Surveillance of mycotoxin contaminants and mycotoxigenic fungi in agricultural produce

Abstract

Food crops, including vegetables, are prone to attack by pathogenic and mycotoxigenic fungi and represent a food safety and public health risk. The study aimed to detect and quantify mycotoxins in vegetables widely consumed in Mauritius. Diseased samples of garlic, onion, potato, pumpkin and tomato were collected post-harvest. Following microscopic identification of the suspect pathogen(s), samples were tested for mycotoxins by ELISA. Results demonstrated a high mean level of citrinin in garlic (5,448.6 μg/kg) and ochratoxin in onion (9.25 μg/kg), which exceeded the permissible limits, thus pointing to potential health risks associated with the consumption of these vegetables.

Concentration of potentially toxic elements in fillet shrimps of Mediterranean Sea: Systematic review, meta-analysis and health risk assessment

“…Regarding with the expansion of anthropogenic activities, e.g., industrial, agricultural and mining happenings, the level of some contaminants such as potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has increased in different sources including environment, water, soil, and food in recent years ( Akhtar et al, 2021 , Assad et al, 2023 ). Environmental pollution ( Li et al, 2020 , Ma et al, 2022 , Tang et al, 2023 , Zhang et al, 2020 , Zhao et al, 2023 , Zhao et al, 2023 ) in soil ( She, Gao, & Shi, 2023 ), air, water resources, food such as meat ( Özlü et al, 2023 ), rice ( Takooree et al, 2023 ), wheat ( Bai et al, 2023 , Han et al, 2023 ) has increased over decades. These pollutants includes microbial ( Ahmad et al, 2023 , Kamal et al, 2023 , Zhao et al, 2023 , Zhao et al, 2023 ), mycotoxins ( Basso et al, 2023 , Tenge et al, 2022 ) and heavy metals ( Zoghi et al, 2022 ) that cause various diseases ( Guo et al, 2023 ).…”

Safety Stressors and Coal Miners’ Safety Performance: The Mediating Role of Resilience and Coping Styles

“…These pollutants including mycotoxins, 47 , 55–59 radioactive elements, 60 microbial, 61–63 heavy metals, 64–72 hormones, 73 pesticides, 74–76 antibiotics 77 , 78 caused various diseases. 79 , 80 …”

“…These pollutants including mycotoxins, 47,[55][56][57][58][59] radioactive elements, 60 microbial, [61][62][63] heavy metals, [64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72] hormones, 73 pesticides, [74][75][76] antibiotics 77,78 caused various diseases. 79,80 The definition of safety performance has always lacked consistency in the academic field. 5 Some scholars believe that safety performance may refers to an organizational metric for safety outcomes, such as accident rate, injury rate, mortality rate, etc.…”