A total of 56 dried vine fruits, including 31 sultanas and 25 currants, were selected from Chinese markets in 2012. All samples were analysed for Ochratoxin A (OTA) using solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. It turned out that 58.9% of the samples were positive and the OTA amount ranged from <0.07 to 12.83 μg/kg, with a mean level of 0.99 μg/kg. Only one sample exceeded the European Union (EU) maximum level of 10 μg/kg. Meanwhile, it was shown that OTA contamination increased among north-western, northern and southern China, which showed OTA means of 0.08, 0.99 and 2.01 μg/kg, respectively. Moreover, in samples of products sold in sealed plastic bags, i.e. consumer-size packages (n = 19, mean = 0.30 μg/kg) less OTA was detected when compared with sampled bulk packages (n = 37, mean = 1.67 μg/kg). In addition, sultanas (mean = 0.92 μg/kg) had less OTA contamination than currants (mean = 1.22 μg/kg).
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