposure was calculated by combining concentrations in foods and beverages with consumed amounts of these products. Analysed foods and beverages with a concentration below the detection limit that could contain the mycotoxin, were assigned a concentration equal to h... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Pustjens, A.M.
Castenmiller, J.J.M.
te Biesebeek, J.D.
de Rijk, T.C.
van Dam, R.C.J.
Boon, P.E.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: World Mycotoxin Journal ; volume 15, issue 1, page 85-98 ; ISSN 1875-0710 1875-0796
Verlag/Hrsg.: Brill
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29458913
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.3920/wmj2020.2676

In 2017, a Total Diet Study was conducted in the Netherlands in which mycotoxins were analysed in foods and beverages consumed by 1- and 2-year-old children. These mycotoxins were aflatoxins, Alternaria toxins, citrinin, ergot alkaloids, fumonisins, ochratoxin A, patulin, sterigmatocystin, trichothecenes, and zearalenone. Long-term exposure was calculated by combining concentrations in foods and beverages with consumed amounts of these products. Analysed foods and beverages with a concentration below the detection limit that could contain the mycotoxin, were assigned a concentration equal to half this limit value. To assess if the exposure could result in a possible health risk, the high long-term exposure (95 th percentile) was compared with a health-based guidance value (HBGV) or a margin of exposure (MOE) was calculated. Exposure to aflatoxins, Alternaria toxins, ochratoxin A and T-2/HT-2 sum may pose a health concern. Foods that contributed most to the exposure of these mycotoxins were bread, biscuits, breakfast cereals, chocolates, dried fruit, follow-on formula and fruit juices.