Because carcinogenic mycotoxins such
as ochratoxin A or aflatoxins are usually present or formed in agricultural commodities such as herbal / plant materials that are kept under hot and humid conditions, their analyses in TCHM are important.
Not exact matches
Testing on commercial beer and barley showed that the portable instrument detected levels
as low
as 0.2 nanograms / milliliter of
ochratoxin A and 120 ng / mL of deoxynivalenol — respectively, the estimated safe limits for these mycotoxins.
Other toxins from fungi, such
as fumonisins and
ochratoxins, are also included in group 2.
Of most concern in crops such
as coffee beans are the mycotoxins
ochratoxin A (OTA) and aflatoxin B1.
Recently they posted information about a potential carcinogen and allegedly definite kidney toxin called
ochratoxin A, which apparently is quite prevalent in oat products
as Cheerios, oatmeal, oat bran, etc..
And one of the things that has come out from my work is that we're doing more harm to ourselves than we recognize by consuming aflatoxin,
ochratoxin and some of the other common mycotoxins in our food supply at levels that are some sometimes considered safe and that by lowering those like making better choices like not eating something
as simple
as raisins.