Current mycotoxin issues in Australia and Southeast Asia

John I. Pitt; Ailsa D. Hocking

Current mycotoxin issues in Australia and Southeast Asia

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John I. Pitt

John I. Pitt Food Science Australia, P.O. Box 52, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia John.Pitt@csiro.au

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Ailsa D. Hocking Food Science Australia, P.O. Box 52, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia John.Pitt@csiro.au

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Pages:: 69–80

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-523-9_004

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The major mycotoxin problem in Australia is aflatoxin in peanuts, which is controlled by good farm management practice, segregated into grades depending on aflatoxin content at intake, colour sorting and aflatoxin assays. A second problem is the potential presence of ochratoxin A in grapes and grape products, resulting from infection by Aspergillus carbonarius. Good quality control before and during wine making ensures ochratoxin A is kept to very low levels, but in dried vine fruit, ochratoxin A levels may be higher. Fusarium toxins sometimes occur in cereals in Australia, but probably to a lesser extent than in grains from any other region. In Southeast Asia, aflatoxin is also the major problem, but because quality control is not so effective, levels may be very high in peanuts and maize, with significant consequences for human and animal health. Southeast Asia has few identifiable problems with ochratoxin A or Fusarium toxins, with the possible exception of fumonisins in maize.

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Meeting the mycotoxin menace

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